Henry Ughtred
Merchant and shipbuilder
Sir Henry Ughtred or Oughtred (c. 1533 – June 1599) was a merchant and shipbuilder during the reign of Elizabeth I. One of his ships, the Leicester, sailed with Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish Armada. Ughtred was elected MP for the seat of Marlborough in 1584 and of Great Bedwyn in 1589. A wealthy landowner, Ughtred played an active role in the Plantations of Ireland and was knighted by the Lord Deputy in 1593. He was the son of Sir Anthony Ughtred and Elizabeth Seymour, sister to Jane, the third wife of Henry VIII. Sometime after 1557 he married Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Courtenay and daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester.
Family
Henry Ughtred was born around 1533 at the castle of Mont Orgueil, also known as Gorey Castle, on the island of Jersey. He was the son of Sir Anthony Ughtred, governor of Jersey and Elizabeth Seymour, daughter to Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire and Margery, daughter to Sir Henry Wentworth. Sir Anthony Ughtred died in Jersey on 6 October 1534 and was buried in the chapel of St George, in the castle of Mont Orgueil. After her husband's death, his mother returned to Kexby, Yorkshire. The manor of Kexby had been granted for life to Sir Anthony Ughtred and his wife by Henry VIII in 1531 and it was here that Henry's sister Margery was probably born. Margery Ughtred later married William Hungate of Burnby, Yorkshire and had two sons, William and Leonard.
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