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Bowyer Hendley was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Kent. ==Life== Hendley (the name was often written as Henley) was born in 1665, the son of John Hendley (1617-1676), Lord of the Manor of Otham, and his wife Priscilla (1627-1684), daughter of Thomas Fludd, owner of Gore Court in Otham. His other grandfather was Sir Thomas Hendley. His arms were « Pale, bendy, azure and gules, eight martlets, three, two, and three, or.». 〔Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Otham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 513-519 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol5/pp513-519 Retrieved 8 October 2015.〕 In about 1684 he married Mary (1666-1752), daughter of Thomas Sharpe of Benenden, In 1702 he served as Sheriff of Kent and in 1712 he bought the mansion of Gore Court from his uncle Alabaster Fludd.〔Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Otham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 513-519 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol5/pp513-519 Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 I His will, made 23 September 1740, was proved on 31 December 1742〔PROB 11/722/467 Will of Bowyer Hendley of Otham , Kent, 31 December 1742, in « Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers » http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D531218 Retrieved 10 October 2015〕 and his monument is in St Nicholas's Church, Otham.〔 « Monument on north wall of north chancel chapel to Bowyer Hendley, d.1742. Rectangular, with proud inscription panel, moulded plinth and shaped base plate with cherub's head. Moulded cornice with achievement. » http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Rettrieved 10 October 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowyer Hendley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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