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NameMichael Heneage 
Birth1540
Death1600
GeneralAntiquary
FatherRobert Heneage (-1556)
MotherLucy Buckton
DNB Main notes for Michael Heneage
From his brother's entry in DNB:
Co-subject: Heneage, Michael
Dates: 1540-1600
Active Date: 1580
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Scholarship and Languages
Occupation: Antiquary
Heneage, Michael 1540-1600, antiquary, Sir Thomas's younger brother, elected fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1563 (B.A. 1562-3, M.A. 1566), was chosen M.P. for Arundel in 1571, for East Grinstead in 1572, for Tavistock in February 1588-9, and for Wigan in February 1592-3. With his brother Thomas, Michael was appointed a keeper of the records in the Tower about 1578, and applied himself energetically to the duties of his office. He was a member of the Society of Antiquaries, founded in 1572, and two papers by him read before the societyó`of the Antiquity of Arms in England,' and `of Sterling Money'ówere printed in Hearne's `Curious Discourses,' 2nd edit. i. 172, ii. 321. A manuscript by him, `Collections out of various Charters, &c., relating to the Noble Families in England,' is in the Cottonian Library (Claudius C.I.). The university of Cambridge thanked him for the assistance he rendered to Robert Hare [q.v.], the compiler of the university records, and Thomas Milles acknowledges his aid in his `Catalogue of Honor.' He lived for many years in the parish of St. Catharine Coleman, London, but possessed some landed property, chiefly in Essex. He died on 30 Dec. 1600, having married, on 12 Aug. 1577, Grace, daughter of Robert Honeywood of Charing, Kent. She survived him, and by her he had a family of ten children (Cooper, Athen‘ Cantabr. ii. 293).
Co-subject: Heneage, Michael
Dates: 1540-1600
Active Date: 1580
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Scholarship and Languages
Occupation: Antiquary
Heneage, Michael 1540-1600, antiquary, Sir Thomas's younger brother, elected fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1563 (B.A. 1562-3, M.A. 1566), was chosen M.P. for Arundel in 1571, for East Grinstead in 1572, for Tavistock in February 1588-9, and for Wigan in February 1592-3. With his brother Thomas, Michael was appointed a keeper of the records in the Tower about 1578, and applied himself energetically to the duties of his office. He was a member of the Society of Antiquaries, founded in 1572, and two papers by him read before the societyó`of the Antiquity of Arms in England,' and `of Sterling Money'ówere printed in Hearne's `Curious Discourses,' 2nd edit. i. 172, ii. 321. A manuscript by him, `Collections out of various Charters, &c., relating to the Noble Families in England,' is in the Cottonian Library (Claudius C.I.). The university of Cambridge thanked him for the assistance he rendered to Robert Hare [q.v.], the compiler of the university records, and Thomas Milles acknowledges his aid in his `Catalogue of Honor.' He lived for many years in the parish of St. Catharine Coleman, London, but possessed some landed property, chiefly in Essex. He died on 30 Dec. 1600, having married, on 12 Aug. 1577, Grace, daughter of Robert Honeywood of Charing, Kent. She survived him, and by her he had a family of ten children (Cooper, Athen‘ Cantabr. ii. 293).