George Heneage (1482/3 – 1549) was an English churchman who became

Dean of Lincoln The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln. Christine Wilson was installed as Dean on 22 October 2016.

Life

He was the second son of John Heneage of

Hainton Hainton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A157 road, west from Louth and south-east from Market Rasen. Hainton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Haintone", wit ...

, near

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, and uncle to

Thomas Heneage Sir Thomas Heneage PC (1532 – 17 October 1595) was an English politician and courtier at the court of Elizabeth I. Early and personal life Thomas Heneage the Younger was born at Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, the son of Sir Robert Heneage and Luc ...

. He graduated

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in 1510, and was incorporated at

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in 1522. He was chaplain to

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and to

John Longland John Longland (1473 – 7 May 1547) was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and Bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547. Career He was made a Demy at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1491 and became a Fellow. He was King Henry ...

, bishop of Lincoln, holding prebends in Lincoln, Salisbury, and York Cathedrals. He became treasurer of Lincoln in 1521, archdeacon of Oxford from 1522 to 1528,

dean of Lincoln The Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln. Christine Wilson was installed as Dean on 22 October 2016.

in 1528, and

archdeacon of Taunton The Archdeacon of Taunton has been, since the twelfth century, the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells (in the Church of England). The archdeaconry includes seven deaneries. His ...

in 1533. He was rector of Sutton Coldfield,

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, and custos of Tattershall College in 1534 (which he later surrendered to the Crown), and archdeacon of Lincoln in 1542. He resigned the deanery of Lincoln for a pension before 1544, but remained archdeacon of Lincoln until his death, about September 1549. He was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Heneage, George 1483 births 1549 deaths Deans of Lincoln Archdeacons of Lincoln Archdeacons of Oxford Archdeacons of Taunton People from East Lindsey District

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16th-century English clergy