The Barony of Henley has been created twice: first in the Peerage of Great Britain and then in the Peerage of Ireland. Robert Henley was created Baron Henley in 1760 and Earl of Northington in 1764. At the death of the second Earl, both titles became extinct. The Irish barony, which was created of 1799, is still extant. The Irish title is also united with the Barony of Northington, created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1885 for the third Baron Henley.
However, Henley's fortunes recovered and by 1296 it was styled a borough and with the rise of the burgher class Henley became an important market town, but it still had no Church.
Henley was in the ecclesiastical parish of Wootton Wawen and the inhabitants had to worship there.
The church in Henley was erected at the sole charge of the inhabitants as a Chapel at Ease in order, as stated earlier, that the parishioners would not have to make the difficult and dangerous journey to the mother church at Wootton Wawen for their worship.
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