Sir Edward Heron, KB

Edward Heron, gen., son and heir app. of Edwd. H., arm., of co. Linc. one of the Masters of the Bench. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn 9 June 1591.

Source: The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn

Proceedings against Hieron.

Sir Edw. Hieron, the High Sheriff of the County of Lincolne, was brought in to the Bar, as a Delinquent: And being demanded, Whether he sent not a Petition, with a Letter to Mr. Speaker; confessed that he did: And that there were Two Petitions framing in a Chamber at Lincolne.-

Sir Jervase Scroope began One Petition; and he cannot tell who it was that began the other.-

Sir Jervase Scroope's was not so well liked of.-

Sir Charles Dallison was there; and put in a Word or Two sometimes.

Sir Jo. Mounson was there.-

Confessed he was a Commissioner named in the Commission of Array; and did put it in Execution; and sit upon it at Spalding.

Captain Lunn, who formerly had been a Proctor, and is a Captain in the King's Army; came to him on a Saturday Night; and shewed him a Warrant from his Majesty for the Apprehending of Captain Lister: Two others were nominated in the Warrant; but Captain Lister chiefly aimed at: And that at a certain Place appointed the Prince's Troop should meet him: And that he was present when Captain Lister's Door was broken up, and the Person of the said Lister attached: And that he sent a Warrant, whereby Captain Lister was sent to the King's Council at Nottingham.

Sir Edw. Heron did confess, That there were Sixty Troopers in Company with him, all armed, when he broke open the Doors of Captain Lister.

Sir Edw. Heron did confess, That when he was apprehended in conveying the Magazine that was sent him from the Under Sheriff, he did discharge a Pistol at One of the Company; and would have discharged the other, but that he could not get * *.

Resolved, upon the Question, That Sir Edward Heron, High Sheriff of the County of Lincolne, shall be forthwith committed Prisoner to the Tower of London, for the Crime of High Treason.

Resolved, That the Charge of Taking, Apprehending, and Bringing up to the Parliament, Sir Edward Heron, shall be defrayed out of the Money, Plate, and Goods seized in his House by Sir Anth. Irby, or his Officers: And that the Arms taken from Sir Edw. Aiscough's House by the Under Sheriff, being the publick Arms of the County, be made good out of the Goods, Money, and Plate, seized in Sir Edw. Heron's House, and restored to the Custody of Sir Edw. Aiscough.

Source: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 2: 08 October 1642', in Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 2, 1640-1643 (London, 1802), pp. 800-801. British History Online

Sir E. Heron's Daughters Petition, for an Allowance for him while in Prison; and for the Accusations against him to be heard.

Upon reading the Petition of Bona Heron and Thalia Heron, Daughters of Sir Edward Heron, on the Behalf of their Father, themselves, and other distressed Sisters; shewing, "That their Father hath been now Three Years a Prisoner, in all which Time he hath languished in Prison, without any Thing allowed to him to sustain him, and his Children have been allowed only Thirty-eight Pounds per Annum for their necessary Livelihood; therefore they desire that some considerable Maintenance may be allowed out of the Estate, to pay Debts accrued, and examine all Accusations that can or may be laid 'gainst their Father, and release (fn. 1) him."

And it is Ordered, To be sent to the House of Commons, to desire their Concurrence, that this Petition may be referred to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Sequestrations, to give the Petitioners such Relief as they shall think fit.

Message to the H. C. with it; and an Ordinance for a new Excise, to pay Artificers.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:

To let them know, that this House have agreed to the Ordinance for the paying of Artificers, &c. with some Alterations and Additions, to which their Concurrence is desired.

2. To communicate the Petition of the Daughters of Sir Edward Heron to them; and desire their Concurrence, for referring it to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Sequestrations, to give them such Relief therein as they shall think fit.

Source: 'House of Lords Journal Volume 7: 18 October 1645', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 7, 1644 (London, 1767-1830), pp. 647-648. British History Online

From the book, "Baronetage of England," printed for John Stockdale, printed in 1806: Sir Francis Molineux, 2nd Baronet Molineux of Teversal, married Theodosia, daughter of Sir Edward Heron, KB. They had two sons and four daughters -- John, Francis, Elizabeth, Theodosia, Anne, and Isabel. Sir Francis died 12 Oct. 1674, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John.