Henry Spelman, in an engraving by William Faithorne

The eldest son of Henry Spelman (d. William Faithorne (1626 or 1627 - 1691 English painter and Engraver, was born in London and was apprenticed to Robert Peake a painter and - 1581), of Congham, Norfolk, and the grandson of Sir John Spelman (1495-1544), Sir Henry Spelman (born Congham c. Congham is a Village and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Congham is a Village and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. 1562 and died 1641) was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils. An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with Antiquities or things of the past

Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1583, he later married Eleanor l'Estrange in 1590. Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Spelman entered parliament as member for Castle Rising in 1597, and in 1604 was high sheriff of his county. Castle Rising is a Village and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. In 1612 he settled in London near his friend Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sir Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet ( 22 January 1570/1 &ndash 6 May 1631) was an English Politician, founder of In 1617 he served on a commission to inquire into disputed Irish estates, and later took part into legal inquiries into the exactions levied on behalf of the Crown in the civil and ecclesiastical courts. His third son (also named) Henry Spelman had gone to the Jamestown Colony in 1609, and was killed in an Indian attack in 1623. Henry Spelman was the third son of “Sir” Henry Spelman of Congham, ( 1562 - 1641) and was an English Adventurer, Soldier Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 Henry Spelman continued to rise in prestige served as a member of the Parliament of England for Worcester in 1625. The Parliament of England was the Legislature of the Kingdom of England. Worcester (ˈwʊstə is a city and County town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England. In1627 he became treasurer of the Guiana Company, and he was also an energetic member of the council for New England. British Guiana was the name of the British Colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the His general services to the state were recognized in 1636 by a gift of money, and two years later by the offer of the mastership of Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse. The London Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery in London, England, to the north of what is now Charterhouse Square. He died in London in October 1641, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church His later years had been spent in the house of his son-in-law, Sir Ralph Whitfield, and he was survived by his sons Thomas Spelman of Kecoughtan, Virginia, Sir John Spelman, and Francis Spelman of Truro, Cornwall, England. Kecoughtan in Virginia was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kiccowtan Kikowtan as well as Kecoughtan presumably a word for the Native Americans living there Sir John Spelman (1594-1643 was an English historian and is known for his biography of Alfred the Great. Truro (ˈtruːrəʊ Truru is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is the centre for administration leisure Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

His histories include Concilia Ecclesiastica Orbis Britannici and Glossarium Archaiologicum (completed by William Dugdale). Sir William Dugdale ( 12 September 1605 &ndash 10 February 1686) was an English antiquary His Reliquiae Spelmannianae was edited by Edmund Gibson in 1698. Edmund Gibson ( 1669 - 6 September 1748) was an English divine and jurist born in Bampton, Westmorland.

References

• Notable Names Database (2005). Henry Spelman. Retrieved February 12, 2006. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.