John Berners, of Finchingfield, Esq.

The document below is the will, dated 11 January 1540 and proved 27 January 1540, of John Berners of the manor of Peches in Finchingfield, Essex, whose eldest son, Francis Berners, was the first husband of Barbara (nee Cornwall) Vere, who later married Oxford’s paternal uncle, Robert de Vere (d.1598). For Robert de Vere, see his will, TNA PROB 11/91/403, and TNA C 3/251/104.
The testator married, firstly, Elizabeth Wiseman (d. 26 January 1524?), the daughter of Simon Wiseman of Brantham, Suffolk, and secondly, Eleanor Palmer, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Palmer of Angmering, Sussex, who survived him, and married William Bendlowes (d. 19 November 1584) of Brent Hall in Finchingfield, who was interred in the chancel of the church at Great Bardfield, where a monument was erected in his memory.

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Will of John Berners of Finchingfield, Essex, National Archive