Occasionally referred to as Joan.
In the 1510 Will of her paternal grandfather John Billing of Aylesbury, Jane was bequeathed £10.
In her father's 1534 Will Jane and her husband Anthony Skynner were bequeathed £20 and a 'mawdlyn boxe' gilt with a cover. He bequeathed to her an annuity of £10 from the proceeds of his lands.
In her husband's 1558 Will Jane was bequeathed his house, lands, tenements and other hereditaments within the city of London or its suburbs for the term of her natural life.
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Abstract of the Will of Jane Skynner of London, Widow, written 17 Apr 1580, proved 18 Feb 1581. 2
(Names of family members are underlined.)
Wills that her body be buried next to that of her late husband Anthony Skynner.
Appoints as her executors her sons-in-law William Baynham Esq. and Anthony Morgan gent.
Gives and bequeaths to her son George Skynner her great gilt bowl, to her son William she gives her parcel gilt goblet, and to each a black gown if they come to her funeral.
Gives and bequeaths to her daughter Benett Boswell her two best tent cushions, a long silk pillow, a damask cloth, a plain tablecloth, a dozen napkins and a towell.
Gives and bequeaths to her daughter Morgan a pair of bracelets, her best salte cellar, a plain tablecloth, a dozen napkins and a towell. Moreover she gives to her a Turkish wrought chair, a feather bed with counterpoint curtains and all the furniture.
Gives and bequeaths to her daughter Martha Baynham her Turkish carpet, 2 tent cushions, a window cloth, a cupboard cloth of needlework, a long pillow of needlework with 'Eglantynes', a towell, a dozen napkins and a plain table cloth.
Gives and bequeaths to her daughter Mary Elis her greatest diamond, a plain tablecloth, a dozen napkins and a towell.
Gives and bequeaths to Mrs. Lodge a black gown and 20 shillings with which to buy a ring; to Mrs. Williams a black gown and 30 shillings with which to buy a ring; and to goodwife Watson a black gown.
The residue of her goods and chattells she distributes equally between her four daughters.
Gives and bequeaths to her son-in-law Mr. Boswell her catseye ring; and to her son-in-law Mr. Doctor Ellis her great silver pot; to her son-in-law Mr. Baynham her gilt standing cup; and to her son-in-law Mr. Morgan her great gilt pot.
She gives to Mrs. Palmer a mourning gown and 20 shillings.
Wills that, after the death of her daughters, her bequests to them shall pass to their children, namely, her granddaughter Martha Boswell, her granddaughter Elizabeth Palmer, her granddaughter Bennett Wheatley (daughter of her daughter Martha Baynham).
Gives to her cousin Mary Coxe a black gown and 40 shillings.
Gives to Mrs. Plunkney a black gown.
Gives 20 shillings to the poor of the town of Deddington where she was born.
Gives 20 shillings to a poor beadman of hers.
Gives to Prudence Wheatley a jewell in which there is a picture of Christ on an agate.
Wills that the cup she gave to her son-in-law Mr. Baynham will pass to his son Edmund Baynham…
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