Jane Boughton & Anne Fleet

Jane Boughton was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 16th November 1614 but nothing marks her grave. She was the widow of William Boughton (died about 1596) of Lawford in Warwickshire. Her father was Humphrey Coningsby of Hampton Court in Herefordshire, gentleman pensioner to Queen Elizabeth I, and her mother was Ann Englefield. Her grandson William was created a Baronet in 1641.

Her daughter Anne, buried with her (near William Camden's monument) on 1st September 1658 was the widow of John Fleet from Worcestershire (her first husband was Ralph Wright).

Location

South Transept

Jane Boughton & Anne Fleet
South Transept

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