Henry Arden (abt. 1346 - 1382)

Born about 1346 in Parkhall, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1382 at about age 36 in Parkhall, Warwickshire, England

Biography

He purchased the manor of Sulgrave (Northants) in 1371 and Park Hall from Sir John de Botetourt of Weoley Castle in 1373, free of all service save the presentation of a red rose once a year. In 1380 he acquired the estate of his father in Curdworth and Minworth from his niece.

Trusted retainer of Thomas Beauchamp, earl of Warwick.

MP Warwickshire 1377, 1380. MP Worcestershire 1381.

He married Elena Wetenhall.^[1]

Children:

1. Ralph de Arden (d. 1420)
2. Geoffrey de Arden of Wappenham (Northants); died without issue;
3. William de Arden of Sulgrave (Northants); died without issue.

Sources

1. ↑ Arden, D. A Gift from Robert Glover. The Coat of Arms. Third Series, Vol. I, 2005, Part 2, pp 105-116 (see p 111) pdf.

• [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/arderne-ralph-1374-1420 Arderne, Ralph (c.1374-1420), of Parkhall in Castle Bromwich, Warws. and Upper Wick, Worcs.", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
• Burke, John A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833, pp. 637-640
• Parishes: Castle Bromwich A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1947, British History Online
• Arden family
• http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/06/170-arden-of-park-hall-and-longcroft.html
• The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the year 1619. Publications of the Harleian Society Vol. XII., 1877, p 73 Arden Pedigree Internet Archive.