HENDEN, Edward (1567-1644), of Gray’s Inn and Biddenden Place, Kent; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

Family and Education

bap. 8 Mar. 1567, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Simon Henden (d.1617), of Benenden, Kent.Soc. Gen. Benenden par. reg. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1583; Staple Inn; G. Inn 1586, called 1591. GI Admiss.; Al. Ox.; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 52. unm. Kntd. 4 Feb.1639. Diary of Sir Richard Hutton 1614-39 ed. W.R. Prest (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. ix), 113. d. by 13 Jan. 1644. sig. Edwarde Henden.

Offices Held

Reader, Staple Inn 1602; ancient, G. Inn 1603, reader 1614, bencher 1614–16; PBG Inn, i. 156, 162, 208, 209, 221. sjt.-at-law 1616; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 180. judge of Chancery Ct. of the Cinque Ports by 1639; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 365. bar. Exch. 22 Jan. 1639–d.; Diary of Sir Richard Hutton, 113. standing counsel, Tenterden, Kent 1641. Arch. Cant. xxxiii. 102.

J.p. Kent 1602-at least 1642, C231/1, f. 129v; PRO 30/26/104, f. 23. Northumb. Westmld. Cumb. 1639, Norf. and Beds. 1641; C231/5, pp. 350–1, 431, 434. freeman, Rye, Suss. 1614; E. Suss. RO, Rye 47/86. commr. charitable uses, Kent 1616, 1637, Canterbury, Kent 1635, C93/7/7; 93/10/18; C192/1, unfol. subsidy, Kent 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. sewers, Rother valley 1623-at least 1629; C181/3, f. 94; 181/4, f. 29. steward to Abp. of Canterbury 1626–?33; Bodl. Rawl. A346, f. 226. commr. oyer and terminer, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1627, Home circ. 1635, Northern circ. 1638, C181/3, f. 213; 181/5, ff. 9, 123v. piracy, Cinque Ports 1639. C181/5, f. 131.

Parlimentarian

HENDEN, Edward (1567-1644), of Gray’s Inn and Biddenden Place, Kent; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

Main residences: Gray's Inn; Biddenden Place, Kent; Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HENDEN, Edward (1567-1644)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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