Marshal I. Temple 1511, 1513, 1514.
J.p. Devon 1504 – d., Exeter 1537, western counties 1540; custos rot. Devon 1507 – 53; sheriff 1507 – 08, 1508 – 09, 1512 – 13, 1518 – 19, 1522 – 23, 1527 – 28, 1531 – 32, 1549 – 50, 1553 – 54; gent. usher by 1509; esquire of the body by 1509, knight by 1533; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Devon 1509 – 56; commr. musters Devon 1511, subsidy 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Exeter 1553, chantries 1553; other commissions 1509 – 47; dep. warden (under Sir Henry Marney) of the stannaries by 1512; auditor, duchy of Cornw. 1514, 1518, 1528, dep. steward, Lidford in 1515; recorder, Exeter 1514 – 44, Sept. 1551 – d.; chamberlain, household of Cardinal Wolsey by 1524; comptroller, household of Princess Mary July 1526; chief steward, abbot of Tavistock’s manors of Cowick and Christow and of liberty and franchise of Tavistock 1535; chancellor, household of Queen Anne of Cleves 1540; master of the game, Okehampton, Devon in 1553; dep. lt., Devon and Cornw. Mar. 1558.
DENYS, Sir Thomas (by 1477-1561)