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Thomas Heneage, MP

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Birthplace: St Catherine Clm, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: August 09, 1641 (60)
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Son of Michael Heneage, Esq. and Grace Heneage
Husband of Bridget Woodward
Father of Sir Michael Heneage, Chief Usher of the Exchequer and Elizabeth Heneage
Brother of Anne Gill; Mary Heneage; Robert Heneage; John Heneage, (died young); Michael Heneage and 7 others

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About Thomas Heneage, MP

  • HENEAGE, Thomas (1581-1641), of Gray's Inn, London and Battersea, Surr.
  • b. 21 Jan. 1581, 1st s. of Michael Heneage† of Hoxton, Mdx. and Ulting Hall, Essex and Grace, da. and coh. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent. educ. G. Inn 1595. m. 17 May 1630, Bridget, da. of George Woodward† of Upton, Berks., wid. of Sir Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, co. Dur., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1600.1 d. 9 Aug. 1641.2
  • Offices Held
    • Commr. sewers, Luddenham level, Kent 1610.3
  • Biography
  • Heneage came from a Lincolnshire family high in favour with the Tudors. His uncle, Sir Thomas, first sat in Parliament for Stamford under Queen Mary, and as vice-chamberlain to her successor was able to leave a vast fortune to the countess of Winchilsea, the mother of John Finch I* and his brothers. His father achieved less distinction, though he sat in four Elizabethan parliaments. Conspicuous for piety and learning, he left Heneage £100 to buy his own wardship, but did not expect him to take much interest in his library.4 The nearest Heneage himself came to office was as reversioner to his brother-in-law Ralph Gill, keeper of the lions and leopards in the Tower.5
  • It may have been Heneage who, in 1620, arranged the marriage of John Finch I to Mary, daughter of Thomas Walker, chief usher of the Exchequer, as Mary was the granddaughter of Heneage’s paternal aunt, Margaret.6 Heneage was certainly a party to the Finch family settlement of 1622.7 The only evidence for Heneage’s election to Parliament in 1629 is his appointment on 12 Feb. to the committee for a private bill concerning lands in Essex, in which county he leased some property from the Crown.8 It is not known for certain which constituency he represented, as several seats had been vacated since the third Caroline Parliament met, but the likeliest is Winchelsea: Heneage’s kinsman Sir William Twysden had represented the borough on the Finch interest till his death on 8 Jan.,9 and Heneage’s sister-in-law was the widow of a Winchelsea jurat, Thomas Egleston*.10
  • Heneage was named in 1632 as a family trustee in Lady Winchilsea’s will, at which time he was described as being of Gray’s Inn.11 He drew up his own will ‘in good health’ on 10 June 1640, in which he required a funeral ‘with as little charge as may conveniently be’. By his own admission his son Michael was left ‘very meanly provided for’ during the lifetime of Michael’s mother, Dame Bridget, whose jointure lands were worth £130 p.a., and he was anxious to increase his daughter’s modest portion of £600 by the sale of his house in Battersea.12 He died in August 1641. No later member of the family entered Parliament.
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/he... __________________
  • Thomas HENEAGE (Esq.)
  • Born: 21 Jan 1581, St. Catherine, London, Middlesex, England
  • Died: 9 Aug 1641
  • Father: Michael HENEAGE (Esq.)
  • Mother: Grace HONYWOOD
  • Married 1: ¿?
  • Married 2: ¿?
  • Married 3: Bridget WOODWARD (dau. of George Woodward and Elizabeth Honywood) 17 May 1630, All Hallows Wall, London, Middlesex, England
  • Children:
    • 1. Michael HENEAGE (Sir)
    • 2. Elizabeth HENEAGE
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HENEAGE.htm#Thomas HENEAGE (Esq.)1 ______________________
  • Michael Heneage
  • Birth: Sep. 27, 1540 London, Greater London, England
  • Death: Dec. 30, 1600 London, Greater London, England
  • Esquire Michael was Auditor and Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London. A member of Parliament from Wigan. Husband of Grace Honiywood,and father of Anne, Mary, Thomas, Robert, John, Lucy, Catherine and Michael.
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  • Parents:
  • Robert Heneage (1500 - 1556)
  • Lucy Buckton Heneage (1501 - 1546)
  • Children:
    • Lucy Heanage Read (1586 - 1621)*
  • Sibling:
  • Thomas Heneage (1532 - 1594)*
  • Michael Heneage (1540 - 1600)
  • Burial: Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, City of London, Greater London, England
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 48409834
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HENEAGE&GSfn=... _____________________
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Thomas Heneage, MP's Timeline

1581
January 21, 1581
St Catherine Clm, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1632
1632
Gray's Inn, London, England
1641
August 9, 1641
Age 60
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