Thomas Berney (1565 - 1616)

Born 1565 in Reedham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Julian (Gawdy) Berney — married about 1591 in Norfolk, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1616 at about age 51 in England

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Biography

Thomas Berney, Knt., was the son and heir of Henry Berney, Esq., and Alice Appleton.^[1][2][3][4] Thomas may have been born at Park Hall, in Reedham, Norfolk, where his father held lands. His date of birth is unknown and is estimated based on his wife's 1570 birth.

Thomas held lands in Reedham, Norfolk.^[1] He served as Sheriff of Norfolk^[1] in 1609.^[5]

Thomas married Julian Gawdy, daughter of Thomas Gawdy, Knt., of Redenhall^[4] and Claxton, Norfolk and his second wife, Frances Richers.^[1] They had five sons and one daughter:

• William, Esq.,^[1] married Bridget or Elizabeth Cook/Coke and died without issue^[3][4]
• John,^[1] died without issue^[3][4]
• Richard, Knt.,^[1] married Anne Smalpage^[3] or perhaps to _____ Gerard^[4]
• Henry^[1][3]
• Thomas,^[3] Esq.^[1][4]
• Frances, wife of Edward Barkham,^[3] she died 1 July 1667^[1][6]

Thomas died intestate in 1616,^[1] it appears his estate may have been administered in 1618.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 406-407, JENNINGS 21.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., Vol. II. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, p. 464-465, JENNINGS 16. Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Walter Rye, ed. "The Visitations of Norfolk, 1563 and 1613". Harleian Society, Vol. 32. London: 1891, p. 17. Archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Francis Blomefield, "Walsham Hundred: Reedham", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 11. London: 1810, pp. 121-132. British History Online.
5. ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales. New York: Kraus, 1963, p. 88. Archive.org
6. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, ed. "Barkham-Jenings" in Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 4th ed., vol. 1: Families A-F. Genealogical Publishing, 2004, pp. 198-199. Online at Gale Genealogy Connect.
7. ↑ "UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975". Index to Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1609-1619. Ancestry Record 1610 #476742 ($), Berney, sir Thos Rd B probate 1618.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project on 12 October 2022 by Thiessen-117.

Thomas Berney is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Saher de Quincy, John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare in trails that were project approved/badged in May 2015 by the Magna Carta Project to Gateway Ancestors Marmaduke Beckwith and Edmund Jennings. Badged trails from Beckwith/Jennings to sureties William d'Aubigny and Robert de Ros were connected later. This profile also appears in a badged trail from Beckwith and Jennings to surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod that was developed in Autumn 2022. Trails to the aforementioned surety barons are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of both Gateway's profiles: Beckwith and Jennings.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".