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Personal data Arthur Herrys 

• He was born about 1584 in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
• Profession: Incorporator of Virginia Company of London, sir and politician in House of Parliment.
• (MARR) on January 18, 1618 in St Olave Fleet Street, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom: Spouse: Anne Harris (born Salter).
• He died on January 9, 1632 in Creeksea Place, Essex, England.
• He is buried on January 11, 1632 in All Saints, Creeksea, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
• A child of William Harris and Lady Alice Anne Smythe

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[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/herrys-sir-arthur-1587-1632 HERRYS (HARRIS), Sir Arthur (c.1587-1632), of Creeksea Place and Woodham Mortimer, Essex]rris was an incorporator and subscriber of The Virginia Company between 1612-1624, when it was dissolved by King James I and Virginia became a royal crown colony. As such he made several trips across the Atlantic[4] but he never relocated to Virginia, keeping his family "safe" in England. Smythe Haberdasher and collector of customs, of London, Ashford and Westenhanger, Kent. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1602, G. Inn 1605, L. Inn 1607; travelled abroad 1604-5. m. (1) by 1610, Anne, da. and h. and Robert Cranmer of Chipstead, Kent, 2s.; (2) 31 Jan. 1615, Anne, da. and sole h. of Sir Nicholas Salter of Enfield, Mdx., Clothworker, wid. of Sir Henry Bowyer of Denham, Bucks., 5s. (?1 d.v.p.) 5da. kntd. 15 July 1606; suc. fa. 1616. d. 9 Jan. 1632.2 sig. Arthur Herris.ter & heir of Robert Cranmer of Chepsted, Kent, at St. Mary the Virgin church, Aldermanbury, London. They had two sons: Cranmer Harris (b. 1608) and John Harris (b. 1611); and one daughter, Jane Harris (b 1609). Anne died in 1613 and Sir Arthur remarried on January 31, 1614/1615 in Saint Olave, Hart Street, London, to Anne Salter, daughter and sole heir of Sir Nicholas Salter of Enfield, Middlesex, Clothworker. Anne was the widow of Sir Henry Bowyer of Denham, Buckinghamshire. They subsequently had 5 sons and 5 daughters between 1615 and 1628.[3]. Essex and Kent and in 1624 was named by the electors of Maldon, Essex, to represent them as their Member of Parliament. He remained in Parliament for 5 years when age and declining health led him to retire to his family estates in Essex. There he made his Will in 1631 in which he provided legacies for his five surviving younger sons amounting to 4,200 each and portions of 2,000 each for his five daughters. He also bequeathed a total of 7 to the poor of the two Essex parishes where he resided.sea, where a bronze plaque attests that he was a just and pius gentleman.32erty at Woodham Mortimer, a few miles south-west of Maldon, and at Creeksea, near the mouth of the river Crouch, where in 1569 he built Creeksea Place, which has been described as sizeable early Elizabethan mansion Herry father, who married one of the six daughters of Customer Smythe also served as sheriff of Essex (1598-9), was knighted at James I Coronation,19 and was sufficiently prosperous to afford for his son a thorough education and to contribute 60 towards the Privy Seal loan of 1604.20 abroad for three years, but he returned before his passport expired and was admitted to Grays Inn. Knighted on the same day as his cousin-in-law Henry Baker in 1606, he entered Lincoln Inn in the following year. embrancer, (Sir) Henry Fanshawe II in trust for her son.21 He succeeded to his father estates in November 1616, and subsequently obtained a royal grant of free warren at Creeksea.22 By 1619 he was seised of Norton Downey manor in Devon.23 Like his father before him he enjoyed a goodly income, donating 50 to the Palatinate Benevolence in 1622 after his arm was twisted by the Privy Council.24 He also helped to buy the wardship of his second cousin, John Baker, and sent his eldest son Cranmer on a tour of the Continent in 1627.25. ...iament, advancing age induced Herrys to retire from active service on the county bench, although he was one of two Essex magistrates who apprehended the ringleaders of a riot at Burrow Hill, near Maldon, for which he was congratulated by the Privy Council.37 He remained closely connected with Warwick, delivering a message on the earl behalf in September 1629.38 In July 1631 he surrendered his reversion to the office of remembrancer of the Exchequer,39 and four months later drew up his will, in which he provided legacies for his five surviving younger sons amounting to 4,200 and portions of 2,000 each for his five daughters. He also bequeathed a total of 7 to the poor of the two Essex parishes where he resided.40 Like his father before him,41 he left the choice of burial place to his executor. Following his death in January 1632 he was interred at All Saints, Creeksea, where a monument describes him as having been religious and just. Herrys fellow Essex j.p., the lawyer and poet Dr. Robert Aylott, marked his passing by composing many English verses which are much applauded, expressing his life beyond sea and here, his two wives and 12 children and his faithfulness to the country and king, but these have not been traced.43 aints, Creeksea, Essex Daughter And Heire To Robert Cranmer Of Chepsted In The County Of Kent Esq By Whom He Had Issue Cranmer Herris Kt John Herris And After To Dame Ann Bowyer Formerly Wife To Sr Henry Bowyer Of The Countie Of Buck Knight And Sole Daughter And Heire To Sr Nicholas Salter of Y City Of London Kt By Whom He Had Issue Ann Herris Alice Herris Mary Herris Dorithe Herris Salter Herris Francis Herris Thomas Herris Arthur Herris Edward Herris Willm Herris Eliz Herrishose religious brest to God did cleave, And that to men just offices discharged And to the pinched soule his hart inlarg'd, One, that though laid in dust, of breath bereft. Like dying Roses sweet distillments left And moulders hoping, from this stone, God may Raise up a child to Abraham, one day.marriage licences, 1521-1869 by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 Dean, John Ward, 1815-1902 Published 1887xeth, co. Essex, and Kobert Cranmer, of Chepsted, parish of Chevening, co. Kent, esq., allege marriage between Arthur Harris, knight, of Crixeth aforesaid, bachelor about 22, son and heir of said Sir William Harris, and Anne Cranmer, of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London, maiden, about 19, daughter of said Robert Cranmer, esq. at St. Mary Aldermanbury. 15 July, 1606. B iage 2...�ƒÂ¢Ã‚€Â” at St. Olave, Hart Street. 18 Jan. 1614. B.of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield" [https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmem00inwate#page/10/mode/2up page 10 - 11]

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