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Philip Henry
Philip Henry (24 August 1631 – 24 June 1696) was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist. His son Matthew Henry was a notable commentator on the Bible and also a Presbyterian minister.
Philip Henry was born at Whitehall, London on 24 August 1631 and named after, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, in whose service his father, John Henry had been. Philip Henry was the eldest son of John Henry, keeper of the orchard at Whitehall Palace. His father's work as a courtier provided a stable income for the family. His mother was Magdalen Rochdale.
As a child he was playmate to the princes Charles II and James II, and kept to his dying day a book given him by the latter. Archbishop William Laud took notice of him for his readiness in opening the watergate when Laud came late from the council to cross by boat to Lambeth. His father took Philip Henry to see Laud while the latter was later imprisoned in the Tower of London.[citation needed]
He first attended Latin school at St. Martin's Church and then transferred to Battersey. In 1643 at age 12, he was admitted to Westminster School and became a King's Scholar in October 1645. While at Westminster school, he learned Greek and Latin and was known to quote from classic authors in conversations. He was a favourite pupil of Richard Busby. During the outset of the English Civil War, a series of morning lectures were given by members of the clergy at Westminster Abbey. His mother, a Puritan, obtained leave for him to attend the early lectures. Henry credits Richard Busby's diligence in preparing him for holy communion. He ascribes his adoption of a religious life in April 1647 after hearing Stephen Marshal at St. Martin's.
In May 1647 Henry was elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, and went into residence on 15 December. He was admitted student on 24 March 1648, just before the parliamentary visitation, which removed Underwood, his tutor, substituting William Finmore (afterwards archdeacon of Chester). He graduated B.A. in 1650/1 and M.A. on 10 December 1652.
While at home on leave in January 1649 he saw Charles I going by water from Whitehall to Westminster daily to his trial, once speaking to his father. Of Charles's execution he gave an eye-witness account, including "[I] can truly say with a sad heart...there was such a Grone by the Thousands then present, as I never heard before & desire I may never hear again." His father's death left the family in financial difficulties.
He married Katharine Mathews (25 March 1629 – 25 May 1707) on 26 April 1660, at Whitewell Chapel. Katharine was the only child of Daniel Matthews of Bronington and Broad Oak, Flintshire. The couple had six children: John Henry (3 May 1661 – 12 April 1667), Matthew Henry, Sarah Henry, Katharine, Eleanor, and Ann Henry (1667). The eldest daughter, Sarah, wife of John Savage, kept a diary which was later published.
Henry preached his first sermon at South Hinksey, Oxfordshire, on 9 January 1653. On the introduction of Francis Palmer, afterwards professor of moral philosophy at Oxford, he was engaged in September 1653 by John Puleston, justice of the common pleas, as tutor to his sons at Emeral, Flintshire, and preacher at Worthenbury Chapel, in the parish of Bangor-on-Dee, same county. In 1654 he was with his pupils at Oxford; from 1655 he was constantly at Worthenbury, where Judge Puleston built him "a very handsome house, and settled it upon him by a lease... for threescore years, if he should so long continue minister at Worthenbury."
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Philip Henry
Philip Henry (24 August 1631 – 24 June 1696) was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist. His son Matthew Henry was a notable commentator on the Bible and also a Presbyterian minister.
Philip Henry was born at Whitehall, London on 24 August 1631 and named after, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, in whose service his father, John Henry had been. Philip Henry was the eldest son of John Henry, keeper of the orchard at Whitehall Palace. His father's work as a courtier provided a stable income for the family. His mother was Magdalen Rochdale.
As a child he was playmate to the princes Charles II and James II, and kept to his dying day a book given him by the latter. Archbishop William Laud took notice of him for his readiness in opening the watergate when Laud came late from the council to cross by boat to Lambeth. His father took Philip Henry to see Laud while the latter was later imprisoned in the Tower of London.[citation needed]
He first attended Latin school at St. Martin's Church and then transferred to Battersey. In 1643 at age 12, he was admitted to Westminster School and became a King's Scholar in October 1645. While at Westminster school, he learned Greek and Latin and was known to quote from classic authors in conversations. He was a favourite pupil of Richard Busby. During the outset of the English Civil War, a series of morning lectures were given by members of the clergy at Westminster Abbey. His mother, a Puritan, obtained leave for him to attend the early lectures. Henry credits Richard Busby's diligence in preparing him for holy communion. He ascribes his adoption of a religious life in April 1647 after hearing Stephen Marshal at St. Martin's.
In May 1647 Henry was elected to a studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, and went into residence on 15 December. He was admitted student on 24 March 1648, just before the parliamentary visitation, which removed Underwood, his tutor, substituting William Finmore (afterwards archdeacon of Chester). He graduated B.A. in 1650/1 and M.A. on 10 December 1652.
While at home on leave in January 1649 he saw Charles I going by water from Whitehall to Westminster daily to his trial, once speaking to his father. Of Charles's execution he gave an eye-witness account, including "[I] can truly say with a sad heart...there was such a Grone by the Thousands then present, as I never heard before & desire I may never hear again." His father's death left the family in financial difficulties.
He married Katharine Mathews (25 March 1629 – 25 May 1707) on 26 April 1660, at Whitewell Chapel. Katharine was the only child of Daniel Matthews of Bronington and Broad Oak, Flintshire. The couple had six children: John Henry (3 May 1661 – 12 April 1667), Matthew Henry, Sarah Henry, Katharine, Eleanor, and Ann Henry (1667). The eldest daughter, Sarah, wife of John Savage, kept a diary which was later published.
Henry preached his first sermon at South Hinksey, Oxfordshire, on 9 January 1653. On the introduction of Francis Palmer, afterwards professor of moral philosophy at Oxford, he was engaged in September 1653 by John Puleston, justice of the common pleas, as tutor to his sons at Emeral, Flintshire, and preacher at Worthenbury Chapel, in the parish of Bangor-on-Dee, same county. In 1654 he was with his pupils at Oxford; from 1655 he was constantly at Worthenbury, where Judge Puleston built him "a very handsome house, and settled it upon him by a lease... for threescore years, if he should so long continue minister at Worthenbury."
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