BERNERS. 345 of Barnet (on the Yorkist side) Easter day 1-171. He was distinguished M a soldier, a courtier and an author of considerable note, being the translator of " Froissart" &c. Was sum. to Pari, from 14 Oct. (1495) 11 Hen. VII to 9 Nov. (1529) 21 Hen. VttL{») In 1513 he was at the capture of Terouenne, and booh after was Marshal of the Earl of Surrey's army in Scotland. In 1514 he went to France as Chamberlain to the Princess .Mary, wife of Louis XI I. On 2S May 1 5 1 u' he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, in l.'ilS was on an embassy to Spain, and in 1519 was at the Held of the Cloth of Gold, and in 1520 waa Deputy of the town aud marches of Calais. He m. Katharine, da. of John (HoWAttD), Duke of Noukoi.k by his 2nd wife (whose only child she was) Margaret, da. of Sir John ChedWOBTH. He d. at Calais s.p.m. legit. 10 March 1532/3 aud was liur. in the parish church there. Will dat. 3 March 1582/3, pr. 4 Feb. 1533/4. Test. Vet. His widow d. 12 March (1535/0) 27 Hen. VIII. After his death the Barony became (it uheijan.ee between, his two daughters and coheirs, and, when such abeyance was terminated (about 1550) by the death s.p. of the elder one, (Mary, wife of Alexander Unton of Berks), lay dormant for the long period of about two centuries, till its existence was established in 1720. Those who under that decision were entitled to it are as under. HI LSSOJ J. Jam; 2nd rla. ami coheir of the last Lord, who, about 1550, became his solo representative and consequently ski jure the dc jure Baroness Burners,;'") but never assumed that dignity. She inherited the estate of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, aud »i. Edmund Knyyett, Sergeant Porter to Henry VUI, who d. I May (1539) 31 Hen. VIII and was bur. at Ashwellthorpe. She (/. as his widow 17 Feb. 1501 and was bur. there. Will dat. 6 April 1500, pr. 9 March 1561, IV. 1561. 4- Sin Thomas Knyvett, de jure Lord Beritebs,^) grand- son and h., being s. and h. of John K., by Agnes, da. of Sir John Huiconrr of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, which John K. was s. and h. ap. of Jane dc jure Baroness Berners abovenamed, ami d. v.m. He obtained from James I. a certificate to the Commissioners for the office of Earl Marshal of his right and titlt tn the Jluruiu/ of Berners, but d. before obtaining the confirmation thereof. He m. Muriel, da. of Sir Thomas P.utltY, Treasurer of the Household to Queen EUz. She. who was sister and coheir of Sir Thomas Parry of Welt'ord, Berks, (/. 25 April 1010, and was hut at Ashwellthorpe. He d. 9 Feb. 1016/7, and was bur. there. V. 1617. Thomas Knvvctt, de jura Loud I)ER>.'Eivs,( b ) grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir Thomas K. (tlie younger) by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir Nathaniel Baton - , K.B., of Stilt'key co. Norfolk, which Sir Thomas was s. and h. ap. of Thomas, de jure LORD Bern Kits abovenamed and v.p. Sep. 1005. He was hup. at Ashwellthorpe 10 June 1590. He m. Katharine 4th and yst. da. of Thomas (BuKOH), Loud Birgii ok G.UNsnoitorcil. She, who was coheir to her br. Thomas, the last Lord, was bur. at Ashwellthorpe, 1 May 1010. He d. 30 June 105S at Henham Hall, and was bur. at Ashwellthorpe, being styled in his M.I. "Hereditary Lord Bcmcrs." ( a ) " In the 25th Henry VIII, 5 January 1534, the name of " Humphrido Bourehier de Berners, Chel'r," occurs in the writs of summons, hut never afterwards. It is difficult to decide who was the person so described : it might either have been that John, the last Baron, was summoned in ignorance of his demise and the mistake in the christian name, a misprint, at an erroneous entry on the Roll ; or it might have been Humphrey Bourehier, the natural son of the last Baron, summoned from his bastardy not being then generally known ; but this is unlikely from the said Hum- phrey being his sceoml natural son, James his elder natural brother being then living, and whose descendants still exist," See " Nicolas " reproduced by " Courthope." i?) According to the decision of 1720.
