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Denys, Robert (1530 - 1592)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1530
Death Date: 1592-11-13

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Blount, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1557-11-16
    Vacated: 1592-11-13

General Lands Note

License to enter lands 25 June 1561

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Devon 1555
Feodary, Duchy of Lancaster, Devon 1556 1566 -12 -10
Sheriff, Devon 1557 -11 -16 1558 -11 -23
JP, Devon 1558/9 1592 held office until death
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1563/4
Sheriff, Devon 1567 -11 -18 1568 -11 -18
Feodary, Duchy of Lancaster, Devon 1568 -12 -7 1590 -07 -27
Recorder, Exeter 1572 1592 -11 -13
Commissioner of Defense, Devon 1585/6 Held jointly
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1585/6
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1585/6

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Devon

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Sir Robert Denys' Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Robert Denys' Musicians Denys, Robert (1530 - 1592) Musicians 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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  • Alexander, J.J. 'Devon County Members of Parliament, Part VIII.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.