Bowyer Hendley was an English landowner who served as
High Sheriff of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrum ...
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Life
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
Otham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone, Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 523, with 204 dwellings.
Buildings
The village itself has been in existence since be ...
, 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."
[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.] 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.
His will, made 23 September 1740, was proved on 31 December 1742 and his monument is in
St Nicholas's Church, Otham
St Nicholas's is a parish church in Otham, Kent begun in the 12th century with additions in the next two centuries. It is a Grade I listed building.
History and architecture
Construction of the church began in the late 12th century. From this per ...
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Family
Hie eldest son William Hendley (1686-1762) was his heir.
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).
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References
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1665 births
1742 deaths
English landowners
High Sheriffs of Kent
People from the Borough of Maidstone