HERON, SAMUEL, son of John Heron, Lincoln, and --- Cokaine, Derbyshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, adm. scholar 1575, matr. Easter 1575; 7th in “ordo” 1578/9; BA 1578/9; MA 1582; BD 1589; DD 1595 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1598); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1581, Major Fellow from 30 Mar 1582, Junior Dean 1593-4, Senior Dean 1597-1602, Senior Bursar 1605-7, again Senior Dean 1609-14; ordained; University Preacher 1588; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1588-90; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland 1591-2; Vicar of Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland 1591; Vicar of Normanton, Yorks., 1594; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1596-9; Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex 10 Oct 1598-1601; Rector of Cheadle, Staffs., 1602; Vicar of Tockenham, Wilts., from 1610; Vicar of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1610; d. 1616 (will proved PCC 4 Jun 1616).

HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

HERBERT, JOHN, son of Nathaniel Herbert, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1688, aged 18, scholar 12 Apr 1689; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1698, priest 25 Feb 1699/1700 (both London); Vicar of Ridge, Herts., from 1718; d. 1720.

HERBERT, JOHN, son of Edward Herbert, Westminster, and Susanna (Glanfeild ?); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 28 Jul 1685; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1713, Tutor 1710; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; BD and DD 1723; ordained; Vicar of Staverton, Gloucs., 1715-23; Rector of Bideford, Devon, 18 May 1723-7; Rector of Dolton, Devon 1723 (disp. to hold with Bideford); Prebendary of Westminster from 14 Jun 1723; Rector of Beddington, Surrey, from 27 Mar 1727; m. 22 Apr 1712 (IGI) Mary, widow of Sir Thomas Bromsall, Bart., Biggleswade, Beds., and dau. of Thomas Cullum, London; d. 25 Oct 1729. Buried at entrance North Transept, Westminster Abbey.

HERBERT, GEORGE, fourth son of Sir Richard Herbert, Kt, Montgomery Castle, Montgomeryshire, and Magdalen, dau. of Sir Richard Newport, Kt; b. 3 Apr 1593; adm. in twelfth year; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. 18 Dec 1609; 2nd in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1614, Major Fellow 15 Mar 1615/6 – c. 1621 [check]; Praelector in Rhetoric and Deputy Public Orator 1618, Public Orator 1619-27; ordained deacon by Jul 1626, priest (Salisbury) 19 Sep 1630; Prebendary of Lincoln from 8 Jul 1626; Herbert had earlier aspired to preferment in service of the State, but after forming an intimate friendship with Nicholas Ferrar (of Little Gidding), he decided to eschew the “painted pleasures of the Court”; Rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton, Wilts., from 26 Apr 1630; repaired Bemerton Church and rebuilt the parsonage, where he wrote his famous sacred poems, edited by Ferrar and published posthumously under the title The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 1633; m. 5 Mar 1628/9 Jane, dau. of Charles Danvers, Baynton, Wilts.; d. 3 Mar 1632/3. Memorial window in baptistery, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

HEPPEL, ADAM MONTAGUE, son of John Mortimer Heppel, London, and Elizabeth Mary Gosset (IGI); b. 29 May 1856; adm. 27 May 1869; QS 2 Feb 1872; left Mar 1873; clerk in insurance office (1881 Census); d. 14 Oct 1885.

HENTY, WALTER, son of George Henty, Chichester, Sussex, and Maria, dau. of Cornthwaite John Hector, Stodham, Hampshire, banker; b. 16 May 1840; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (James'); QS 1854; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Dean Thomas) 1858, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1862; dir. George Henty and Sons, brewers, Chichester; of Beddington Place, near Croydon, Surrey; m. 3 Mar 1874 Edith Mary, youngest dau. of Thomas Hankey, Chester Square, London; d. 7 Apr 1914.

HENSHAW, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS in 1567; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1569, Westminster Student to 1583; BA 1573; MA 1577; ordained; Rector of Maidwell St. Peter, Northants, 19 Dec 1580; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, from 1584; m. Katharine ---; buried Ravensthorpe, Northants 4 Sep 1603.

HENSHAW, JOHN, second son of John Henshaw, Lewes, Sussex, and Mary Philipps; bapt. Lewes 15 Sep 1633 (IGI, but mother given as Martha); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 9 May 1651, scholar 1651; BA 1654/5; adm. Middle Temple 23 Nov 1654, called to bar 25 Apr 1662.

HENRY, PHILIP, son of John Henry, Keeper of the Orchard, Whitehall, and a Page of the Back Stairs to James, Duke of York, and Magdalen, dau. of Henry Rochdale; b. 24 Aug 1631; adm. 1643; KS (Capt. ) 1644 (?); a favourite of Richard Busby (qv); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of University of Oxford 1647 to 1658, Camden Society, 2nd Series, xxix, 268), Westminster Student 24 Mar 1647/8; although Henry returned an ambiguous answer to the Parliamentary Visitors and his name appears in the list of those Students expelled 15 May 1648, he was allowed to keep his Studentship through the intercession of his godfather, the Earl of Pembroke; BA 7 Feb 1650/1; MA 1652; tutor to Mr. Justice Puleston’s sons at Emral, Flints.; ordained minister at Prees, Shropshire 16 Sep 1657; officiated at Worthenbury Chapel, Flints., 1657-61; refused to be reordained 1660; imprisoned on suspicion of conspiracy Oct 1663; a nonconformist preacher 1672-81; fined for keeping conventicles 1681; imprisoned Chester Castle 1685; Nonconformist minister at Broad Oak, Iscoed, Flints., after passing of Toleration Act; his Remains were published in 1648, and his Diaries and Letters in 1682, the latter containing an interesting account of the only occasion on which he “felt the weight” of Busby’s hand (p. 10) and a letter to his son Matthew, written in 1686, in which he makes a noteworthy reference to the custom of “Electio” (p. 353); m. 26 Apr 1660 Katherine, only child of Daniel Matthews, Broad Oak, Iscoed, Flints.; d, 24 Jun 1696. DNB.