HENLEY, Henry (1611-96), of Leigh, Winsham, Som. and Colway, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Family and Education

bap. 25 Feb. 1611, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Henley of Leigh, Som. and Susan, da. of Robert Bragge of Sadborow, Thorncombe, Devon.Winsham par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 48-9. m. (1) 28 Sept. 1636, Susanna (d. 1650), da. of Thomas Moggridge of Exeter, 2s.;Som. and Dorset N and Q iv. 103. (2) 1651, Bridget, da. of John Bampfylde* of Poltimore, Devon, 2da.Som. RO, DD/TOR/26. suc. fa. 1639.C142/580/85. d. 1696.PROB11/437/371.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1642–3;Bodl. Gough Dorset 14, f. 106. col. 1644.Ludlow, Mems. i. 86.

Local: commr. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; assessment, Som. 27 Jan. 1643, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1650, 26 Nov. 1650, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1690–?d.;A. and O. Dorset 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1690;A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, Som. 1 July 1644; sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 263, 268. J.p. c.1646–3 July 1651, Feb. 1688–9;C231/6, pp. 205, 220; C193/13/3, f. 55; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, pp. xxii, 1; HP Commons 1660–1690. Devon Mar. 1647–4 Mar. 1657;Devon RO, DQS 28/3; C231/6, p. 360. Dorset 22 Nov. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660, June 1688–9.C231/6, pp. 168, 309; HP Commons 1660–1690. Sheriff, 25 Nov. 1648.LJ x. 607b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Som. 2 Dec. 1648; Dorset 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654; Dorset 26 Apr. 1655;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 144. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675;CTB iv. 695. inquiry into recusancy fines, Som. Mar. 1688.CTB viii. 1804.

Religious: elder, Ilchester classis, Mar. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church ii. 419.

Parlimentarian

HENLEY, Henry (c.1612-96), of Leigh, Winsham, Som. and Colway, Lyme Regis, Dorset.

: of Leigh, Winsham, Som. and Colway, Lyme Regis, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HENLEY, Henry (1611-96), of Leigh, Winsham, Som. and Colway, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Will

13 Aug. 1695, pr. 21 Apr. 1697.PROB11/437/371.

Estates

manors of Colway, Lyme Regis; Bowood in Marshwood, Netherbury; Stoke Abbott, Whitchurch Canonicorum; lands in borough of Lyme Regis and parish of Maiden Newton, Dorset. Manors of Street and Leigh, Winsham; lands in parishes of Chaffcombe, Cricket St Thomas and Crewkerne, Som. Manors of Thorncombe, Werringstone and Raplinghayes, Gittisham; Bowell and Wrestalls, Kentisbeare; lands in parishes of Seavington, Chisselborough, Chinnock, Devon.Som. RO, DD/TOR/25-9.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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