Family and Education
b. c. 1560, 1st s. of Sir William Heydon of Baconsthorpe by Anne, da. of Sir William Woodhouse of Hickling. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1576, BA 1579. m. (1) Mirabel, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Rivett, alderman of London, ?3s.; (2) Anne (d.1642), da. and coh. of John Dodge, wid. of John Potts of Mannington, 1s. 4da. suc. fa. 1594. Kntd. at Cadiz 1596.
Offices Held
High steward, Norwich cathedral; j.p. Norf. from c. 1583, commr. musters 1597.
Main residences: Baconsthorpe; Saxlingham, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
HEYDON, Christopher (c.1560-1623)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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