Jane Cornwallis

Attributed to Nathaniel Bacon, The artist’s wife, Jane Bacon, Lady Cornwallis, née Meautys, ca. 1614-1617

Jane, Lady Cornwallis, later Lady Bacon (née Meautys; 1581–1659), was an English courtier and letter writer, whose correspondence was published (in 1842 in London, 8vo, and in 2003).

Jane Meautys was the daughter of Hercules Meautys of West Ham, and Philippe Cooke, daughter of Richard Cooke of Gidea Hall.