Henry Macwilliam

Henry Macwilliam (c. 1532 – 1586) was a member of Parliament for Dorchester, Liskeard (1572), Appleby (1584) and Carlisle (1586).

He was the son of Henry Macwilliam (died 1539) and his second wife Elizabeth Leyes, a daughter of Sir John Leyes. His sister Anne married Arthur Stourton.

His home was Stambourne Hall, Essex. He became Keeper of Colchester Castle.

He died on 27 December 1586.

Marriage and children He married Mary Cheke, daughter of Richard Hill, sergeant of the wine cellar to Henry VIII, and widow of John Cheke (died 1557), a lady of Elizabeth I's privy chamber. Margaret Macwilliam, married Sir John Stanhope (d. 1621) Susannah Macwilliam, married Edward Saunders or Sandys, (2) Goddard Pemberton, (3) Thomas Ireland. Ambrosia Macwilliam, who married William Kingsmill, mother of William Kingsmill (died 1618) Cassandra Macwilliam, who married George Cotton (died 1613), grandmother of the poet Charles Cotton Cicely Macwilliam, who married Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry, she was said to have been a maid of honour to Elizabeth I.