DENTON, Sir Alexander (1596-1645), of Hillesden, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 21 Mar. 1596,Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 576; iii. 17. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Denton* of Hillesden, and Susan, da. of John Temple of Stow, Bucks.Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 38. educ. Christchurch, Oxf. 1612.Al. Ox. m. 2 Sept. 1617, Mary (bur. 6 Apr. 1641), da. and coh. of Edmund Hampden of Hartwell, Bucks., 1s. 6da.Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR 96/1/1; PR 52/5/1; PR 102/1/1. Kntd. Sept. 1617;Al. Ox.; F. P. Verney, Mems. of Verney Fam. during Civil War, ii. 189-90. suc. fa. 1633.PROB 11/164, f. 217r-v. bur. 5 Jan. 1645 5 Jan. 1645.Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR 102/1/1. sig. Alexander Denton.Verney, ii. 197.

Offices Held

Capt. militia horse, Bucks. by 1628;Eg. 860, f. 152, undated but before Aug. 1628. commr. charitable uses, Bucks. 1629–30;C93/12/6. j.p. Buckingham, Bucks. 1630-at least 1638;C181/4, f. 68; 181/5, f. 120v. sheriff, Bucks. 1637–8;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. oyer and terminer, Bucks. 1640,C181/5, f. 169v. array 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. levying of money 1643.A. and O. i. 227.

Parlimentarian

DENTON, Sir Alexander (1596-1645), of Hillesden, Bucks.

Main residence: Hillesden, Bucks.

Author

C.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DENTON, Sir Alexander (1596-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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