Stepen,

In the front of her book, on f.lv in 16 16, inscribed:

Jane Pickeringe owe this
Booke  1616

In the Boethius edition, Robert Spencer gives an introductory study, and he 
states in the 1877 British Museum "Catalogue of Additions 1854-1857" 
identified her thus:  "A daughter of Sir John Puckering (or Pickering), 
Lord Keeper, married Adam Newton, tutor to Henry Prince of Whales".  The 
facts are incorrect, as Sir Adam Newton in 1605 married "not Jane, But 
Katherine, the youngest daughter of Sir John Puckering, Lord 
Keeper".  Indeed, Sir John did not have a daughter, Jane.

The 1909 British Museum "Catalogue of Manusctript Music" offered an 
alternate identification "...probably the Jane Puckering whose father, Sir 
Thomas, was created a baronet in 1612 and whose aunt Dorothy married Sir 
Adam Newton"  But, Sir Thomas did not marry until 1616, so the daughter 
Jane who died without issue in 1652 cannot possibly have been the owner of 
the book in the same year as her parents' marriage.

So, it remains a mystery, unless there is new research of late.

All in all, records indicate Pickering, Pickeringe, and Puckering.  Since 
her inscription is Pickeringe, I'd go with that.

ed








At 11:20 PM 6/20/2007 +0100, Stephen Kenyon wrote:
>Hello, which please is the appropriate spelling for our Jane?
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