Bowyer Hendley
Bowyer Hendley was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Kent.
Life[edit]
Hendley (the name was often written as Henley) was born in 1665, the son of John Hendley (1617-1676), Lord of the Manor of Otham, and his wife Priscilla (1627-1684), daughter of Thomas Fludd / Floyd, owner of Gore Court in Otham. His other grandfather was Sir Thomas Hendley. His arms were "Pale, bendy, azure and gules, eight martlets, three, two, and three, or."[1] In about 1684 he married Mary (1666-1752), daughter of Thomas Sharpe of Benenden.
In 1702 he served as Sheriff of Kent and in 1712 he bought the mansion of Gore Court from his uncle Alabaster Fludd.[1]
His will, made 23 September 1740, was proved on 31 December 1742[2] and his monument is in St Nicholas's Church, Otham.[3]
Family[edit]
Hie eldest son William Hendley (1686-1762) was his heir.[1] His youngest daughter Anne (1697-1787) married the Reverend Samuel Horne (1693-1768), who was presented to the living of Otham in 1727 by his father-in-law, and became the mother of George Horne (bishop).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Otham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 513-519 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol5/pp513-519 Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ PROB 11/722/467 Will of Bowyer Hendley of Otham , Kent, 31 December 1742, in « Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers » http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D531218 Retrieved 10 October 2015
- ^ « Monument on north wall of north chancel chapel to Bowyer Hendley, d.1742. Rectangular, with proud inscription panel, moulded plinth and shaped base plate with cherub's head. Moulded cornice with achievement. » http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Retrieved 10 October 2015
- ^ Cave-Brown, Revd J (1898). "Otham Rectors". Archaeologia Cantiana. 23: 184–193.
