DENYS, Sir Walter (c.1501-71), of St. Augustine’s Green, Bristol.

Family and Education

b. c. 1501, 1st s. of Sir William Denys of Dyrham, Glos. by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Maurice, de jure 3rd Lord Berkeley. m. (1) 1522, Margaret, da. of Sir Richard Weston of Sutton, Surr.; (2) Alice; 5s. inc. Richard 2da. prob. all by (1). suc. fa. 1533, bro. Sir Maurice 1563. Kntd. bet. Jan. 1535 and Oct. 1537.C142/56/9; E150/368/4; Harl. 1041, f. 50v; 1543, ff. 37v, 39v, 75d; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 51-2; PCC 26 Holney; LP Hen. VIII, viii. 49; xii(2), p. 320.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Glos. June – Nov. 1533, 1538 – 39, 1543 – 44, 1551 – 52, 1555 – 56; j.p. Glos. by 1537, temp. rem. c. 1553, q. by 1559; commr. musters, Glos. 1542; steward and receiver of St. Augustine’s monastery, Bristol by Sept. 1550.LP Hen. VIII, xvii. 496; CPR, 1549–51, pp. 277–8.

Parlimentarian

DENYS, Sir Walter (by 1501-71), of Dyrham and St. Augustine’s Green, Bristol, Glos.

Main residence: St. Augustine's Green, Bristol.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

DENYS, Sir Walter (c.1501-71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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