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HEMINGTON, WILLIAM, son of John Hemington, Puddletown, Dorset; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jul 1721; Min. Can. 1727; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1733 – void 18 Jul 1748, expiry year of grace as V. Inkberrow; BA 1737; MA 1741; BD and DD 1777; ordained; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1739; Curate of Drayton, Oxfordshire, 1743, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1746; an Usher at the School 1743-8; Vicar of Inkberrow, Worcs., from 13 Jul 1747; Rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants 12 Mar 1747/8-89 (disp. to hold with Inkberrow); Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1 Feb 1777; d. 8 Jun 1792.

HEMINGWAY, SAMUEL; b.; adm. 1 Aug 1770.

Hemmant, William Anthony, son of Daniel Ground Hemmant, barrister-at-law, of Eynsford, Kent, and Lynette Cooper-Willis MRCS LRCP; b. 20 Nov. 1906; adm. Apr. 1920 (R); left Dec. 1924; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Wing Cdr); m.; d. 18 May 1988.

Hemmerde, Albert James, fourth son of George Richard Hemmerde, manager of the St. James's Square Branch of the London and Westminster Bank; b. June 28, 1869; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left April 1887; d. Feb. 27, 1909.

HEMMINGE, WILLIAM, ninth child of John Hemminge, St. Mary’s, Aldermanbury, actor, and Rebecca, widow of William Knell, same parish; bap 3 Oct 1602; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. in 1616; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, Westminster Student to 1629, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 19; BA 1625; MA 1628; author, The Fatal Contract, 1653, and other plays; d. 1653 (?). DNB.

HEMSLEY, ALFRED MACARTNEY, brother of Henry Morley Hemsley (qv); b. 20 Jul 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G); left Aug 1878; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1880; BA 1882; adm. solicitor Feb 1886; went out to Australia; in practice at Sydney, New South Wales, by 1894; member, New South Wales Legislative Council 1927-33; d. 12 Jul 1937.

HEMSLEY, HENRY MORLEY, son of Alexander Hemsley, Ealing, Middlesex, solicitor, and Catherine --- (1881 Census); b. 19 Feb 1859; adm. from Marlborough Coll. 24 Sep 1874 (G); left Dec 1875; adm. solicitor Apr 1883; practised in London and Ealing; d. 26 Apr 1926.

HEN, HENRY; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1641.

HENCHMAN, CHARLES, brother of Humphrey Henchman (KS 1684, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1701, expiry year of grace as V. Great Budworth; BA 1692; MA 1695; ordained; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire from 13 Mar 1699/1700; Vicar of Horton, Northants 22 Aug 1700-1; Master of the King’s School, Chester, by 1712; Rector of Alderley, Cheshire, from 16 May 1713; Prebendary of Chester from 20 Jan 1717/8; m. Margaret, dau. of Hamlet Woods; d. 6 Feb 1741/2.

HENCHMAN, HUMPHREY, third son of Thomas Henchman, citizen and skinner, London, and Anne, dau. of Robert Griffiths, Caernarvonshire; bapt. Barton Seagrove, Northants 22 Dec 1592; adm. ; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219 b); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. 18 Dec 1609; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; BD 1623; DD 1628; Fellow, Clare Hall 1616 – 1622/3 (on Freeman foundation, as founder’s kin); ordained; Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury 20 Jan 1622/3 – Oct 1660; Prebendary of Salisbury 26 Feb 1622/3 – Oct 1660; Rector of Rushton, Northants 4 May 1624-38/9; Rector of Westbury, Wilts. , 1631; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset 11 Jan 1638/9, and of Isle of Portland, Dorset, from 28 Oct 1639; deprived of preferments 1643, “having gone to the Army against the Parliament”; largely instrumental in arranging escape of Charles II after battle of Worcester; consecrated Bishop of Salisbury 28 Oct 1660; Lord High Almoner from 5 May 1662; Bishop of London from 15 Sep 1663; set an example to his clergy by remaining in London during the Great Plague of 1665; a close friend of George Herbert (qv); Izaak Walton recorded that “no one mentioned him without some veneration for his life and excellent learning”; m. 1630 Ellen, sister of Robert Townson (qv); d. 7 Oct 1675. DNB.