Edmund Denny
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.
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Arms of Denny: Gules, a saltire argent between twelve crosses pattée or[1]
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:
- Martha Denny and
- Joyce Denny, wife of William Walsingham and then of Sir John Carey, and mother of Sir Francis Walsingham[3] and Mary Walsingham, wife of Sir Walter Mildmay,
- Thomas Denny [4]
Notes
- 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
- Sil 2004.
- Rye 1891, pp. 101–2
- Will of Thomas Denny; PROB 11/23/1, written 10 May 1527; proved July 1527
References
- Councer, C. R. (1962). "Heraldic Painted Glass in the Church of St. Lawrence, Mereworth". Archaeologia Cantiana. 77: 48–62.
- 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.)
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