George (Jermingham) Jerningham (1515 - abt. 1559)

Born 26 Mar 1515 in Belstead, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

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Died about Jan 1559 at about age 43 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

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George Jermingham was a member of the aristocracy in England.

George (Jermingham) Jerningham was born in Suffolk, England.

Sir John Jerningham of Somerleyton and Bridget, daughter of Sir Robert Drury I of Hawstead, Suffolk, were the parents of George Jerningham (or Jernegan), their first son.^[1][2]

He married 20 Mar 1534 by settlement, Ella/Eley, daughter of Sir John Spelman of Narborough, Norfolk and Elizabeth Froneyke of Gunnersbury, Middleton.^[1][2]

Among their children were:^[2]

1. John Jernegan, who married Katherine Brooke, daughter of George Lord Cobham
2. Robert
3. Walter
4. Thomas
5. George
6. Henry
7. Eley, who married Arthur Jennye, Esquire of Knotishall, Suffolk
8. Anne, who married Symon Broke
9. Elizabeth
10. Margaret

His uncle was Sir Henry Jerningham KB MP, brother-in-law of Sir Thomas Cornwallis.^[1]

He died circa Jan 1559.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Dale, M K & Bindoff, S T, ed. JERNINGHAM, George (1515-59), of Somerleyton, Suff. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. 1982. © Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust 1964-2020. Accessed 28 Feb 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Metcalfe, Walter C, ed. The Visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey, Clarenceux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond herald, 1612, with notes and an Appendix of Additional Suffolk Pedigrees. Jernegan of Somerleyton. 1882, p. 46-7. Exeter: Privately printed for the Editor by William Pollard, North Street.

• At the end of a Latin Bible, of the version of St Jerome, a vellum MS., in the library of Christ's college, Cambridge, F.1.5. Collectanea Topographica et genealogica: VI: Genealogical Notes from Ancient Calendars, &c. Vol. 6. 1840, p. 90-3. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son.