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Jane Sayer

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✓ Jane, 2nd da. of John Sayer of Worsall-on-Tees, co. York; m. 1522 Hugh Westropp of Brompton (d. 1545), as his 2nd wife - 'in whose [her father's] will, 1530, they are legatees'. Mother of James Westropp (d. 1580). Her father not wired (the Sayers of Worsall are in the Yorkshire Visitations). Source: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912), 'Westropp of Attyflin' pp.757-8 (lineage citing York wills 1430, 1466/7, 1490/1, 1579, 1604, 1605, 1606; IPMs 1369, 1495, 1603, 1610; the 1586 Visitation of Yorkshire at which the pedigree from John Thweng 1369 was registered; and Dugdale's Visitation 1665), archive.org genealogicalhera00burkuoft, read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]

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