Clement Heigham

- 1571

• Name	Clement Heigham
  Birth	Barrow, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 9 Mar 1570 and 1571
  Person ID	I49672	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family	Ann Waldegrave,   b. 1502, England d. 24 Apr 1590, Thornage, Norfolk, England (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F20051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Clement Heigham deserves more than passing notice. He was one oftheold Catholic gentry who flocked to the standard of Princess,afterwardsQueen, Mary. He was a member of Parliament and subsequentlySpeaker ofthe House of Commons. He was knighted by King Philip in hischamber atWestminster on Sunday 27 Jan. 1554-5. The Parliament overwhich hepresided was notable in that it repealed all the laws of HenryVIII andEdward VI relating to the reformed religion and reconciledEngland to theHoly See. To commemorate the event and to give thanks toGod both Housesof Parliament passed through the streets of London insolemn procession.There were 90 crossbearers in this procession, 116priests in copes andvestments, 8 bishops in cope and mitre, followedby Bishop Bonner ofLondon carrying the Blessed Sacrament in a pixunder a splendid canopyand by the House of Lords and the House ofCommons headed by theirSpeaker (Heigham), the Lord Mayor, Aldermen andCity Companies in theirseveral liveries.