Jane Ravenscroft

Events

Date of Birth: probably somewhat before 1600.

Place of Birth: unknown.

She was the eldest daughter, and had a sister baptized 1601/2. Her brother, Hall, was born about 1600. She was married in 1613.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: John Ravenscroft (1571 - 1615).

The Bridger pedigree in the 1634 Visitation of Sussex calls Jane the eldest daughter of John Ravenscroft. (Presumably the informant was her husband, Henry Bridger.) The Ravenscroft pedigree in the same visitation also gives “Jane ux. Henery Bridger of Asherst in com. Sussex” as the daughter of “John Ravenscrofte of Horsham in com. Sussex” and “Judith d. of George Ferne.” (Presumably the informant was Jane’s brother, Hall Ravenscroft). John Ravenscroft does not mention Jane in his will, but this may not be significant since his other daughters are given 200 pounds to be paid on the days of their marriages, but Jane had already married. John Ravenscroft is named as Jane’s father in a description of her marriage settlement given in the inquisition post mortem of Jane’s father-in-law, Richard Bridger (Attree p.38, no. 172).

Mother: Judith Ferne (unknown - 1614).

The 1634 visitation of Sussex (p. 171) names Jane’s mother Judith Ferne.

Spouse: Henry Bridger (1584/5 - 1657). Marriage licence 6 April 1613.

Dunkin (p. 17) gives the date of the marriage licence (“Henry Bridger of Wormingehurst & Jane Ravenscroft of Horsham (Subdeanery, Chichester)”). Hughes-Clarke (p. 17) gives the same date for the marriage itself.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Elizabeth Bridger (baptized 22 May 1616 at Warminghurst, Sussex - died 1682) married John Byne 10 July 1634 at Ashurst.

Richard Bridger (baptized 13 February 1619/20 at Shipley, Sussex - died 8 January 1698/9) married Frances Burrell. Richard was the Member of Parliament for Lewes between 1679 and 1690.

John Bridger (born (and baptized?) 16 May 1622 at Ashurst, Sussex) married Mary Rivers. Left a PCC will (probate 7 July 1704).

Henry Bridger (baptized 11 April 1624 at Ashurst, Sussex - buried 5 May 1624 at Ashurst).

William Bridger (baptized 25 September 1625 - buried 29 October 1625).

Mary Bridger (baptized 22 July 1627 at Ashurst, Sussex - died June 1669) married William Gratwicke 12 June 1651 at Ashurst, Sussex. Left a PCC will (probate 23 June 1669).

Henry Bridger (baptized 24 September 1629 at Ashurst, Sussex) married Dorothy.

Frances Bridger (baptized 1 March 1631/2 at Ashurst, Sussex - died 1655) left a PCC will (probate 11 September 1655.)

Adria Bridger (baptized 23 October 1634 at Ashurst, Sussex) married (1) William Shelley 3 June 1657 at Arundel, Sussex; married (2) Daniel Waldo.

James Bridger (baptized 1 Nov 1636 at Ashurst, Sussex). Mentioned in the will of his sister, Frances.

Jane Bridger (baptized 6 December 1638 at Ashurst, Sussex).

References

Attree, F. W. T. Notes of post mortem inquisitions taken in Sussex: 1 Henry VII to 1649 and after, [1485-1649]. (London: Sussex Record Society, 1912).

Bannerman, W. Bruce (ed.), The Visitations of the County of Sussex, made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms, and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1905); digital copy Open Library (https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00banngoog#page/n5/mode/2up : accessed 12 March 2014). page 156, citing Harl. 1562, fo. 136a. and page 171, citing Harl. 1562, fo. 154.

Dallaway, James. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex: including the rapes of Chicheser, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city of diocese of Chichester. (London: T. Bensley, 1815-32), 2:2:265.

Dunkin, Edward H.W. Calendar of Sussex marriage licences recorded in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, August, 1586, to March, 1642-3. (Lewes, Sussex, England: Sussex Record Society, 1902).

Hughes-Clarke, Arthur William, and Edward Bysshe. The visitation of Sussex, anno domini 1662, made by Sir Edward Bysshe. (London: [Harleian Society], 1937), p. 17, p. 171.

“Hall of Horsham & London, & Ravenscroft of Horsham”, Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, 1:475.

Ravenscroft, William, and Raymond Bathurst Ravenscroft. The family of Ravenscroft. (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1915), page 11.