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b. 13 May 1580, 1st s. of Henry Heyman of Sellinge and Rebecca, da. and coh. of Robert Horne, bp. of Winchester 1561-80. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1597; vol. Ireland. m. (1) by 1606, Sarah, da. and coh. of Peter Collet, Merchant Taylor, of Loughton, Essex and London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) settlement 18 Nov. 1613, Mary, da. and coh. of Randolph Wolley, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of one Holford, 3s. 3da. Kntd. 20 Dec. 1607; suc. fa. 1614.Cent. Kent. Stud. Sellinge par. reg.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 185-6; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s London Citizens 15495; PROB 11/111, f. 25; 11/128, f. 506; TS11/1134/6112; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144 (incorrectly described as William Hamond of Kent). On Collett’s Essex address, see C142/544/59. bur. 11 Feb. 1641.Cent. Kent. Stud. Sellinge par. reg. sig. Pet[er] Heyman.
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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. (Tisehurst and Rother valley) 1609- 1 Mar. 1622, 1 June 1622-at least 1625,C181/2, ff. 88, 247v, 328v; 181/3, f. 52v, 59v, 173. Wittersham levels 1614-at least 1625,C181/2, f. 219v; 181/3, f. 166. Mersham to Sandwich, Kent 1615-at least 1631,C181/2, f. 244; 181/4, f. 101v. Rainham bridge to Mucking mill, Essex 1616,C181/2, f. 265. Kent 1620-at least 1639,C181/3, f. 3v; 181/5, f. 146v. Tisehurst, Suss. 1639;C181/5, f. 144. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1620;G. Wilks, Barons of Cinque Ports, and Parl. Representation of Hythe, 69. commr. subsidy, Kent 1621 – 22, 1624,C212/22/20–1, 23. musters, Dover, Kent 1624–5,CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 418, 444. He was not, however, listed as one of the commrs. on 30 Dec. 1624: T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 170. piracy, Cinque Ports, 1625-at least 1639,C181/3, f. 175v; 181/5, f. 131v. sale of prize goods at Dover 1626–30,E351/2509. sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626,Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 115. survey lands called Swinfield Minies, nr. Canterbury, Kent 1627.C181/3, f. 219.

Member, embassy to the Lower Palatinate 1622.CD 1628, ii. 103.

Parlimentarian
HEYMAN, Sir Peter (1580-1641), of Somerfield Hall, Sellinge, Kent
Main residence: Somerfield Hall, Sellinge, Kent.
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P.J.L.
A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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HEYMAN, Sir Peter (1580-1641)

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