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| Henry SPELMAN Matric. pens. from TRINITY, Lent 1580/1. S. of Henry, of Congham, Norfolk . B.A. from Trinity Hall, 1582/3 . Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, 14 May, 1585/6. M.P. for Castle Rising, Norfolk , 1593, 1597-8 ; for Worcester [ Worcestershire ], 1625 . Knighted, 14 Mar., 1603/4. High Sheriff of Norfolk , 1604-6 . Settled in London for study, 1612 . Married Eleanor, dau. of John L'Estrange, of Hunstanton [ Norfolk ]. Author, History of Sacrilage, etc. Historian and antiquary. Founded an Anglo-Saxon readership at Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ], 1635 . Buried in Westminster Abbey [ London ], 14 Oct., 1641, aged 80. Father of Clement (above) and of John (1609). ( Vis. of London, 1634 ; D.N.B. ) | Henry SPELMAN Approx. lifespan: 1561–1641 Matric. pens. from Trinity College 1580/1:01LT: s. of Henry SPELMAN of Congham, Norfolk , B.A. from Trinity Hall 1582/3 Adm. at Lincoln's Inn 1585/6:05:14 M.P. for Castle Rising, Norfolk , 1593, 1597-8 ; for Worcester, [Worcestershire], 1625 Knighted 1603/4:03:14 High Sheriff of Norfolk , 1604-06 Settled in London , for study 1612 Married Eleanor L'ESTRANGE dau. of John L'ESTRANGE of Hunstanton, [Norfolk], Author, History of Sacrilage etc. Historian and antiquary. Founded an Anglo-Saxon readership at Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], 1635 Buried in Westminster Abbey, [London], 1641:10:14 aged 80. father of Francis SPILMAN (1592) father of John SPELMAN (1609) ( Vis. of London 1634 ; D.N.B. ) |