Edmund Denny
{{Short description|English courtier and politician}}
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| name = Edmund Denny
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| birth_date = c. 1457/1461
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| death_date = {{death date|1520|12|22|df=yes}}
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| spouse = Mary Troutbeck
| children = 4+, including Anthony, Martha and Joyce
| relatives = Francis Walsingham (grandson)
Thomas Carew (grandson)
Matthew Carew (grandson)
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File:Arms of Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich (d.1637).svg. Source: {{Harvnb|Councer|1962|pp=48–62, esp. p.50 et seq}}]]
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{{Harvnb|Sil|2004}}. 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:
- Martha Denny and
- Joyce Denny, wife of William Walsingham and then of Sir John Carey, and mother of Sir Francis Walsingham{{Harvnb|Rye|1891|pp=101–2}} and Mary Walsingham, wife of Sir Walter Mildmay,
- Thomas Denny Will of Thomas Denny; PROB 11/23/1, written 10 May 1527; proved July 1527
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References
- {{cite journal |last=Councer |first=C. R. |year=1962 |title=Heraldic Painted Glass in the Church of St. Lawrence, Mereworth |journal=Archaeologia Cantiana |volume=77 |pages=48–62 |url=https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/11373}} {{open access}}
- {{Cite book |editor-last=Nichols |editor-first=John Gough |year=1858 |title=The Topographer and Genealogist |location=London |publisher=John Bowyer Nichols and Sons |volume=III |pages=208–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nh0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA208 |access-date=6 May 2013 }}
- {{Cite book |last=Rye |first=Walter |year=1891 |title=The Visitation of Norfolk |location=London |publisher=Harleian Society |volume=XXXII |pages=101–2 |url=https://archive.org/stream/visitacionievisi32ryew#page/100/mode/2up |access-date=6 May 2013 }}
- {{cite ODNB |last=Sil |first=Narasingha P. |year=2004 |title=Denny, Sir Anthony (1501–1549) |id=7506}}
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Category:Barons of the Exchequer
Category:16th-century English politicians
Category:Members of the Privy Council of England
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