Alderman of Bristol.
Sir John of Beckenham of Kent who was a merchant and director of the famous South Sea Co. in Walbrook London. He had an illegitimate child, John Wenham, with Elizabeth Heeley/Keeley. This child later became known as the Rev. John Wenham MA of Hamsey. He was buried on 13 March 1773 in St Peter Parish Church Hamsey where there is a wall mural dedicated to him. Source: Derek Wenham
M.P. for Colchester 1604-25 and 1628-9
From: 'Broadwater', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part) (1980), pp. 66-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18219. Date accessed: 15 September 2006.
M.P. for Arundel in 1628, and for Shoreham in 1626 and 1640
From: 'Broadwater', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part) (1980), pp. 66-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18219. Date accessed: 15 September 2006.
Married Samuel Powell lawyer of Bedford Row James Street London and of Mickleham Surrey where he and Sarah are buried or at least requested to be buried! (Their respective friend and executor was Sir Oliver Cromwell, the grandson of the famous military and political leader.) Source: Derek Wenham