Henry Sandys, Esq., of Culworth

Henry Sandys, eighth child of Archbishop Edwin Sandys and Cecily Willford, was born on Sept. 30, 1572 in Berkshire. He married Priscilla Chauncey of Northamptonshire, mentioned in the Second Charter of Virginia.

Biography

Plumpton Northamptonshire (or Northants) is about three miles north-east of Culworth and of Sulgrave which themselves are north-east of Banbury.

Henry Sandys was the 6th son of Bishop Edwyn Sandys, born in 1572 when Edwyn was Bishop of London and therefore most likely at either of the Bishop's residences in London.

These were Fulham Place and Barnards Castle (near St Pauls Cathedral).

In about 1602, this Henry Sandys married Priscilla Chauncy a daughter of Sir Toby Chauncy of Edgcote Northants. Edgcote is a short distance west of Culworth and of Sulgrave. There was a battle there in 1469. Henry Sandys and Priscilla settled at Culworth and had two known sons there. Edwyn born c1604 and Chauncy born 1606.

Henry died sometime between 1609 when he witnessed Sir Toby's Will and 1621 when Chauncy went up to study at Cambridge.

Edwyn continued at Edgcote and through his influence his cousin Robert Sandys became Rector of Boddington (about five miles north-west of Culworth) in c1628.

Robert was born in London in 1601 and was the first son of Thomas Sandys who was the fifth son of Bishop Edwyn. Robert married Alice Washington who was a daughter of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave

Henry Sandys

• Birth: 30 September 1572
• Death: before 1621, of Culworth, Northamptonshire, England
• Father:  The Rt Rev Edwin Sandys (1516-1588); Archbishop of York
• Mother:  Cicely (Cecilia) Wilford (1516-1611) 8th son of 10 children by 2nd wife
• married to Priscilla Chauncey, daughter of Tobias Chauncey & Bridget Shelley (2nd wife?)

On 12 Mar 1611/12, Signer, with his brother Edwin, of the third Virginia Charter.

Sandys Coat of Arms

notes

Traditional descent is exemplified by this 1912 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 43 "Registration of Pedigrees" for Sandys (Sands):

3. Henry Sandys, b at ;d at ;m. (i)(prob.) at , to , b. at ;d at ;m. (2) at to Prlscllla Chauncey (dau. of Tobias and Bridget (Shelley) Chauncey, Knight and Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 36th Elizabeth; Bridget Shelley was dau.of John Shelley, Esq., of Michelgrove, County Sussex, 6 miles west of Shoreham),

Children:

1. 1st m., James (prob.); and
2. m., Edwin (whose will shows that he had a brother Chauncey living in the Bermudas and a nephew, John, living in New England, and a nephew, Sir William Wake, his executor);
3. Henry,
4. Robert,
5. Chauncey,
6. Bridget (who married the father of Sir William Wake, the executor of her brother Edwin's will. This Bridget was mentioned in the will of the widow of Archbishop Sandys).

However

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From http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=3&p=surnames.sandys

Traditionally, James Sands has been asserted to be the son of the Archbishop's eigth child by his second marriage, Henry Sandys. This theory is problematic because James is believed to have been from County Berkshire, and Henry settled with his second wife, Priscila Chauncy, in County Northamptonshire, where he became Sherrif. According to Cambridge's records, at the time his son, Chauncy, enrolled at Cambridge, in 1621, Henry was already dead.

From Cokayne, George Edward. Complete baronetage, 1611-1880. (Exeter [England]: W. Pollard, 1900-1906), 1:180. Sir John Wake, 2nd Bt., married Bridget Sandy, daughter of Henry Sandys, of Plumpton

from Postem

The Reverend Henry Sands who died in Boxforde (near Groton), Suffolk on Nov 9 1626 was born in 1549 according to his tomb.

The Henry Sandys of Northamptonshire who was the son of Archbishop Edwin Sandys and Cicely Wilford was born in 1572 and was dead by 1621, the year his son Chauncey entered Cambridge University according to the school’s records.

They were possibly the parents of Capt. James Sands (1621-1695) who married Sarah Walker. Their children were John, James, Samuel, Edward, Sarah and Mercy.

Citation: "Genesis of the United State', pp. 901 to 996. Citation: "Virginia" by John Esten Cooke, p. 140 Posted by Susan Frost, descendant of Archbishop Edwin Sandys and Cecily Willford; descendant of Henry Sandys and Pricilla Chauncey; descendant of Capt, James Sands and Sarah Walker.

• Cambridge Alumni database. Sandys, Chauncy Adm. pens. (age 15) at SIDNEY, 27 Jul., 1621. S. of Henry, of Culworth, Northamptonshire, gent., deceased (and Priscilla, dau. of Sir Toby Chauncy, of Edgcote [ Northamptonshire]). B. at Edgcote, Northamptonshire. Schools, Edgcote [ Northamptonshire] and Ashby [ Northamptonshire???]. Matric. 1621 .
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 43 page 293.
• The Lovelace Family and Its Connections: of Furnace Fells, Lancashire (Continued). J. Hall Pleasants. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr., 1921) , pp. 227-243. Published by: Virginia Historical Society. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243817
• The Lovelace Family page 243
  • 9. Henry Sandys, born 30 December, 1572. Not traced.
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wake2.php (membership required to view without interruption)
  • a. Sir John Wake of Piddington, 2nd Bart (d c1663, Colonel) m1. Bridget Sandys (dau/coheir of Henry Sandys of Plumpton)
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p60139.htm#i601386
  • Henry Sandys lived at Plumpton, Northamptonshire, England.1. He is the father of Bridget, who married Sir John Wake.
    • [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 4024. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
    • [S37] BP2003. [S37]