Sir Thomas Hendley
Sir Thomas Hendley | |
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| High Sheriff of Kent | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1580 Ticehurst, Sussex, England |
| Died | 28 January 1656 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Wilford (1578-1634) |
Sir Thomas Hendley (1580-1656) was an English landholder who served as Sheriff of Kent.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Hendley (1554-1590), Lord of the Manor of Coursehorn at Cranbrook, Kent, and his first wife Anne, daughter of Henry Bowyer and his wife Elizabeth Vaux.[1] He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wilford (1547-1605) and his wife Elizabeth Cordall, the ceremony being on 28 February 1597 at the church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the City of London.[2]
In 1637 he served as Sheriff of Kent. In addition to his inherited manor of Coursehorn, he acquired two other manors in the parish of Cranbrook, those of Angley and Bettenham.[3]
Family
Thomas and Elizabeth had thirteen children, including Sir Walter Hendley, 1st Baronet and John Hendley (1617-1676), who became the father of Bowyer Hendley.[4]
References
- ^ John Burke, 1838 «A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies» https://books.google.co.uk/books retrieved 11 October 2015
- ^ England Marriages, 1538–1973 «Thomas Hendly and Elizab. Mrs Wilford, 28 Feb 1597 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate,London,England» reference; FHL microfilm 380,147, 380,148, 380,149, 547,171. https://familysearch.org retrieved 11 October 2015
- ^ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Cranbrooke', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (Canterbury, W.Bristow 1798), pp. 90-113 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol7/pp90-113 retrieved 6 October 2015
- ^ John Burke, 1838 «A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies» https://books.google.co.uk/books retrieved 11 October 2015