Henry Heydon

[1] His inheritance from his father included at least sixteen manors, and he added to his holdings through the purchase of lands in both Norfolk and Kent.

He was a supervisor of the will of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and served as her steward of household and chief bailiff of the Honour of Eye.

[1] Although he was knighted at the coronation of Henry VII, and was among those present at the reception of Katherine of Aragon when she arrived in England in 1501, he was 'primarily a local servant of the crown rather than a courtier'.

[1][5] He died at Baconsthorpe between 20 February and 22 May 1504, and was buried beside his father in the Heydon family chapel which then existed at Norwich Cathedral.

A memorial window, said to be his, in the church at West Wickham depicts a kneeling human skeleton, with the Heydon arms.