Robert Heath (1538 - 1604)

Born 1538 in Eatonbridge, Kent, , England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Poser (Posyer) Heath — married 18 Feb 1575 in St Stephen Coleman Street, London, England

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1604 at about age 66 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert Heath, son of Robert and father of Sir Robert (Lord Cheeffe Justice of the Common Pleas 1633).^[1]

18 Feb 1574/75: Marriage of Robart Heath and Ann Poser at Saint Stephan Coleman Street, London, London, England.^[2][3]

Robert Heath died on 2 April 1604.^{[4][citation needed]}

Research Notes

Where does the above date of death come from? In his History of Parliament article, son Robert Heath (1575-1649) is said to have succeeded his father in 1615. ^[5]

A Robert Heath of Worth Sussex left a will probated in 1615. The children correlate with those on wikitree though, at present, all but Robert are only linked to their mother. Worth is about 11 miles from Edenbridge, Kent (birth said to be at Eatonbridge, Kent) ^[6]

The will was written on 1 Jan 1612 (1612/13) and granted probate 1 July 1615

Mentioned:

Wife, Anne

Second son Matthias

Eldest son and executor Robert

Youngest son John

Daughter Ann

'Daughter' Margaret the wife of son Robert

Children of son John; Robert and Mary

He had lands in Lincolnshire, Surrey and Kent Coleman-5109 09:40, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 134, Heath.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKGR-Y4M : 12 March 2020), Robart Heath, 1574.
3. ↑ "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Ste1/A/001/Ms04448
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1624 #9906615 (accessed 2 September 2023)
   Indexed as: Ann Woser marriage to Robart Jacks on 18 Feb 1574 in St Stephen, Coleman Street, City of London, London, England.
   Transcript: Wedinge of Robert Heath and Ann Poser sp. 18 day of February 1574
4. ↑ Ancestry Public Member Trees.
5. ↑ Alan Davidson & Ben Coates, HEATH, Robert (1575-1649), of the Inner Temple, London and Mitcham, Surr.; later of Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street and Brasted Place, Kent in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/heath-robert-1575-1649
6. ↑ National Archives, Kew, England : PROB 11/126/, Will of Robert Heathe, Gentleman of Worth, Sussex Probate Date: 01 July 1615 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D906716 also on Ancestry, subscription needed

See also:

• "Robert HEATHE" entry in A Cambridge Alumni Database (online, accessed 2 September 2023)