William Henman (died 1584)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Burial: 2 October 1584.

Place of Burial: Lenham, Kent.

His burial is given in a transcription of the parish register.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

(possible) Spouse: Ann.

An Ann Henman, widow, married Thomas Wood in Lenham in 1587. A William Henman married an Ann Hobson in 1561 in Rainham, Kent.

Children:

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

Thomas Henman (baptized 31 August 1567 - died 22 March 1640/1) married Elizabeth Chalcroft in 1601.

Thomasine Henman (baptized 13 October 1569) married Richard Stonehouse 26 August 1588 in Wichling, Kent.

Ann Henman (baptized 10 October 1574) married Thomas Barling 18 September 1591 in Frinstead, Kent.

William Henman (baptized 5 October 1578 - buried 10 October 1578)

Bennett Henman (buried 26 July 1581)

Evidence

from the Frinsted parish register:

1574

Agnes Henman was baptized the xth day of October.

[The baptism was also recorded in Lenham on the same day, where the name is Ann, and the father William is named.]

from the Calendar of Patent Rolls:

C. 66/1161

1463.) 1 Oct. 1577. Gorbambury. Licence for Henry Cheyne, knight, lord Cheyne of Toddington, to alienate lands in the parish of Mynster in the isle of Scapei alias Shepei, co. Kent, to William Henman and Thomas Henman. For £3 6s. 8d. paid to the Queen’s farmer.

Commentary

I am not certain the above entry from the patent rolls concerns the William of this page (but I think it probably does.)

Halsted (5:sub Lenham) states that Fulk de Peyforer sold Syndane, in the parish of Lenham, to a Henman in the latter part of the reign of Edward III, and that it continued in the family until Allen Henman sold most of it in the reign of Queen Anne. William's son Thomas possessed Syndane, and there are records of earlier Henmans living in Lenham, but I am not sure how exactly the descent goes.

References

Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Elizabeth I. Volume 7

East Kent marriage index, Dean and Chapter of Canterbury [available on Findmypast.uk.co]

Halsted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (Canterbury, 1798).

Lenham baptisms and burials are from the Kent Family History Society transcription of the Lenham parish register; digital image available on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 27 March 2014).

Henman, William: Kent, Inquisition post mortem, in The National Archives, C 142/204/104, 26 Elizabeth. [I have not seen the actual document.]