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Sir Edmund Denny

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
22 Dec 1520 (aged 58–59)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
Queenhithe, City of London, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Sir Knight Edmund Denny of Cheshunt. Edmund was a Tudor courtier and politician, Baron of the Exchequer during the reign of Henry the 8th.

Son of William Denny and Agnes Troutbeck, grandson of Thomas Denny, Esq., and Joan Uvedale, Sir John Troutbeck and Margery Hulse.

Husband of Margaret Leigh, daughter of Ralph Leigh and widow of Sir Henry Frowicke and Walter Ford. They had two children, John and Margaret, and she died 10 Sep 1487.

Secondly, he married Mary Troutbeck, the daughter of Robert Troutbeck of Dunham. They married about 1488 and had three children:
Martha, wife of Sir Wimond Carew of Antony
Antony, eldest surviving son
Mary, wife of Sir John Gates
His second wife, Mary, died 29 Jun 1507.

Thirdly, he married Make Coke and had eleven more children, including Joyce Denny, who married William Walsingham and became the mother of Queen Elizabeth's principal secretary, Francis Walsingham, known as the "spy master."

There was possibly a fourth wife provided a daughter, Muriel.
Sir Knight Edmund Denny of Cheshunt. Edmund was a Tudor courtier and politician, Baron of the Exchequer during the reign of Henry the 8th.

Son of William Denny and Agnes Troutbeck, grandson of Thomas Denny, Esq., and Joan Uvedale, Sir John Troutbeck and Margery Hulse.

Husband of Margaret Leigh, daughter of Ralph Leigh and widow of Sir Henry Frowicke and Walter Ford. They had two children, John and Margaret, and she died 10 Sep 1487.

Secondly, he married Mary Troutbeck, the daughter of Robert Troutbeck of Dunham. They married about 1488 and had three children:
Martha, wife of Sir Wimond Carew of Antony
Antony, eldest surviving son
Mary, wife of Sir John Gates
His second wife, Mary, died 29 Jun 1507.

Thirdly, he married Make Coke and had eleven more children, including Joyce Denny, who married William Walsingham and became the mother of Queen Elizabeth's principal secretary, Francis Walsingham, known as the "spy master."

There was possibly a fourth wife provided a daughter, Muriel.


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