Family and Education
b. by 1501, 1st s. of Sir William Denys of Dyrham by 1st w. Anne, da. of Maurice, de jure 3rd Lord Berkeley; bro. of Sir Maurice. m. (1) 10 May 1522, Margaret, da. of Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place, Surr.; (2) by Oct. 1565, Alice, 5s. inc. Richard 2da. suc. fa. 22 June 1533; bro. Sir Maurice 25 Aug. 1563. Kntd. bet. 30 Jan. 1535 and 15 Oct. 1537.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/56/9. E150/368/4; Harl. 1041, f. 50v; 1543, ff. 37v, 75v; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 51-52; LP Hen. VIII, viii, xii; PCC 26 Holney; CPR, 1563-6, p. 299.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Glos. June – Nov. 1533, 1538 – 39, 1543 – 44, 1551–2. 1555–6; j.p. 1537 – 47, q. 1558/59; commr. musters 1542, relief, Glos, Bristol 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Glos. 1553; steward and receiver, lands formerly of St. Augustine’s abbey, Bristol by Sept. 1550.
Main residences: Dyrham; St. Augustine's Green, Bristol, Glos.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DENYS, Sir Walter (by 1501-71)
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Oxford 1644
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