# Henry Chitting

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{{Short description|British officer of arms (1580–1638)}}
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'''Henry Chitting''' (1580 – 7 January 1638) was a long-serving [officer of arms](/source/officer_of_arms) at the [College of Arms](/source/College_of_Arms) in [London](/source/London).

==Life==
His heraldic career was started thanks to his family's ties to [Sir Nicholas Bacon](/source/Nicholas_Bacon_(courtier)). On 18 July 1618, Chitting was appointed [Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary](/source/Chester_Herald) after purchasing the position from his predecessor. In this capacity he [visited](/source/heraldic_visitation) [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) and [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire) in 1623 for [William Camden](/source/William_Camden), [Clarenceux King of Arms](/source/Clarenceux_King_of_Arms).<ref>D. MacCulloch, "Henry Chitting's Suffolk Collections", ''Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History'' 34 (1977–80), 103–28</ref>

He died on 7 January 1637-8, at [Islington](/source/Islington).<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Chitting, Henry |first=Thompson|last=Cooper|volume=10}}</ref>

==Family==
Chitting first married a widow whom he outlived and about whom little is known. Some time after 1612 he married Ann, the daughter of William Bennet. She died on 8 May 1630 at the age of 27.<ref>[Mark Noble](/source/Mark_Noble_(biographer)). ''A History of the College of Arms''. (London, 1805), pp. 241-2.</ref> The two had three children. After her death, he then married Susan, daughter of John Darnall of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, who survived him.  Chitting was admitted to [Gray's Inn](/source/Gray's_Inn) on 4 August 1633, and this was presumably a result of his links with the Bacon family. He died on 7 January 1638 and was buried at [Islington](/source/Islington). For the occasion, fifty copies of his [funeral sermon](/source/funeral_sermon) were printed,<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=5333|first=Diarmaid|last=MacCulloch|title=Chitting, Henry (1580–1638)}}</ref> which was written by [Edward Sparke](/source/Edward_Sparke), later the author of ''Scintilla Altaris''.<ref>E. Sparke, ''The Christians Map of the World drawne at the solmne funerals of M. Henry Chitting Esquire, Chester-Herauld at Armes, interred Ianuary 11, Anno Domini 1637'', (I. Norton for Richard Thrale), full text at [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A12696.0001.001/1:3?rgn=div1;view=toc umich/eebo].</ref>

==See also==
*[Herald](/source/Herald)
*[Heraldry](/source/Heraldry)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*W. H. Rylands, ''The Four Visitations of Berkshire''. [Harleian Society](/source/Harleian_Society) (1908), 56–57.
*Walter H. Godfrey and [Sir Anthony Wagner](/source/Anthony_Wagner), ''The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street: being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee''. (London, 1963), 
*B. Carter, "Catholic Charitable Endeavour in London, 1810–1840". ''[Recusant History](/source/Recusant_History)'', 25 (2000–01), 487–510, 648–69.
*L. Campbell and Francis Steer. ''A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the College of Arms Collections''. (London, 1988).

==External links==
*[http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk The College of Arms]
*[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/heralds.htm Heraldica list of officers of Arms]

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