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.