Henry Glemham (politician)

Sir Henry Glemham (died 30 August 1632) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.

[1] In 1600 Glemham obtained a licence to travel abroad and visited Rome to help his fellow-countrymen.

When he arrived in Rome, he was imprisoned as a suspected spy and only released through the efforts of the Jesuit Robert Persons.

Lady Anne and her sister Mary Nevill and friends including Elizabeth Grey had a high reputation for learning, which John Chamberlain satirically suggested was due to their admirers.

When they came to visit Ware Park in April 1606, he described them as a throng of "complete women for learning, language, and all other rare qualities - if you may believe their servants, that set them out as if they were to be sold.