Sir William Heveningham

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Sir Wiliam Heveningham

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ketteringham, Norfolk, England
Death: 1675 (28-29)
Heveningham, Suffolkshire, England
Place of Burial: Heveningham, Suffolkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Heveningham, MP and Lady Mary Heveningham
Husband of Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (Royal Mistress of Charles II)
Father of Abigail Heron and Charles Heveningham
Brother of Abigail Heveringham and Carey Heveningham
Half brother of Elizabeth Heveningham; John Heveningham and Bridget Heveningham

Managed by: Woodman Mark Lowes Dickinson, OBE
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About Sir William Heveningham

The Heveningham family held the manor of Heveningham from the early years of the C13 and in 1575 Saxton's map records that there was a park here. In 1653 William Heveningham built a new manor house on the site of the present Hall. The estate remained within the family until c 1700 when it was purchased by John Bence. Bence rebuilt the old manor house in 1714'

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Sir William Heveningham's Timeline

1646
1646
Ketteringham, Norfolk, England
1675
1675
Age 29
Heveningham, Suffolkshire, England
1676
February 2, 1676
Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Heveningham, Suffolkshire, England