Hewett Osborne

Sir Hewett Osborne (1567–1599) was an English landowner and soldier who served in Ireland in the late sixteenth century. He owned lands at Kiveton in Yorkshire and neighbouring Wales, South Yorkshire, but lived in Essex. Early life and marriage He was the son of Edward Osborne, a Lord Mayor of London and Anne, the daughter of prominent merchant Sir William Hewett who had been elected for a standard spell as Lord Mayor of London. He married Joyce Fleetwood, daughter of Thomas Fleetwood, one of the few successive Masters of the Mint under Henry VIII and his second wife Bridget Spring. Career He studied law at the Inner Temple, then in 1590 enlisted for military service as a volunteer in Lord Willoughby's expedition to France to assist Henry IV. He later took part in the successful raid on and temporary capture of Cadiz in 1596.