Henry Heydon
Sir Henry Heydon | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1504 Baconsthorpe, Norfolk |
| Buried | Norwich Cathedral |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Boleyn |
| Issue | John Heydon Henry Heydon William Heydon Dorothy Heydon Bridget Heydon Anne Heydon Elizabeth Heydon Amy Heydon |
| Father | John Heydon |
| Mother | Eleanor Winter |
Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504) was the son of John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, 'the well-known opponent of the Paston family'.[1][2] He married Anne Boleyn, the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, great-grandfather of Henry VIII's queen Anne Boleyn.
Career
Henry Heydon was the son of
Justice of the Peace in Norfolk from 1473, and on various commissions in that county and elsewhere.[1]
His inheritance from his father included at least sixteen manors, and he added to his holdings through the purchase of lands in both Norfolk and Kent. One of his purchases in Kent was
Honour of Eye.[1]
Although he was knighted at the coronation of
Katherine of Aragon when she arrived in England in 1501, he was 'primarily a local servant of the crown rather than a courtier'.[1]
Some of the wealth he accumulated as a sheep farmer was expended in building projects. In Norfolk he completed the castle begun by his father at Baconsthorpe, restored the parish church at
Walsingham. In Kent he rebuilt the church at West Wickham, and built a fortified manor house there.[1][5]
He died at Baconsthorpe between 20 February and 22 May 1504, and was buried beside his father in the Heydon family chapel which then existed at Norwich Cathedral. A memorial window, said to be his, in the church at West Wickham depicts a kneeling human skeleton, with the Heydon arms.[1][5]
Marriage and issue
He married, likely after 1463, Anne Boleyn,
- John Heydon, eldest son and heir, a leading member of the Norfolk gentry during the reign of Sir Roger Townshend.
- Henry Heydon, esquire, who married Anne, the daughter of John Armstrong.[4]
- William Heydon, slain during Kett's Rebellion, and buried in the church of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich.[4][9]
- Dorothy Heydon, who married, as his first wife, Elizabeth (d.1560), who married firstly the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt (d. 10 October 1542), and secondly Sir Edward Warner.[10][11][12][13][4]
- Bridget Heydon, who married Sir William Paston (c.1479 – 1554), son of Eleanor Paston, Countess of Rutland and grandmother of Bridget Chaworth.
- Anne Heydon (died c.1521), who married firstly William Gurney of Instead, Norfolk, and secondly Sir Lionel Dymoke (d. 17 August 1519) of Ashby, Lincolnshire.[18][13][4]
- Elizabeth Heydon, who married Sir Walter Hobart, esquire, of Hales Hall,[13][4] the son of Sir James Hobart.
- Amy Heydon (d.1510[19]), who married Sir Roger L'Estrange (d.1505/6[20]) of Hunstanton, Norfolk,[13][4] the son of Henry Le Strange and Katherine Drury, who married secondly as his second wife Sir Robert Radcliffe, and the uncle of Sir Thomas Le Strange.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Moreton 2004.
- ^ Richmond 2004.
- ^ The Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 9: HEYDON, Sir HENRY. ed. by Stephen, Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Sidney Lee, Robert Blake, Christine Stephanie Nicholls. Pub. Oxford University Press, 1908, pp. 767-8, accessed November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hundred of South Erpingham: Baconsthorp, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 6 (1807), pp. 502–513 Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ a b J.B. 1827, p. 17.
- ^ She is referred to in some sources as Elizabeth, rather than Anne.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, p. 339.
- ^ Gurney 1848, p. 412.
- ^ Mason 1885, p. 117.
- ^ McKeen 1986, p. 17.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 381–2.
- ^ T.G.F. 1863, p. 124.
- ^ a b c d e Gurney 1848, pp. 411–12.
- ^ Davis 1971, p. lxiv.
- ^ History of Parliament Online: PASTON, Erasmus (by 1508-40); accessed Nov 2018.
- ^ PASTON, John (1510/12-75/76); accessed Nov 2018.
- ^ History of Parliament Online: PASTON, Clement (by 1523-98); accessed Nov 2018.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 247.
- ^ "Lestrange (Lestraunge), Amy, widow, late the wife of Sir Roger Lestraunge, kt, of Honyston - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue". nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Catalogue description: Will of Sir Roger Le Strannge or Le Strange. Reference: PROB 11/15/48. Date: 12 February 1506. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. 12 February 1506.
References
- J.B. (1827). "Wickham Court, Kent". The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction. IX. London: J. Limbird. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Davis, Norman, ed. (1971). The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780197224212. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Gurney, Daniel (1848). The Record of the House of Gournay. London: John Bowyer Nicholas. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- McKeen, David (1986). A Memory of Honour: The Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Vol. I. Salzbury: Universitat Salzbury.
- Mason, Robert Hindry (1885). The History of Norfolk, Part V, Acle to Barford. London: Wertheimer Lea and Co. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- Moreton, C.E. (2004). "Heydon, Sir Henry (d. 1504)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13167. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966379.)
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- T.G.F. (1863). "Family Chronicle of Richard Fogge of Danes Court in Tilmanstone". Archaeologia Cantiana. V. London: Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
External links
- Baconsthorpe Retrieved 3 October 2013
- The Heydons of Baconsthorpe Who Built Salthouse Church Retrieved 3 October 2013