Paternal Family Tree: Heneage
Around 1511 [his father] Robert Heneage [aged 11] and [his step-mother] Anne Capell [aged 9] were married. This marriage may have never taken place, or have been annulled, since she lived to 1587 whereas he married twice later around 1530 and 1548.
Around 1530 [his father] Robert Heneage [aged 30] and [his mother] Lucy Buckton were married.
In 1532 Thomas Heneage was born to Robert Heneage [aged 32] and Lucy Buckton at Copt Hall, Essex.
Around 1544 Thomas Heneage [aged 12] educated at Queen's College, Cambridge University [Map].
Around 1548 [his father] Robert Heneage [aged 48] and Margaret Manners were married.
In 1553 Thomas Heneage [aged 21] was appointed MP Stamford.
In 1554 Thomas Heneage [aged 22] and Anne Poyntz [aged 20] were married.
On 9th July 1556 [his daughter] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea was born to Thomas Heneage [aged 24] and [his wife] Anne Poyntz [aged 22]. She married 14th November 1572 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 27th July 1556 [his father] Robert Heneage [aged 56] died.
In 1559 Thomas Heneage [aged 27] was appointed MP Arundel.
In 1565 Thomas Heneage [aged 33] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 31].
On 14th November 1572 [his son-in-law] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet [aged 22] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea [aged 16] were married.
Before 6th October 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton [aged 28] and [his future wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton [aged 64].
In 1577 Thomas Heneage [aged 45] was knighted.
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In 1586 Thomas Heneage [aged 54] sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 52] to the Low Countries.
In 1587 Thomas Heneage [aged 55] was appointed Privy Council.
In 1587 Thomas Heneage [aged 55] was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.
On 1st March 1587 John Puckering [aged 43] was asked by Peter Wentworth [aged 58] to answer some questions regarding the liberties of the House. Puckering refused, but showed one of the questions to Thomas Heneage [aged 55]. Wentworth, and four other members of parliament who seconded his motion were imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map].
In 1590 Thomas Heneage [aged 58] was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
On 30th November 1592 [his wife] Anne Poyntz [aged 58] died.
On 2nd May 1594 Thomas Heneage [aged 62] and Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 41] were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 17th October 1595 Thomas Heneage [aged 63] died. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
Between 5th November 1598 and 31st January 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 33] and [his former wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 46] were married. Her third husband.
Before 5th February 1607 [his former wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 54] died.