Elizabeth Chalcroft

Events

Date of Baptism: 13 October 1583.

Place of Baptism: Kingsnorth, Kent.

The baptism is given in a transcription of the parish register by the Kent Family History Society.

Date of Death: 29 December 163--

The date is given on her monumental inscription in the church at Lenham (pp. 200-201). The last digit of the year is illegible.

Place of Death: unknown.

Date of Burial: 2 January 1633.

Place of Burial: Lenham, Kent.

The burial is given in a transcription of the parish register by the Kent Family History Society.

Relationships

Father: William Chalcroft

The will of Joan Chalcrofte (Plommer) makes it clear that Elizabeth Chalcroft was the sister of a Joan Chalcroft who married James Tonge. Joan and James’s marriage licence (Cowper 1894, p. 994) names Joan’s father as William Chalcroft. William is also named in Elizabeth’s baptism record. The will of William Chalcroft names his son in law Thomas Henman and also makes a bequest to William Henman "my daughters sonne." The will of Thomas Chalcroft of Bredgar (PCC 1637) mentions his "brother" Thomas Henman, and names as his siblings a few of the children of William Chalcroft and Joan.

Mother: Joan Plommer

The 1629 will of Joan Chalcroft mentions Elizabeth, her "beloved daughter wife of Thomas Henman" and mentions Thomas's and Elizabeth's children. The will of Joan's father mentions his daughter Joan Chalcroft, his daughter's husband William Chalcroft, and their children, including Elizabeth.

Spouse: Thomas Henman. Married 30 May 1601 in Willesborough, Kent.

The marriage is given in a transcription of the parish register by the Kent Family History Society. It states that Thomas was a bachelor and Elizabeth was a spinster. The wills of Thomas Henman and several of his children mention Chalcroft relatives. The will of Elizabeth's mother Joan names her son-in-law Thomas Henman.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All baptism and burials are in Lenham, Kent.)

William Henman (baptized 16 March 1602).

Thomas Henman (baptized 7 November 1603 - buried 24 January 1662).

Allen Henman (baptized 8 March 1606 - buried 6 July 1676). A fellow of St John’s, Cambridge. The author of Ars Logica.

Joham Henman (buried 6 July 1607).

Johane Henman (baptized 18 June 1608 - buried 19 July 1608).

Johane Henman (baptized 24 October 1609) married Thomas Thatcher 28 January 1627/8 in Lenham, Kent.

unnamed Henman (buried 6 April 1612).

unnamed female Henman (buried 29 January 1613).

John Henman (baptized 24 January 1614 - died 5 January 1648).

Elizabeth Henman (baptized 13 April 1617 - died about 1690).

William Henman (baptized 8 October 1620) married Jane.

James Henman (baptized 25 February 1623).

Richard Henman (baptized 2 February 1626) married Sarah. He left a PCC will, made in January 1659 and proved 16 July 1660.

Evidence

Abstract of marriage licence of Elizabeth’s sister Joan:

Tong, James, of Tunstall, g., widr., about 30, and Joan Chalker of Lenham, maiden, about 22, d. of William Chalker of Willesborough, dec. about 14 years since, and now in the govt. of her mother, Joan Chalker of Lenham, w., who consents. At Wychling. Oct. 30, 1621.

Elizabeth’s monumental inscription (Lenham, beside that of Thomas Henman):

Elizabetha Henman

Cor humilitatis,

Manus charitatis,

Sanctè semper vixit,

Sanctè ergo manet

Sanctis præmissa

29 Dec. ætatis -----

Salut. 163--

References

Cowper, Joseph Meadows (ed.) Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series 1568-1618. (Canterbury, 1892).

Cowper, Joseph Meadows (ed.) Canterbury Marriage Licences Second Series 1619-1660. (Canterbury, 1894).

Kent Family History Society. “Kingsnorth baptisms 1558-1911”, available for a fee at Findmypast.co.uk.

Kent Family History Society. “Lenham burials 1559-1962”, available for a fee at Findmypast.co.uk.

Parsons, Philip. The monuments and painted glass of upwards to one hundred churches, chiefly in the eastern part of Kent,... with an appendix,... (Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby, and Jones, 1794).

Will of Joan Chalcroft. 1629. "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881. Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury. Wills" Digital images at Familysearch.org, citing County Record Office, Maidstone, Kent, England. (accessed March 6 2015).

Will of Thomas Chalcrofte of Bredgar, 1637, Prerogative Court of Canterbury.