Thomas Heneage
Sir Thomas Heneage
Early and personal life
Thomas Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and Lucy Buckton. Robert and his brother Thomas were members of Henry VIII's Privy Chamber, the latter holding the important office of Groom of the Stool. Thomas Heneage was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1]
In 1554 Heneage married Anne Poyntz, daughter of
Career
Heneage was elected
He became a courtier under
He was also a friend of Francis Walsingham.[7] and a colleague of Sir Christopher Hatton acting as an intermediary between the Queen and Hatton regarding rivalry between Hatton and Sir Walter Raleigh for the Queen's affections.
Heneage died on 17 October 1595 and was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[2] His grave and monument were destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. A modern monument in the crypt of the rebuilt cathedral lists him as one of the important graves lost.[8]
Notes
- ^ "Heneage, Thomas (HNG549T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12921. Retrieved 23 January 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ tudorplace.com.ar[unreliable source] Retrieved 10-08-2009
- ^ Wilson pp. 177, 178–179
- ^ Hutchinson p. 32
- ^ Chamberlin pp. 263–265
- ^ Hutchinson p. 354
- Sinclair, W.p. 99: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
- Deacon. M. p32 etc.
References
- Chamberlin, Frederick: Elizabeth and Leycester Dodd, Mead & Co. 1939
- Hutchinson, Robert: Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that saved England Phoenix 2007 ISBN 978-0-7538-2248-7
- Wilson, Derek: Sweet Robin: A Biography of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester 1533–1588 Hamish Hamilton 1981 ISBN 0-241-10149-2
- Deacon, Malcolm: The Courtier and the Queen: Sir Christopher Hatton & Elizabeth I Park Lane Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-9523188-4-2
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