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Données personnelles Sir Henry Jernegan later Jerningham of Huntingfield and Wingfield 

• Il est né en l'an 1512 dans Cossey Hall, Norfolk, England.

  Attention: Avait moins de 16 ans (11) lors de la naissance (??-??-1523) de l'enfant (Jeronyma Jerningham).

• Il est décédé le 4 septembre 1572, il avait 60 ans.
• Un enfant de Edward Jernigan et Mary Scrope
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 4 décembre 2022.

Famille de Sir Henry Jernegan later Jerningham of Huntingfield and Wingfield

Il est marié avec Frances Baynham.

Ils se sont mariés.

Enfant(s):

1. Jeronyma Jerningham  1523-1587 
2. Henry Jerningham  ± 1536-1619 

Notes par Sir Henry Jernegan later Jerningham of Huntingfield and Wingfield

Boddie, Jernigan of Virginia and NorthCarolina,HistoricalSouthernFamilies, Vol.

Sir Henry Jerningham who died ca. 1571 was the son ofSirEdwardJernigan(d. 1515) and hi s s i fe Mary (Scroope). ; Sir Henrywasthefounder of theCotessy branch of the Jernigans in th e C o untyofNorfolk,England(Betham, The Baronetage of England, 1801-1803, p.232,table 33). S i rHenry used the Jerningham spelling of his nametodistinguishhimselffrom the Jernigans w h o m he disliked.

Note: cf.  Historical Southern Families, Vol. IV, p. 121 et seq.

Research shows that Sir Henry Jerningham achieved fame(ornotoriety)amongthe Jerningham g e n erations by adhering to the causeofQueenMary,daughter of Henry VIII of England. ; She suc c e ededherbrotherEdward VIand ruled from 1553-1558.  Known as "Bloody Mary" shewasafanat i c alCatholic.  She married Phillip II ofSpain,popularlyconsidered thearch-enemy of Engla n d .  Her attempt torestoreEngland tothe Church ofRome ended in alienating her people and r ed ucingthecountry to acondition approaching anarchy.  Sir HenryJerningham wasanardentsup p o rter, and he, with all his "tenantry",joined forces withherat Kenninghall in July, 15 5 3 .  Sir Henry capturedYarmouth andralliedthe county of Norfolk to her cause.  He theref o r estood high intheQueen's favor and became a member of the Privy Council.

When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, Sir Henrywasdeprivedofhis high office s a n d all his manors and otherpropertieswereconfiscated.

Sir Henry Jerningham married Frances, dughter of Sir EdwardBaynham,andbyher had two so n s a nd two daughters; Henry who marriedEleanorDacres;William Francis; Mary who married ___ _ _________Southwell; andJeronimawho married _Waldgrave.  It has been statedthat the childr e n of Henryand Eleanor (Dacres) Jernigan were the firstemigrants to theVirginiaColony, th a t i s, the first of the Jerninghamsin America.These sonswereThomas of Norwich, Norfolk Co . , E ngland andGeorge whomarried a MissPhilpot of Somerton, Norfolk County.

Note: Judge B.B. Winbourne, in Colonial and StatePoliticalHistoryofHertford Co., N.C. st a t es:  "Three brothers cametoVirginia".Howeverit is possible that Thomas's son John was b o r ninEngland andaccompanied his parents to Virginia which would explaintheabove error.

Records of the family of Jerningham (later to be spelledJerneganandJernigan) are fou n d i n the marriage bonds of NorfolkCounty,England.Thedates given are not marriage record s , bu t the yearin whichthe heirproved his in heritance before the County Court.

There were two, perhaps more, manors or "seats" of the Jerninghams.Onewasat Somerton , o n t he cost of Norfolk, about ten milesnorthofGreatYarmouth.  It was a parish at one tim e , bu t the churchhasnowfallen into decay. (Note: Somerleyton in Suffolk Co., England, referredt o in Boddie's Historical Southern Families, Vol. iv, p. 121, isnotthesameplace as So m erton , Norfolk.)

Research shows that Sir Henry Jerningham achieved fame(ornotoriety)amongthe Jerningham g e n erations by adhering to the causeofQueenMary,daughter of Henry VII, of England. ; She suc c e ededherbrotherEdward VIand ruled from 1553-58.  Known as "Bloody Mary"  shewasafanati c a lCatholic.  She married Philip II of Spain,popularlyconsideredthearch-enemy of Englan d .  H er attempt to restoreEngland tothe ChurchofRome ended in alienating her people and re d ucin gthecountry toacondition pproaching anarchy.  Sir Henry Jerninghamwasanardentsuppor t er , and he sent all his "tenantry", joined forceswithheratKenninghall in July, 1553.  S i r He nry captured Yarmouthandralliedthecounty of Norfolk to her cause.  He therefore sto o d hig hinthequeen'sfavor and became a member of the Privy Council.
     When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, SirHenrywasdeprived of his high of f i ces and all his manors andotherpropertieswere confiscated.

Sir Henry Jerningham

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