Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Baronet
Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Baronet (c1624 – April 1689) was a Hampshire landowner and Roman Catholic baronet of the later Stuart period. Early life He was the son of Sir Richard Tichborne, the second baronet (1578–1657), and Helen, his first wife and the daughter and co-heir of Robert White of Aldershot in Hampshire. He was baptized on 24 May 1624 at Winchester Cathedral. In 1654 in London Henry Tichborne married Mary Arundel (1622–1698), the daughter of Charles Arundell and Mary Browne. His bride was a granddaughter of Thomas, Lord Arundell of Wardour, a Catholic family. The couple had four sons and five daughters, four of whom died in infancy. These included: Henry Joseph Tichborne, the 4th baronet; John and Charles Tichborne, who both died young; Winifred, who died as an infant; John Hermengil Tichborne, the 5th Baronet; Lettice, who married Henry Whettenhall; Mary, who became a nun; and Frances, who in 1694 married John Paston. Civil War and after By the time of the Civil War Tichborne was old enough to fight, which he did on the Royalist side, and Tichborne family tradition identifies a hollow oak tree in which he hid after the Battle of Cheriton in 1644. He