Family and Education
b. by 1515, yr. s. of Thomas Denton of Caversfield, Oxon.; bro. of John. educ. M. Temple. m. by 1542, Margaret, da. of John, 1st Baron Mordaunt, of Turvey, Beds., wid. of Edmund Fettiplace (d.1540) of Besselsleigh, Berks., 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 28; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 229; PCC 6 Alenger.
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Treasurer, M. Temple 1556, 1557 – d.

Mayor, Wallingford in 1536; sewer, the chamber 1539–46 or later; under steward, lands late of Abingdon abbey 1539; surveyor, chantries 1546; j.p. Berks., Oxon. 1547, q. 1554; commr. chantries, Berks., Hants 1548, relief, Berks. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Berks., Oxon. 1553; other commissions, Berks. and Oxon. 1543 – 55; recorder, Oxford 14 Sept. 1557–d.Berks. RO, W/ACa1, f. 36v; LP Hen. VIII, xv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 88; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553, p. 415; 1553–4, pp. 17, 23, 27, 28; 1555–7, p. 212; Oxf. Recs. 267, 273.

Main residences: London; Hillesden, Bucks.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

DENTON, Thomas (by 1515-58)

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Oxford 1644
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