Edmund Harman (c.1509–1577) was thebarber-surgeon ofHenry VIII of England and a member of hisPrivy Chamber.^[1] He served alongsideThomas Wendy andGeorge Owen.

In February 1536, Harman was made bailiff of Hovington, and giventhe keeping of the manor-place and the farm thereto belonging, with fees of 5l. a year; during the minority of [blank] Berkley, lord Berkley, son and heir of the late lord Berkley, deceased; with all profits belonging to [him].^[2]

Harman became a prominentBurford resident in the 1540s when he was one of the beneficiaries of Henry VIII'sDissolution of the Monasteries. He and his wife were grantedBurford Priory.

Edmund Harman was buried at St John the Evangelist Church,Taynton, Oxfordshire. However, his lavishly carved monument is in theChurch of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire, a mile and a half away. There used to be an empty vault in front of the monument, which – together with the wording on the plaque – suggests that he intended to be buried there. The monument shows his nine sons and seven daughters, of whom only two girls survived their parents. The monument also features what may be the earliest depiction of Native Americans in Britain. Four South American Indians with feathered headdresses and ajaguar surround his memorial plaque. No explanation is given in the Latin inscription for their presence, and it has been suggested that the family was involved in the early exploration and trade with the Americas. The American images on Edmund's memorial may have been copied from illustrations in a Flemish book that appeared a few years earlier.

• [1]Archived 18 July 2011 at theWayback Machine, picture of Henry VIII and his attendants, Harman is 5th from the right
• http://englishbuildings.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/burford-oxfordshire.html

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