Dr Alan Henman alias Taylor

Alan Henman attended Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1687. He worked as a medical doctor. In 1704, 1705, and 1706, he signed himself as “Alan Henman alias Taylor” [medic] on documents related to his work. He appears to have been living in Croydon, Surrey, at the time.The “alias Taylor” was probably added to his name as a condition for receiving an inheritance, but confirmation of this has not been tracked down yet. Court records in Henry Nugent v. William Hancock and Elizabeth his wife show that Alan was the father of a son out of wedlock with Frances Nugent (neé Byne) while her husband was on the Continent. Alan’s presumably legitimate son, Alan, was apprenticed to a painter in 1713, at which point Alan (senior) was already dead. The name of his wife is unknown.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1665, or about perhaps about 1667.

He must, of course, have been born before his baptism. However, Oxford records cited by Foster (2:693) state that he matriculated at Trinity College 21 March 1683/4 at the age of 16, which would imply a birth date of about 1667. The 1687 will of Alan's aunt, Elizabeth Henman, implies that he was under 21 at that time.

Date of Baptism: 13 April 1665.

Place of Baptism: Lenham, Kent.

The baptism is given in two indexes of the Lenham parish registers and in the bishop's transcripts. It may be that this Alan died, and a later son was also baptized Alan, given the evidence for the birth date mentioned above.

Date of Burial: 26 February 1711/12.

Place of Burial: Croydon, Surrey (St John's).

The burial is given in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: William Henman (1620 - by 1687)

Mother: Jane (died 1699)

These parents are given in Alan’s baptism record. William Henman of Lavenham, gent., is given as Alan’s father by his Oxford matriculation record. In the bishop's transcripts to the parish register, there are three separate bills of register for 1665, two of which give William and Jane as Alan's parents, and one of which gives William and Elizabeth. The will of William Henman's sister Elizabeth mentions her "sister" Jane, widow of her brother William Henman.

Spouse: unknown.

Lover: Frances Byne (1671 - about January 1726).

Evidence for this relationship is given in the court records for Henry Nugent v. William Hancock and Elizabeth his wife.

Children (by an unknown spouse):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Alan Henman

Children (by Frances Byne):

Henry Nugent (baptized 1697/8 in St Clement Danes, Middesex - buried 29 August 1773 in St John Horselydown, Southwark) married Hannah Webb 29 August 1725 in Lincolns Inn Chapel.

Evidence

from the bishop’s transcripts to the Lenham parish register:

Allen the son of William Henman & Elizabeth his wife Baptized the 13th of Aprill 1665.

[1665, Aprill] 13.th Allen Sonne of William Henman & Jane his wife was baptized.

[1665/6, Aprill] 13.th Allen the son of William Henman & Jane his wife baptized

From his Oxford matriculation record (Foster):

Henman, Alan, s. William, of Lavenham, Kent, gent. Trinity Coll. matric. 21 March, 1683-4, aged 16; B.A. 1687.

Medical Licence issued by the Archbiship of Canterbury (Lambeth Palace library catalogue):

Henman alias Taylor (Alan), M.A., of Croydon, Surrey, 1706.

From the Register of Duties Paid for Apprentice’s Indentures, 1710-1811 (March, 1713)

Wednesday 17

5. [master:] Edwd Keape, Cit. & Painter Stainer --- [apprentice:] Alan son of Alan Henman late of Croydon D.M. dec’d [duty paid] 3, [March]

Alan was a witness to the 1711 will of John Rowed of Coulsdon, yeoman.

From the parish register for St John's, Croydon, Surrey:

[February 1711]

Doctor Allen Hinman alias Taylor was buried the : --26

References

The Register of Duties Paid for Apprentice’s Indentures, 1710-1811 (17 March, 1713, no. 5), in Board of Stamps: Apprenticeship Books, Series IR 1; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. Piece: 2; digital image Ancestry.com.

Bush (William), of Croydon, Surrey, Application for a medical licence for the province of Canterbury; Database of Manuscripts and Archives, Lambeth Palace Library. VX IA/10/375

URL:http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=V%2FX%2F1A%2F10%2F375 (accessed 27 March 2014)

Henman alias Taylor (Alan), M.A., of Croydon, Surrey, in “27Tenison2-2 - Register of Thomas Tenison; Database of Manuscripts and Archives, Lambeth Palace Library.Reg. Tenison 2 part 2, f. 264v

Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees. Volume II, Early Series.

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NNVZ-DJD : accessed 27 Mar 2014), Allen Henman, 13 Apr 1665; citing Lenham, Kent, England, reference item 3; FHL microfilm 1736839.

Allen Henman baptism registration (13 April 1665), Kent Family History Society transcription of the Lenham parish register; digital image available on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 27 March 2014).

The Parish Registers of St John's, Crowhurst, Surrey. [Digital image on Ancestry.com accessed 15 March 2017].

Lenham, Sussex. Bishop's transcripts of the parish register. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 17 March 2018.