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Edmund Denny

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Edward Denny
Bornc. 1457/1461
Died(1520-12-22)22 December 1520
SpouseJoan Champernowne
Children4+, including Anthony, Martha and Joyce
RelativesFrancis Walsingham (grandson)
Thomas Carew (grandson)
Matthew Carew (grandson)
Arms of Denny: Gules, a saltire argent between twelve crosses pattée or[1]

Sir Edmund Denny, of Cheshunt (c. 1457/1461 - died 22 December 1520) was a Tudor courtier and politician. He was a Baron of the Exchequer[2] during the reign of Henry VIII of England.

His son, Sir Anthony Denny, rose to become the most powerful member of the Privy Council during the King's last years. Edmund's children also included:

Notes

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  1. ^ As seen impaled by Walsingham in Mereworth Church, Kent, see File:HeraldicEastWindow StLawrence'sChurch Mereworth Kent.jpg. Source: Councer 1962, pp. 48–62, esp. p.50 et seq
  2. ^ Sil 2004.
  3. ^ Rye 1891, pp. 101–2
  4. ^ Will of Thomas Denny; PROB 11/23/1, written 10 May 1527; proved July 1527

References

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  • Councer, C. R. (1962). "Heraldic Painted Glass in the Church of St. Lawrence, Mereworth". Archaeologia Cantiana. 77: 48–62. Open access icon
  • Nichols, John Gough, ed. (1858). The Topographer and Genealogist. Vol. III. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons. pp. 208–9. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  • Rye, Walter (1891). The Visitation of Norfolk. Vol. XXXII. London: Harleian Society. pp. 101–2. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  • Sil, Narasingha P. (2004). "Denny, Sir Anthony (1501–1549)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7506. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)