Ambrose Jermyn

Arms of Jermyn: Sable, a crescent between two mullets in pale argent

Sir Ambrose Jermyn (1511 – 5 April 1577) of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, was an English courtier, magistrate and landowner.^[1]

Origins[]

He was the son of Sir Thomas Jermyn (died 1552) of Rushbrooke by his wife Anne Spring, the eldest daughter of Thomas Spring of Lavenham, Suffolk.^[2]

Career[]

He inherited his father's Rushbrooke Hall estate following his death in 1552. A fervent Roman Catholic, he was knighted by Queen Mary I and served as a Justice of the Peace in Suffolk. In this role he was a notable prosecutor and persecutor of Protestants across East Anglia until the accession of Queen Elizabeth I.^[3] He served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1558 and 1572.

Marriage and children[]

In 1538 he married Anne Heveningham, daughter of George Heveningham of Rushbrooke, by whom he had thirteen children, including:

Sir Robert Jermyn, eldest surviving son and heir, a Protestant magistrate.^[4] His will was proved in May 1577.^[5]
Susan Jermyn, wife of Lyonell Tollemache of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk, and mother of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562–c. 1620).

References[]

^ An account of Sir Ambrose Jermyn and his family is given by S.H.A. Hervey, Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850 (George Booth, Woodbridge 1903), pp. 198-207 (Internet Archive).
^ http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-21_ff_83-4.pdf
^ Patrick Collinson, From Cranmer to Sancroft: Essays on English Religion in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (A&C Black, 16 Jul 2007), p.33.
^ Patrick Collinson, 'Magistracy and Ministry: A Suffolk Miniature' in Godly People: Essays On English Protestantism and Puritanism (Bloomsbury Publishing, 1983), p.449.
^ Will of Sir Ambrose Jermyn (P.C.C. 1577, Daughtry quire). Transcript in Hervey, Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850, pp. 143-46 (Internet Archive).

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[1] An account of Sir Ambrose Jermyn and his family is given by S.H.A. Hervey, Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850 (George Booth, Woodbridge 1903), pp. 198-207 (Internet Archive).

[2] ttp://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-21_ff_83-4.pdf

[3] Patrick Collinson, From Cranmer to Sancroft: Essays on English Religion in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (A&C Black, 16 Jul 2007), p.33.

[4] Patrick Collinson, 'Magistracy and Ministry: A Suffolk Miniature' in Godly People: Essays On English Protestantism and Puritanism (Bloomsbury Publishing, 1983), p.449.

[5] Will of Sir Ambrose Jermyn (P.C.C. 1577, Daughtry quire). Transcript in Hervey, Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850, pp. 143-46 (Internet Archive).

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