Edward Henson (abt. 1550 - bef. 1595)

Died before 1595 before about age 45 in London, England [uncertain]

Biography

Edward Henson was a Scrivener of London.^[1] He was an apprentice of Bartholomew Brokesby by 1563 and made free of the Scriveners in 1573, so he was probably born around 1550.^[2] He had William Hicks as an apprentice (perhaps also his nephew), and William's will mentions an Edward Henson, who was probably the son of the present Edward Henson, as described in a herald's visitation of London.

He died sometime before 1595 when his widow remarried to Peter Proby.

Sources

• St. George, Henry; College of Arms (Great Britain); St. George, Richard; Howard, Joseph Jackson, eds., The visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Vol II, London: Harleian Society, 1883, p. 181 Internet Archive

Footnotes

1. ↑ 'The Common Paper: Subscriptions to the oath, 1417-1613', in Scriveners' Company Common Paper 1357-1628 With A Continuation To 1678, ed. Francis W Steer (London, 1968), pp. 20-49. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol4/pp20-49 [accessed 30 May 2018].
2. ↑ "The Common Paper: Apprentices and servants, 1478-1573," in Scriveners' Company Common Paper 1357-1628 With A Continuation To 1678, ed. Francis W Steer (London: London Record Society, 1968), 12-19. British History Online, accessed June 6, 2018, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol4/pp12-19.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sir William Arbuthnot for creating Henson-806 on 22 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sir William and others.