page_title: John Seymour (1474–1536)
section_title: Death and burial
hierarchical_section_title: John Seymour (1474–1536) / Death and burial
caption_attribution_description: English: Great Bedwyn - Church Of St Mary The Virgin A view of St Mary's on the footpath from the level crossing and canal.
context_page_description: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in the parish of Great Bedwyn in the Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, Knight banneret was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into a prominent gentry family, he is best known as the father of the Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, and hence grandfather of king Edward VI of England.
context_section_description: Seymour died on 21 December 1536. By royal custom, his daughter Queen Jane did not attend the funeral. He was first buried in the church of Easton Priory, but following the collapse of that building was reburied in 1590 by his grandson, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, in the church of Great Bedwyn, the parish church of Wulfhall, where survives his monument. His eldest son and heir, Edward Seymour, inherited lands to the annual value of £275.
caption: Church of St Mary The Virgin, Great Bedwyn
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