Jane Bampfylde

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Bampfylde was born on 15 June 1591, in Hatch, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Amias Bampfylde, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Clifton, was 26. She married Francis Drake 1st Baronet Drake, of Buckland Monachorum on 22 September 1602, in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in February 1614, in Devon, England, at the age of 22, and was buried in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England.

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Francis Drake 1st Baronet Drake, of Buckland Monachorum
1588–1637
Jane Bampfylde
1591–1614
Marriage: 22 September 1602
Dorothea Drake
1611–1616

Sources (3)

  • Jana Bampfielde, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Jane Bampfylde Drake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Biography from the History of Parliament Online - DRAKE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1588-1637), of Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon

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1600 · The Honourable East India Company

The Honourable East India Company, a British joint-stock company, was established in 1600 for trade in the Indian Ocean region. At its height, the British East India Company had a private army which was twice the size of the British Army, ruled large sections of India, and revenues in the millions.

Name Meaning

Norman, English: see Banfield .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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