Bowyer Hendley
About Bowyer Hendley
Lived 1665 – 1742 (aged 76–77).
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 / Floyd, 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." 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. and his monument is in St Nicholas's Church, Otham.
Family Hie eldest son William Hendley (1686-1762) was his heir.
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(1655-1742)
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Bowyer Hendley died in 1742.
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