Clement Higham


Sir Clement Higham, or Heigham, of Barrow, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and politician, who held a number of positions under to Queen Mary. He was also a barrister-at-law and a Reader and Governor of Lincoln's Inn in London.
A Catholic loyalist, he was rewarded for supporting Mary after the death of her brother Edward VI in 1553, and knighted in 1555 by her husband, Philip II of Spain. When Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558, he retired from politics.

Career

Higham was a Member of Parliament for Ipswich April 1554; for Rye October 1553; West Looe November 1554 and Lancaster 1558.

Marriage and children

He married Anne Waldegrave, a daughter of Sir George Waldegrave of Smallbridge in the parish of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, by his wife Anne Drury, a daughter of Sir Robert Drury, Lord of the Manors of Thurston, and Hawstead, Suffolk. By Anne Waldegrave he had issue including:
Higham was buried in the Church of All Saints, at Barrow, Suffolk, where there is an altar tomb in the chancel with effigy brasses, arms, and long eulogistic inscription. His coat of arms is displayed in a window at Lincoln's Inn.