DENNE, Thomas (1577-1656), of St Alphege, Canterbury, Kent and the Inner Temple, London; later of Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent

Family and Education

bap. 1 Sept. 1577, 1st s. of Robert Denne, yeoman of Denne Hill and Thomasine, da. of Thomas Dane of St. John’s, Thanet, Kent. educ. King’s sch. Canterbury 1589; I. Temple 1598, called 1607. m. by Oct. 1611, Dorothy (bur. 21 Aug. 1637), da. of John Tanfield of Copfold Hall, Margaretting, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. 1 other ch. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1594. bur. 1 Aug. 1656 1 Aug. 1656.W. Berry, Kentish Genealogies, 194-6; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 99-100; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 295-6; Lists of Scholars of King’s Sch. Canterbury comp. W. Urry et al.; I. Temple Admiss.; Regs. St. Giles in Kingston, Kent ed. C. Hales Wilkie, 9, 130, 131; Regs. St. Alphaege, Canterbury ed. J.M. Cowper, 15-18, 20, 208.

Offices Held

Dep. reader, Clifford’s Inn 1609, reader, Lyon’s Inn 1614, Clifford’s Inn 1616, I. Temple 1628;Readings and Moots at the Inns of Ct. II ed. S.L. Thorne and J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. cv), cvi; J.H. Baker and J.S. Ringrose, Cat. of English Legal Mss in CUL, 424; CITR, 164. fee’d counsel, Canterbury 1617 – at least36, recorder 1643–55;Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/FA/22(1), f. 344; FA/24, f. 293; FA/25, f. 195v; FA/26, ff. 244, 301. steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1623, bencher 1626 – d., reader’s attendant 1627, auditor 1628 – 29, 1631 – 32, 1638–9. CITR, 139, 155, 161, 170, 191, 231, 244.

Freeman, Canterbury 1617, Roll of Freemen of City of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 315. common councilman to 11 Mar. 1656; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/AC/4, f. 399v. commr. oyer and terminer, Canterbury 1622, C181/3, f. 70. subsidy 1624;C212/22/23. j.p. Kent 1630–d.; C231/5, f. 38; Cent. Kent. Stud. Q/JC/6, 7. commr. repair of highways, Kent 1631, C181/4, f. 88v. charitable uses 1633, C192/1, unfol. assessment (chairman), Canterbury 1643 – 45, 1647–53. A. and O. i. 336, 451, 541, 620, 640, 968; ii. 36, 301, 469, 666; SP28/252, items ‘B’ and ‘C’, passim; A.M. Everitt, Community of Kent and Gt. Rebellion, 177.

Parlimentarian

DENNE, Thomas (1577-1656), of St Alphege, Canterbury, Kent and the Inner Temple, London; later of Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent

Main residences: St Alphege, Canterbury, Kent; the Inner Temple, London; Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DENNE, Thomas (1577-1656)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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