LONG, Sir Henry (by 1487-1556), of Draycot Cerne, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. by 1487, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot Cerne by Margery, da. of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote; bro. of Sir Richard. m. (1) Frideswide, da. of Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney, Glos., 1s. 2da.; (2) by 1516, Eleanor, da. of Richard Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Staffs., wid. of Edmund Liversedge (d. 7 Sept. 1508) of Frome Selwood, Som., 5s. inc. John and Robert 2da. suc. fa. Sept./Oct. 1508. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.Apparently of age at father’s death, PCC 6 Bennett. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv cvi), 117-18; Collinson, Som. ii. 188; C142/110/167; CFR, 1485-1509, no. 898.

Offices Held

J.p. Wilts. 1511 – d., Som. 1531 – 39; sheriff, Wilts. 1511 – 12, 1526, 1536 – 37, 1541 – 42, Som: 1538 – 39; commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1524, 1546, survey of monasteries 1536, musters 1539, relief, Wilts. and Salisbury 1550; other commissions, Wilts. 1516 – 54; steward, manor of Castle Combe, Wilts. in 1525, Edington priory, Farleigh priory, Kingston St. Michael priory, and Stanley abbey, Wilts. in 1535; keeper of Vastern park and forester of Braydon, Wilts. in 1534, keeper of Oaksey, Wilts. by 1546–52 or later.LP Hen. VIII, i, ii, iv, v, vii, viii, xii-xiv, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 91; 1553, pp. 359, 361; 1553–4, pp. 25, 28; E371/300/50; SC12/33/27, m. 2; G. J. P. Scrope, Castle Combe, 301; Val. Eccles. ii. 114–15, 142, 144; Stowe 571, f. 56; Statutes, iii. 80, 113, 169.

Parlimentarian

LONG, Sir Henry (by 1487-1556), of Draycot Cerne, Wilts.

Main residence: Draycot Cerne, Wilts.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LONG, Sir Henry (by 1487-1556)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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