Henry Baker Bt (abt. 1587 - 1623)

Born about 1587 in Cranbrook, Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Smythe) Lowe — married 27 Feb 1606 in St Gabriel Fenchurch, City of London, England

Descendants

Died 1623 at about age 36 in London, England

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Biography

Sir Henry Baker, Knight and Baronet

Henry Baker (born c 1587) was the son of Sir John Baker and Mary Guildford.^[1][2][3]

He married Katherine Smythe, eldest daughter of Sir John Smythe and Elizabeth Fineux.^[1][3][4][5]

Mr Henry Baker of Kent, gentleman, married Mistress Katherine Smythe, daughter of Sir John Smyth, by Licence on 27 Feb 1605/1606 at St Gabriel, Fenchurch, City of London.^[6]

Children:

• [Sir] John Baker (born c 1608)^[1][2][3]
• Elizabeth Baker^[1]
• Thomas Baker (born c 1616)^[1]
• Henry Baker^[7]

Career

He matriculated Magdalen College, Oxford, on 6 June 1600 age 13, achieved his B.A. in May 1603 and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1604.^[2]

He was knighted on 15 July 1606 at Oatlands, Surrey, and created 1st Baronet Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent, on 29 June 1611.^[2]

Death

He died at his house in Lime Street London and was buried at Cranbrook, Kent, on 04 Dec 1623.^[2][5]

His will was proved 06 May 1624.^[8]

Research Notes

By 1601 Thomas Baker, Henry's uncle, was the only male adult representative of the senior line of the Sissinghurst Bakers. In quick succession Henry's grandfather and father John had died, the first in 1594, the second, aged over 40, two years later; the heir, Henry was then a minor.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898. Baker Pedigree pp 63-64 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} The Complete Baronetage Vol. I 1611-1625. Published 1900, pp 71-72 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Burke, J and Burke, J B. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. 2nd Edition, 1841, pp. 32-33 HathiTrust.
4. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898. Smith Pedigree pp 113-114 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Stocker, J J. Pedigrees of Smythes of Ostenhangar; Kent; of Smythes of Bidborough and Sutton-at-Hone; and of the Smythes of Viscount Strangford, of Dromore, Ireland. Archæologia Cantiana, being Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society. Vol. XX, 1893, pp 76-81 pdf.
6. ↑ St Gabriel Fenchurch, City of London. Register. Image of Register accessed via Ancestry.
7. ↑ Baker of Sissinghurst, baronets. Landed Families of Britain and Ireland Landed Families.
8. ↑ Will of Sir Henry Baker of Cranbrook, Kent. 06 May 1624. PROB 11/143/504. The National Archives, Kew.
9. ↑ Baker, Thomas (d.1625), of Whittingham Hall, Suff. and Leyton, Essex. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.

See also:

• Sir Henry Baker, 1st Bt, ThePeerage.com