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Henry Isley 1500-1554

Maternal Family Tree: Philippe Thornbury 1431-1485

In or before 1500 [his father] Thomas Isley [aged 13] and [his mother] Elizabeth Guildford [aged 11] were married.

Around 1500 Henry Isley was born to Thomas Isley [aged 14] and Elizabeth Guildford [aged 12].

In 1512 [his mother] Elizabeth Guildford [aged 24] died.

In 1520 [his father] Thomas Isley [aged 34] died.

Around 1530 Henry Isley [aged 30] and Cecily Cromer [aged 20] were married.

In 1542 Henry Isley [aged 42] was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.

In 1550 Henry Isley [aged 50] was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.

Wyatt's Rebellion

On 22nd January 1554 the conspirators met at Allington Castle [Map].

Henry Isley [aged 54] attended.

On 28th January 1554 the Battle of Hartley was fought at Hartley Sevenoaks, Kent between a rebel force of Wyatt's Rebellion led by Henry Isley [aged 54] and a loyal royalist force led by Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 24] and Robert Southwell [aged 48]. The rebels were defeated. Rebel Anthony Knyvet [aged 37] fought and was captured.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th January 1554. The xxvj day of January began wachyng at evere gatt in arness, for tydyngs cam the sam tym to the quen and her consell that ser Thomas Wyatt [aged 33], ser George Harper, ser Hare Ysseley [aged 54], master Cobam, and master Rudston [aged 39], and master Knevetts [aged 37], and dyvers odur gentyllmen and commons, wher up, and tha say because the prynche of Spayne [aged 26] commyng in to have owre quen [aged 37], for they kepe Rochaster castell [Map] and the bryge and odur plases.

Note. P. 52. Sir Thomas Wyatt. A copious narrative of Wyatt's rebellion, together with the letters written by the duke of Norfolk, lord Cobham, and others, to the Privy Council, on the occasion, (from the originals in the State Paper Office,) will be found in Cruden's History of Gravesend, 1842, 8vo. pp. 172 et seq.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 3rd February 1554. The iij day of Feybruarii was a proclamacyon that who so ever do take ser Thomas Wyatt [aged 33], exsept Harper, Ysseley [aged 54], and Rudston [aged 39], shuld have C. lb. land to ym and ys heirs for ever.

After 22nd February 1554 Henry Isley [deceased] was hanged, drawn and quartered. His head was sent to Maidstone, Kent [Map].

Before 14th May 1561 [his former wife] Cecily Cromer [aged 51] died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th May 1561. The xiiij day of May, was Assensyon evyn, was bered in sant Pulkers parryche my [his former wife] lade Esley [aged 51] the wyfg of ser Henre Hesley knyght, of Kentt, the wyche he cam in with sir Thomas Wyett knyght by quen Mare('s) days, and he was hangyd and drane and quartered, and ys hed sent unto Maydston [Map], and set a-pone (blank) and she had nothyng done for here, butt master Skammeler [aged 41] mad a sermon for here - the byshope of Peterborow,

Ancestors of Henry Isley 1500-1554

Father: Thomas Isley

Henry Isley

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Guildford

Grandfather: Richard Guildford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Waller

Mother: Elizabeth Guildford

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pympe

Grandmother: Ann Pympe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury