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HEIGHAM, Roger (by 1515-58), of London.

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b. by 1515, 2nd s. of Robert Heigham of Higham in Werneth, Cheshire by da. of one Hopwood of ‘the Cliffe’. m. (1) disp. 8 July 1539, Alice, da. of (?John) Edwards (?of London), 1s,; (2) Joan.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 62, 217-18; Vis. Cheshire (ibid. lix), 124; C142/113/73; PCC 49 Noodes; Fac. Off. Reg. 1534-49, ed. Chambers, 190; M. C. Rosenfield, ‘The disposal of the property of London monastic houses’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1961), 242. Heigham seems to have had only one child (William) although credited with a larger family in the Essex visitations and with a son John in that for Cheshire.

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Gen. receiver and under steward, the Minories, London 11 July 1537; dep. chamberlain, Exchequer by 1553.E315/218, f. 83 gives 11 July 1537 as date of Minories appointment but, according to CPR, 1563–6, p. 419, he was already ‘under steward and collecto’ in 1536; Stowe 571, f. 6v.

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HEIGHAM, Roger (by 1515-58), of London.

Main residence: London.

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S.R.J.

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Commons 1509-1558

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HEIGHAM, Roger (by 1515-58)

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Oxford 1644

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HEIGHAM, Clement (by 1495-1571), of Barrow, Suff.

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b. by 1495, 1st s. of Clement Heigham of Lavenham by Maud, da. of Lawrence Cooke of Lavenham. educ. L. Inn, adm. 1517, called 1525. m. (1) c.1520, Anne, da. of John de Moonines of Semer Hall or of Thomas Monnynge or Munnings of Bury St. Edmunds, 1s. d.v.p. 5 da.; (2) by 1528, Anne, da. of George Waldegrave of Smallbridge, wid. of Henry Bures of Acton, 3s. inc. John 2da. suc. fa. 1500. Kntd. 27 Jan. 1555.Date of birth estimated from father’s death and number of younger brothers. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 40-41; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, ii. 216-17; J. Gage, Thingoe Hundred, 9; DNB.

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Pensioner, L. Inn 1531, Autumn reader 1537, keeper of black bk. 1538, treasurer 1540, Lent reader 1548, gov. 1548–57.

Chief bailiff, Bury St. Edmunds abbey, Suff. by 1528; j.p. Suff. 1529 – d., Norf. circuit 1540, eastern circuit 1542; commr. relief, Suff. 1550; other commissions, London and E. Anglia 1534 – 66; PC May 1554 – Nov. 1558; chief baron of Exchequer Mar. 1558 – Jan. 1559; custos rot. Suff. 1561–d.Copinger, Suff. Manors, vii. 5–7; LP Hen. VIII, iv, v, viii, viii, xii, xiii, xv-xviii, xx; CPR, 1553, p. 358; 1553–4, p. 24; 1554–5, p. 109; 1555–7, p. 257; 1557–8, p. 60; 1558–60, p. 67; 1560–3, pp. 442, 443; 1563–6, pp. 141, 222; C66/985; APC, v, vi passim.

Speaker of House of Commons 1554 (Nov.).

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HEIGHAM, Clement (by 1495-1571), of Barrow, Suff.

Main residence: Barrow, Suff.

Author

M.K.D.

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Commons 1509-1558

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HEIGHAM, Clement (by 1495-1571)

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Oxford 1644

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HEDGES (HODGES), John (by 1503-62), of Malmesbury, Wilts.

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b. by 1503. m. by 1531, Joan, ?da. of John Howell of Som., at least 1s. 2da.; 1 da. illegit.Date of birth estimated from first reference. E150/1001/8; C1/1303/41; PCC 2 Streat.

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HEDGES (HODGES), John (by 1503-62), of Malmesbury, Wilts.

Main residence: Malmesbury, Wilts.

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T.F.T.B.

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Commons 1509-1558

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HEDGES (HODGES), John (by 1503-62)

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