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Hatton Berners

Birthdate:
Death: November 23, 1713 (68-77)
Place of Burial: Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Immediate Family:

Son of Arthur Berners and Elizabeth Berners
Husband of Bridget Berners
Father of Simon Berners; Grace Berners; Katherine Berners; Gregory Berners and William Berners

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About Hatton Berners


In the 21st of King Charles I. John Williamson, Gent. had a prœcipe to deliver it to Gregory Gawsell, Esq. who was eldest son of Thomas Gawsell, Esq. of Watlington, and dying unmarried in 1656, this lordship came to Hatton Berners, Esq. (son of Arthur Berners, Esq. of Finching field, in Essex, by Elizabeth his wife, eldest sister of Gregory Gawsell aforesaid,) who was high sheriff of Norfolk, in 1666, and on his death in 1713, it desended to Gregory his eldest son, who dying unmarried in 1715, his brother William was his heir, who married and had several children, and dying in 1727, this estate was soon after sold, in order to pay his debts,
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On a marble stone lying near the east end of this isle;
Here lye the bodies of Grace and Katherine, daughters of Hatton Berners, Esq; and Bridget his wife, the only sister of Sir Symon Leach, of Devonshire, Kt. of the Bath; Grace dyed the 16th of July 1682, aged above 4 years, the other the 10th of November 1680, aged 4 months.—Also the bodies of William and Mary the son and daughter of William Berners, Esq; he dyed 13th of April 1718, aged 4 months; she the 1st. of April 1719, aged 4 months.
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On a marble grave-stone in the chancel, with the arms of Berners, quarterly, vert and or, impaling ermin, on a chief indented gules, 3 ducal coronets, or, Leach.
Here lyeth the body of Hatton Berners, Esq; who dyed November 23, 1713, aged 73.
Another with the arms of Barners,
In memory of Simon, first son of Hatton Barners, Esq; who dyed 1693, aged 18, and Bridget, his wife.
Also one for
Bridget wife of Hatton Barners, only sister, to Sir Simon Leach, of Devonshire, knight of the Bath, she died January 15, 1705.
One
In memory of William Barners, Esq. who dyed June 9. 1727, aged == years, and of Jane his wife, who dyed April 10, 1725, aged 41: with the arms of Barners, impaling three lions passant, 2 and 1.
Another with the arms of Barners, for
Gregory Barners, Esq. who dyed February 14. 1715, aged 34 years.

Freebridge Hundred: Wigenhale St. Mary's, An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1808.

See also:

The History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk: Freebridge Lynn, Freebridge Marshland, and Gallow (1781)


Will of Hatton Berners, Gentleman of Wiggenhall Saint Mary, Norfolk, The National Archives

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November 23, 1713
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St. Mary Magdalen's, Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, England, Kingdom of Great Britain