59412. Sir John Brune & 59413. Jane Bamfield
~1500, John born in Hampshire, England, s/o 118824. John Brune & 118825. Anne
Tichborne.
4/21/1509, Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII as King of
England.
1512, John inherited the Rowner manor from his granduncle
William Brune. [Hampshire is in the middle-south of England on the coast and
includes the Isle of Wight. Rowner is NW of the city of Portsmouth.]
12/8/1520, John Brune.—Livery of lands as s. and h. of John
Brune. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V19, Pt2, 1905.
1524, John leased Grange farm [~696 acres in Dorset] from
the abbey of Quarr.
1539, John heir to his father, who was heir to his nephew
Thomas Brune, s/o his brother William, who was married to Catherine Ringbourne,
heir of her grandmother Agnes Esturmy, coheiress of Sir William Sturmy of Wolf
Hall, Wiltshire. (S) Parochial and Family Hist. of the Deanery of Trigg Manor,
V2, Maclean, P216.
2/24/1540, John Bruyn. Livery of lands as uncle and heir of
Thos. Bruyn, deceased, viz., brother of Will. Bruyn, deceased, father of the
said Thomas. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V15, 1896.
4/20/1547, “Bond 1) Sir John Wallope, knight. 2) John Brune.
Covenants ...” (S) UKNA, Cornwall Records.
By 1454, John knighted.
2/24/1554, “Bond 1) Sir Olyver Wallope. 2) Sir John Brune. Covenants.”
(S) UKNA, Cornwall Records.
1557, Sir John Burne bought the Netheravon estate from
Richard Lyster. (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V11, 1980, Netheravon. [John’s son
Henry died possed of this property.]
8/28/1559, John wrote
his will: “I bequeath my soul to Almightie God … and my boddie to be buried in
the Parish Chruch of Rowner, within my owne chapell there, upon which church
and chapell I will there shall bestow by mine executrix of the repairing of the
same, the sum of £6, and also I will there shall be bestowed upon the making of
my tombe the sum of £10 …” Sir John left money in his will for the construction
of a solid limestone seulchre in S. Mary the Virgin Church. “Its escutcheons
reveal the careful marrying that went on to secure the family’s mighty wealth,
linking with de la Rokele, Bamfilde, Ticheborne and Knowles.” He also provided
for his wife to live at The Grange as her dower house. [Grange Farm had
harvested 30 quarters each of wheat and barley; livestock included 400 sheep,
34 milk cows, 12 oxen, 6 horses for the cart and 4 edging horses. There were
also riding horses as Sir John left a good one to his Uvedale cousin.]
1559, John died, buried in the church of St. Mary the
Virgin, Rowner.
(S) The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1822, P319, Amorial
Decorations of Fonthill Abbey. (S) Hist. of S. Mary the Virgin, Rowner,
Gosport, Hampshire. (S) Proceedings of The Hampshire Field Club, 1894, P348.
Child of John and Jane:
i. Henry Brune (29706), born ~1540 in Dorset, England.
