HEYDON, Sir Christopher (by 1519-79), of Baconsthorpe, Norf.

Family and Education

b. by 1519, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Heydon by Anne, da. of Sir John Heveningham of Ketteringham. m. (1) by 1540, Anne (d.1561), da. of Sir William Drury of Hawstead, Suff., 3s. 4da.; (2) lic. 23 July 1563, Temperance (d.1577), da. of Sir Wymond Carew of Antony, Cornw., wid. of Thomas Gray of Merton, s.p.; (3) lic. 4 Oct. 1578, Agnes, da. of Robert Crane of Chilton, Suff., wid. of John Smith of Halesworth, Suff. and of Francis Clopton of Long Melford, Suff., 1da. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1541; gd.-fa. 16 Aug. 1551. Kntd. 1549.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1547, q. by 1562, high steward of Norwich cathedral aft. 1557; jt. (with Sir Edmund Wyndham) ld. lt. Norf. from 1560, dep. lt. 1570, sheriff 1556 – 57, 1569 – 70, custos rot. from 1564.E150/641/13, 648/4; C142/190/44; Vis. Norf. (Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc.), ii. 188–90; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 507; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; H. Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists , 84; APC, vii. 359–60; A. H. Smith, thesis, 100–1; SP12/93; A. H. Smith County and Court, 163–4.

Parlimentarian

HEYDON, Christopher (1518/19-79), of Baconsthorpe, Norf.

Main residence: Baconsthorpe, Norf.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

HEYDON, Sir Christopher (by 1519-79)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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