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Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1560/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1477
Death Date: 1561-02-18

Notes

Probably member of Lyon's Inn; educated Inner Temple

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Donne, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 5 sons and 3 daughters

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1514-03 (knighted between this date and Nov. 1514)
    Vacated: 1560/1-02-18

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Devon 1504
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Devon 1507 1553
Sheriff, Devon 1507 -12 -3 1509 -11 -14
JP, Devon 1509 1512
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1511
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1511
Marshall of the Inner Temple, London 1511
Deputy Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1512 Stannaries in Cornwall & Devon; deputy under Sir Henry Mauney
Sheriff, Devon 1512 -11 -7 1513 -11 -9
Marshall of the Inner Temple, London 1513
Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall 1514
Commissioner & Assessor, Duchy of Cornwall 1514 -9 -20 Held jointly; comprising Cornwall and Devon
JP, Devon 1514 1515
Marshall of the Inner Temple, London 1514
Recorder, Exeter 1514 1544
Deputy Steward, Devon 1515
JP, Devon 1517
Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall 1518
Commissioner & Assessor, Duchy of Cornwall 1518 -7 -4 Comprising Cornwall and Devon
Sheriff, Devon 1518 -11 -8 1519 -11 -8
JP, Devon 1522
Sheriff, Devon 1522 -11 -12 1523 -11 -13
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1523
JP, Middlesex 1523
Chamberlain, Cardinal Wolsey's Household, England 1524 1530 -11 -29
JP, Devon 1524
Commissioner & Assessor, Duchy of Cornwall 1525 -7 -11 Comprising Cornwall and Devon
Comptroller, Pricess Mary's Household, England 1526 -7
JP, Devon 1526
Sheriff, Devon 1527 -11 -16 1528 -11 -7
Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall 1528
Commissioner & Assessor, Duchy of Cornwall 1528 -6 -23 Comprising Cornwall and Devon
JP, Devon 1529 1530
MP, Devon 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1530
Sheriff, Devon 1531 -11 -9 1532 -11 -2
Chief Steward, Devon 1535
JP, Devon 1536 1541
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1538
Member, Council in the West, England 1539 -4 -12 Comprising Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Somerset
MP, Devon 1539
Chancellor, Anne of Cleves' Household, England 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540 1545
JP, Hampshire 1540
JP, Dorset 1540
JP, Cornwall 1540
JP, Berkshire 1540
JP, Somerset 1540
JP, Wiltshire 1540
JP, Oxfordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1541 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1541 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1541 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1541 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1541 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1541 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1541 1545
JP, Devon 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Exeter 1544
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1546
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Exeter 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1547
JP, Devon 1547
Sheriff, Devon 1549 -11 -12 1550 -11 -11
Recorder, Exeter 1551 1560/1 -01 -18 held office until death
Master of the Game, Devon 1553
MP, Devon 1553 -10
Sheriff, Devon 1553 -11 -8 1554 -11 -14
Deputy Lieut, Devon 1558 -3
Deputy Lieut, Cornwall 1558 -3

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Devon
  • Essex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Mr Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Mr Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrels Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Denys' Minstrel Denys, Thomas (1477 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bicton House Devon Private Residence
Holcombe Burnell Manor Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Risdon, Tristram. Survey of the County of Devon, with the City and County of Exeter, containing matter of history, antiquity, chronology, the nature of the country, commodities, and government thereof: with sundry other things, worthy observation. London: Mears, 1723