Elizabeth de Bernake

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• Background Information. ⁷⁸⁴
Sir James Byron, Knight, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Bernake, whom he left a widow before 24 Edward III (28 Mar 1350), as appears by an agreement dated at Cadenay, made between John Colepepper and his wife Elizabeth, of the one part, and Elizabeth, late wife of Sir James Byron, Knight on the other part; whereby John confirmed to the said Elizabeth, all the lands, which accrued to her as her dower, in the manors of Clayton and Boterworth, in the county of Lancashire.

~Collins's Peerage of England, Vol. VII, pg. 94

Elizabeth married Sir James Byron Knight, son of Sir Richard de Byron Knight, Lord of Clayton & Codenay and Elizabeth wife of Sir Richard Byron.²⁸⁹ (Sir James Byron Knight died after 1350 in Clayton, Lancashire, England ⁸⁴².)