Amy Symes

Amy Horner was from a very illustrious family. Her grandfather, Sir John Horner, was also a High Sheriff and a very powerful politician. He is also the man about whom the poem "Little Jack Horner" was written. The plum that is mentioned in the poem is an abbey/estate which he inherited. Another of her grandfathers, Alexander Popham, was the judge who presided over the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh. Alexander's wife, Jane Stradling has ties to the English Royal Family thru Richard III.

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Amy was born about 1585. Amy Horner ... She passed away about 1658. <ref>Entered by Jim Steffens, Apr 17, 2013</ref> Do you have information about Amy Horner? Please contribute to her biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.

Amy Symes (Horner) MP Gender: Female Birth: 1585 Mells, Somerset, England Death: 1658 (73) Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, England Immediate Family: Daughter of Sir Thomas Horner, MP, of Cloford and Jane Horner Wife of John Symes, MP, of Poundisford Mother of John Sims; Jane Symes; Henry Symes; Susan Symes; Edith Symes; Elizabeth Symes; William Symes; Katherine Symes; Thomas Symes, Esq.;Abigail Symes; Anne Symes and Elinor Symes Sister of Sir John Horner, Kt., MP; Hercules Horner; Henry Horner; Tristam Horner; Anthony Horner and 2 others Half sister of Susan Horner Added by: Angela Crotts Beyer on May 29, 2007 Managed by: Wayne Henry Friedman and 26 others Curated by: Erica Isabel Howton

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Amy was born in 1580. Amy Homer ... She passed away in 1679 in Somerset at Mells Manor (home of the Horner family, as in "Little Jack Horner" who worked for the Abbott of Glastonbury. The famous nursery rhymesays "Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie; he put in his thumb and pulled out a plumb and said "What a good boy amI." refers to his pulling out a deed to Mells Manor (hence the plum) which was baked in a pie, he was delivering to the court of King HenryVIII. <ref>First-hand information as remembered by Lyle-317 | Jewell Parker, Monday, October 6, 2014. Replace this citation if thereis another source.</ref>Little Jack Horner reference taken from Wikipedia, The nursery rhyme is a sad calumny . A receipt for over £1800 (paid in gold and silver) still exists for Mells and the other land purchased of the King at the dissolution of the monastries. ~ Carl P J Horner BA, PGCE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Jack_Horner, accessed by [Julieann Simms-717], June 17th 2015. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contributeinformation or sources? <!-- This comment, and everything else, canbe edited or removed. -->

Sources =="England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ5K-WPN : accessed 18 June 2015), Mrs. Amy Horner, 21 Aug 1679; citing , reference yr 1678-1749; FHL microfilm 1,526,679.

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