BOKENHAM, Sir Henry (c.1575-1638), of Great Thornham, Suff.

Family and Education

b. c. 1575,Calculated from date of admiss. to Emmanuel, Camb. 1st s. of Edmund Bokenham of Thelnetham, Suff. and Mary, da. of John Wiseman of Great Thornham and coh. to her bro. Edward. W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 314. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1591. Al. Cant. m. 1601, Dorothy (d. 1 Oct. 1654), da. and coh. of Guildford Walsingham of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.). IGI; Copinger, Manors of Suff. i. 375. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 124. suc. fa. 1619. C142/384/138. d. c. Oct. 1638. C142/604/115.

Offices Held

Gent. pens. 1603-at least 1609. E407/1/36; E179/70/121.

Commr. subsidy, Suff. 1624–5, C212/22/23; Harl. 305, f. 206. sewers 1626; C181/3, f. 201v. j.p. Suff. 1626–d.; C231/4, f. 207; C193/13/2, f. 63. commr. Forced Loan, Suff. 1627; C193/12/2, f. 55v. sheriff Suff. 1629–30. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132.

Parlimentarian

BOKENHAM, Sir Henry (c.1575-1638), of Great Thornham, Suff.

Main residence: Great Thornham, Suff.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BOKENHAM, Sir Henry (c.1575-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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