Priscilla (Honywood) Engham (1548 - 1618)

Born 1548 in Charing, Kent, England

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Died 1618 at about age 70 in Goodnestone, Kent, England

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Biography

Priscilla was born about 1545 Charing, Kent, England and was the daughter of Robert Honeywood and Mary Atwater of Charing.^[1]

Priscilla Honeywood married Thomas Ingeham on 26 October 1567 in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, London, England.^{[2] [1]}

Priscilla and her husband Thomas Engeham, of Goodneston, in Kent, esq. had issue :

I. Vincent.

2. Edward. (0 0.)

3. Mary.

4. Mary.

5. Mary.

6. Mary. (P P.)

7. Dorothy. (Q Q,)

8. William,

9. Jane. (RR.)

10. Rowland.

11.Elizabeth. (S S.)

Priscilla was buried on 2 July 1618 in Goodnestone (Near Sandwich), Kent, England.^[3]

On an Handsome Monument, fixt to The North wall of The Chancell. (G.note: ENGEHAM). [Arg. a chevron sa. betw. 3 orgresses, on a chief gu. a leopard or imp. (HONEYWOOD (as before), 1.31. Elmstead)].

To The Sacred Memory, of The Right Worthy and truly Religious Knight, Sr. Thomas Engeham, born at Mongeham, and descended of The Ancient House of The Engehams, at Woodchurch, in this County; One of his Majesties Justices of The Peace & Quorum, for the Space of Fiftie Years. Who had to Wife Priscilla HONEYWOOD, a Ladie, endued with admirable Giftes, both of Nature & of Grace, Daughter to that grave, religious, and renowned Matron, Mrs. Anne Honywood (sic), whoe hardly escaping Martyrdome, in QUEENE MARIE’s Days, liv’d to see about the Number of 4 Hundred Children, to have descended from her Loynes. Sr. Thomas Engeham lived piously, and happily with the said Ladie Priscilla, in the honourable Estate of Wedlocke, Fiftie and Three Yeares; and, had Issue By her, Five Sounes, and Six Daughters; who* = pater eiberorum, beinge the Survivour (sic), erected this Memoriall to succeeding Posteritie, In The Yeare of Grace 1621. and The Fourscore Yeare of his Age. The Righteous shall be in Everlastinge Remembrance. Ps: 112.6.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634, page 423 + 4. Internet Archive (accessed [13 Apr 2024])
2. ↑ Marriage: "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/And4/A/001/Ms04107/001
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1624 #9978105 (accessed 12 April 2024)
   Pricell Honywood marriage to Thomas Ingeham on 26 Oct 1567 in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, London, England.
3. ↑ Burial: "England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 13 April 2024)
   Priscilla Engeham burial on 2 Jul 1618 in Goodnestone (Near Sandwich), Kent, England.
4. ↑ Some Monumental Inscriptions of Holy Cross Church, Goodnestone, Kent, Kentarchealogy (accessed [12 Apr 2024])

Acknowledgements

• Honywood-25 was created by Gail Williams through the import of Meryl Marie Bulgier gedcom - Jan 2015.ged on Jan 26, 2015.