Jane Lacey

From: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2005-05/...

The ancestry of the infamous Sir Richard Empson and his wife Jane is little known, but a piece of evidence has come to my notice which should provide direction to resolving at least part of this puzzle.

The following record is given in Testamenta Eboracensia: 1507-8, Jan. 22. Licence from the archbishop of Canterbury for Sir William Pierrepoint, knt., and Joan, widow of Henry Sothill, late dioc. Lincoln, to marry. On Jan. 20th, a dispensation was given to them at London by Hadrian, cardinal-priest of St. Grisogonus, they being related in 3rd and 4th degrees. Reg. Bainbridge, 5 a. ' [1