Background
Henry Streatfeild was born on 3 June 1706 in Chiddingstone. He was the son of Henry Streatfeild (1679-1747) and Elizabeth Beard.
Henry Streatfeild was born on 3 June 1706 in Chiddingstone. He was the son of Henry Streatfeild (1679-1747) and Elizabeth Beard.
Upon acquiring Bore Place, Henry chose to lease the attached lands to tenant farmers and Bore Place estate was divided in two, with one tenant farmer occupying the main house (South Bore Place) and another living in North Bore Place.
By tradition, the first son in each generation was called Henry which can sometimes cause challenges for local historians. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 29 October 1723. The Streatfeild family owned numerous estates in Kent, including Tyhurst and Chiddingstone Cobham.
Henry Streatfeild bought Bore Place in 1759.
Henry himself chose to live at High Street House in Chiddingstone, later known as Chiddingstone Castle, which he had inherited from his father in 1747. Henry married Lady Anne Sidney, the illegitimate daughter of Jocelyn Sidney of Penshurst Place on 25 September 1752. at Enfield.
On Sir Jocelyn"s death, Henry could potentially have inherited the Penshurst Estate as the 7th Earl left no legitimate heir and on his death-bed wrote a will leaving everything to his 14-year-old illegitimate daughter, Anne. Henry and Anne had five children, though the first died as an infant:
Henry Streatfeild b.
1753, daughter 1753
Sophia Streatfeild b.
1755, daughter 30 November 1835
Harriet Streatfeild b. 1756, daughter 1824
Henry Streatfeild b.
13 May 1757, daughter 22 August 1829
Richard Thomas Streatfeild b.
23 December 1759, daughter 26 August 1813
Henry died on 4 April 1762 and was interred in the family vault at Street Mary"s Church Chiddingstone.