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Heneage, John (1485 - 1557)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1485
Death Date: 1557-07-21

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cope, Anne ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 2 daughters [Bindoff]

Siblings

Male

Offspring

  1. From Cope, Anne ( - )
    Female offspring: Heneage, Mary ( - )

Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Lincolnshire 1523
MP, Lincolnshire 1529
MP, Lincolnshire 1536 Probably held this office
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lincolnshire 1537
JP, Lincolnshire 1537 1540
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lincolnshire 1539 1540
MP, Lincolnshire 1539
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1544
MP, Lincolnshire 1542 Possibly held this office
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1545/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1546/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1546/7
JP, Lincolnshire 1547
JP, Lincolnshire 1551
JP, Lincolnshire 1553/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1554
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1554
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lincolnshire 1555

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Benniworth House, Lincolnshire

Lands

  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire: Wicken, Puxley, Deanshanger
    Acquired: 1520
    Divested: 1540
    Settled on Heneage by father; exchanged for properties in London, Lincolnshire and Kingston upon Hull

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mr Hening's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Hening's Players Heneage, John (1485 - 1557) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.