Henry Wallop MP (1568 - 1642)

Born 18 Oct 1568 in Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Corbet) Wallop — married before 1601 in Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1642 at age 74 in Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, England

Biography

Sir Henry Wallop was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Born on the 18th of October 1568, Henry Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Henry Wallop, vice Treasurer of Ireland, and his wife, Catherine Gifford. ^[1][2] He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, graduating in 1588. ^[3]

Henry married about 1596 Elizabeth Corbet, daughter of Robert Corbet of Moreton in Shropshire. ^[1][2] They were parents of a son, Robert, ^{[2] [3]} and five daughters. ^[1][4]

He was knighted by the Earl of Essex at Dublin on the 6th of August 1599. ^[5]

Henry died intestate on the 15th of November 1642 and was buried at Farleigh Wallop. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} History of Parliament online: WALLOP, Sir Henry (1568-1642), of Farleigh Wallop, Hants; Poynton, Salop and Little St. Bartholomew, London
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceulx a 1530 : enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx anno 1575 both which are continued with the vissitation made by John Phillipott, Somersett (for William Camden, Clarenceux) in a 1622 most part then done & finished in a 1634. As collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1544 by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Mundy, Richard; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922 Page 26: Wallop
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} British History online: Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Originally published by University of Oxford, Oxford, 1891
4. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Sir Henry Wallop Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
5. ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Page 97