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| Keywords: people JANE BICKERTON, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK (1643/4 - 1693). Mistress, then wife, of Henry Howard, the 6th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England. She was the daughter of Robert Bickerton, Gentleman of the King's Wine Cellar and his wife Anne Hester. Jane had lived with Norfolk since the death of his first wife in 1662. They had four children and some time before 18 January 1678 they married, causing protests from Norfolk's legitimate children. Bickerton represents a rare example of a woman of relatively modest background marrying into the highest level of the aristocracy. After Norfolk's death in January 1684 she married Thomas Maxwell, Quartermaster-General to the army. JANE BICKERTON, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK (1643/4 - 1693). Mistress, then wife, of Henry Howard, the 6th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England. She was the daughter of Robert Bickerton, Gentleman of the King's Wine Cellar and his wife Anne Hester. Jane had lived with Norfolk since the death of his first wife in 1662. They had four children and some time before 18 January 1678 they married, causing protests from Norfolk's legitimate children. Bickerton represents a rare example of a woman of relatively modest background marrying into the highest level of the aristocracy. After Norfolk's death in January 1684 she married Thomas Maxwell, Quartermaster-General to the army. | ||||
