Sir Ambrose Jermyn (1511 – 5 April 1577) of

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, was an English

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, magistrate and landowner.

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.

Career

He inherited his father's

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estate following his death in 1552. A fervent

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, he was knighted by Queen

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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

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. He served as

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in 1558 and 1572.

Marriage and children

In 1538 he married Anne Heveningham, daughter of George Heveningham of Rushbrooke, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Burgoyne, by whom he had thirteen children, including: *Sir

Robert Jermyn Sir Robert Jermyn DL (1539–1614) was a prominent East Anglian landowner and magistrate, of strongly reformist views in religion, who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1589. Jermyn was the eldest surviving son of ...

, eldest surviving son and heir, a Protestant magistrate. His will was proved in May 1577.Will of Sir Ambrose Jermyn (P.C.C. 1577, Daughtry quire). Transcript in Hervey, ''Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850''
pp. 143-46
(Internet Archive). *Susan Jermyn, wife of Lyonell Tollemache of

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in Suffolk, and mother of

Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562 – 1612), the son of Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk and Susanna Jermyn, served twice as Sheriff of Suffolk, in 1593 and 1609, and was knighted in 1612. Biography He was the only son and heir of ...

(1562–).

References

1511 births 1577 deaths English justices of the peace English Roman Catholics High Sheriffs of Norfolk High Sheriffs of Suffolk Ambrose Knights Bachelor People from Rushbrooke with Rougham 16th-century English people People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury {{England-bio-stub