Captain Henry Isham

Henry Isham, merchant, was in the Canary Islands by 1624, according to the heralds' visitation of that year.^? About 1614 he was named with Robert Isham in a King's Bench plea roll.¹ On 9 October 1635 he and John Isham, merchants, were licensed by order of the Privy Council to export foreign corn that could not be sold in London.²

In later life he was an acquaintance of Samuel Pepys in London.^? He was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster, on 24 January 1667/8, and administration of his goods was noted on 21 February 1667/8.^? No wife or children have been identified.