Family, Death and Posterity
By his first wife, Martha Vince (or Vints), Hele had two daughters and co-heirs, Jane (1720/1-1768; married Thomas Phipps of Leigh, Westbury, Wiltshire) and Martha (married Joceline Robinson). In April 1737, Hele married secondly Jane Rolfe, the daughter of John Rolfe, who reputedly brought with her a fortune of £10,000.
Hele died on 24 June 1778. In his will (proved on 9 July 1778), he made bequests of money totalling over £23,000, as well as disposing of his real property. He was buried in Salisbury Cathedral and his memorial inscription reads: “M.S. Henrici Hele qui rem medicam in hoc clause & civitate adjacenti per quinqueginta annose probe & feliciter exercuit”.
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