Henry Meux was the son of Henry Roxby Maude, a Clerk in Holy Orders at North Cray, Kent.  He baptised Henry on 30th June 1832.  In 1837 Henry’s father changed his name from Maude to Roxby as there were no male heirs in the Roxby family.

Henry went to school in Brighton and then to St John’s College, Cambridge where he gained a BA in 1855.  He  was ordained as a deacon the following year by the Bishop of Peterborough. It was whilst he was a curate at Wellingborough that he received his MA.  Henry married Caroline Blanche Hewlett from Clapham Park on 24th January 1857.  The service was taken by the Vicar of Wellingborough and Henry’s brother, also a Vicar, Revd Wilfred Roxby at St Matthew’s Church, Brixton.   He remained at Wellingborough until he came to this Parish.

It was on 31st July 1868, that the Bishop of Peterborough collated and instituted Henry into the perpetual curacey of Apethorpe cum Woodnewton.  As Woodnewton Vicarage was not built until 1871, Henry must have lodged at the Manor House with the Rimmington family as he can be found on the census, which was taken on the  2nd April.  Caroline, Henry’s wife remained in Wellingborough with their son, Henry Maud, who had been born the previous year.  However, their second son, Herbert Edward was born at Woodnewton on 25th September, so the Vicarage must have been completed by that date.

As the Act for compulsory education came into force for children in 1870, would Henry have been involved in discussions with the 10th Earl of Westmorland regarding the building of a school in Woodnewton?  Although, a school did materialise in the village but that did not occur until 1876, when Henry had already left the parish for his next appointment at Buckden.

Henry would remain as the Vicar of St Mary’s Church, Buckden, until his death on 12th November 1900.