Sir Thomas Hendley (1580–1656) was an English landholder who served as

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Life

He was the son of Thomas Hendley (1554–1590), Lord of the Manor of Coursehorn at Cranbrook, Kent, and his first wife Anne, daughter of Henry Bowyer and his wife Elizabeth Vaux. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wilford (1547–1605) and his wife Elizabeth Cordall, the ceremony being on 28 February 1597 at the church of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the

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. In 1637 he served as Sheriff of Kent. In addition to his inherited manor of Coursehorn, he acquired two other manors in the parish of Cranbrook, those of Angley and Bettenham.

Family

Thomas and Elizabeth had thirteen children, including Sir Walter Hendley, 1st Baronet and John Hendley (1617–1676), who became the father of

Bowyer Hendley Bowyer Hendley was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Kent. 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, and his wife Priscilla (1627-1684), ...

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1580 births 1656 deaths English landowners High Sheriffs of Kent People from Ticehurst People from Cranbrook, Kent {{UK-law-enforcement-bio-stub