Edmund Denny

Edmund Denny
Born	c. 1457/1461
Died	(1520-12-22)22 December 1520
Spouse	Mary Troutbeck
Children	4+, including Anthony, Martha and Joyce
Relatives	Francis Walsingham (grandson) Thomas Carew (grandson) Matthew Carew (grandson)

Arms of Denny: Gules, a saltire argent between twelve crosses pattée or

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:

• 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

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

• Councer, C. R. (1962). "Heraldic Painted Glass in the Church of St. Lawrence, Mereworth". Archaeologia Cantiana. 77: 48–62.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• 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.)