Biography of Henry Mildmay 1593-1668

Paternal Family Tree: Mildmay

1624 Happy Parliament

1625 Useless Parliament

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

1660 Indemnity and Oblivion Act

Around 1593 Henry Mildmay was born to [his father] Humphrey Mildmay (age 38).

On 9th August 1613 [his father] Humphrey Mildmay (age 58) died.

On 9th August 1617 Henry Mildmay (age 24) was knighted at Kendal [Map].

In April 1619 Henry Mildmay (age 26) and Anne Halliday (age 18) were married.

In April 1620 Henry Mildmay (age 27) was appointed Master of the Jewel Office.

On 8th August 1620 Henry Mildmay (age 27) entered at Gray's Inn.

In 1621 Henry Mildmay (age 28) was elected MP Maldon.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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In 1623 [his son] William Mildmay was born to Henry Mildmay (age 30) and [his wife] Anne Halliday (age 22).

Happy Parliament

On 3rd February 1624 Henry Mildmay (age 31) was elected MP Westbury.

Useless Parliament

In 1625 Henry Mildmay (age 32) was elected MP Maldon during the Useless Parliament.

In 1628 Henry Mildmay (age 35) was elected MP Maldon.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 Henry Mildmay (age 47) was elected MP Maldon during the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 Henry Mildmay (age 47) was elected MP Maldon during the Long Parliament.

On 21st April 1641 Henry Mildmay (age 48) voted against the attainder of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 48).

In March 1657 [his wife] Anne Halliday (age 56) died.

On 26th April 1659 [his son-in-law] Robert Brooke (age 22) and [his daughter] Anne Mildmay were married.

On 15th May 1660 Henry Mildmay (age 67) was ordered to attend the committee appointed to consider Charles II's reception, and give an account of the whereabouts of the crowns, robes, sceptres, and jewels belonging to the king.

After 15th May 1660 Henry Mildmay (age 67) was captured by Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 32) at Rye [Map].

Indemnity and Oblivion Act

On 29th August 1660 the Indemnity and Oblivion Act became law. The act was a general pardon for everyone who had committed crimes during the Civil War and Interregnum with the exception of certain crimes such as murder (without a licence granted by King or Parliament), piracy, buggery, rape and witchcraft, and people named in the act such as those involved in the regicide of Charles I.

Henry Mildmay (age 67) was excepted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act.

James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 52) was exempted. In 1661 his Baronetcy was forfeit for life.

On 1st July 1661 Henry Mildmay (age 68) was sentenced and degraded from his honours and titles and to be drawn every year on the anniversary of the king's sentence (27 Jan) upon a sledge through the streets to and under the gallows at Tyburn [Map], with a rope about his neck, and so back to the Tower of London [Map], there to remain a prisoner during his life.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th January 1662. That being done we went home again. This morning, going to take water upon Tower-hill [Map], we met with three sleddes standing there to carry my Lord Monson (age 63) and Sir H. Mildmay (age 69) and another, to the gallows and back again, with ropes about their necks; which is to be repeated every year, this being the day of their sentencing the King (age 31).

On 31st March 1664 Henry Mildmay (age 71) was issued with a warrant for his transportation to Tangier [Map], but on account of his feeble health he was allowed a servant.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th May 1665. After dinner my wife and she and Mercer to Thomas Pepys's wife's christening of his first child, and I took a coach, and to Wanstead, Essex, the house where Sir H. Mildmay (age 72) died, and now [his son-in-law] Sir Robert Brookes (age 28) lives, having bought it of the Duke of Yorke (age 31), it being forfeited to him. A fine seat, but an old-fashioned house; and being not full of people looks desolately.

On 7th January 1666 [his daughter] Anne Mildmay died.

In 1668 Henry Mildmay (age 75) died at Tangier [Map].

[his daughter] Mary Mildmay was born to Henry Mildmay and Anne Halliday.

[his son] Henry Mildmay was born to Henry Mildmay and Anne Halliday.

[his daughter] Anne Mildmay was born to Henry Mildmay and Anne Halliday. She married 26th April 1659 Robert Brooke.

[his father] Humphrey Mildmay and Mary Capell were married.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

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[his daughter] Susan Mildmay was born to Henry Mildmay and Anne Halliday.

Biography of Henry Mildmay 1593-1668

Royal Ancestors of Henry Mildmay 1593-1668

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