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Denny, Edward (1569 - 1637)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1569-08-15
Death Date: 1637-10-24

Notes

Ward of uncle Sir Edward Denny (ca. 1547--1600) during minority

Parents

Primary Title

  • 1st Earl of Norwich

Titles

  • 1st Earl of Norwich
    Assumed: 1626-10-24
    Vacated: 1637-10-24
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1589-10-26
    Vacated: 1637-10-24
  • 1st Baron Denny (of Waltham)
    Assumed: 1604-10-27
    Vacated: 1637-10-24

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Hertfordshire 1602 -12 -7 1603 -11 -30
Warden and Keeper, Essex 1602 -8 -6
MP, Essex 1603/4 -2 1604 -10 A Sir Edward Denny possibly sat as MP for Westmorland in 1593, but this was likely Denny's uncle (ca. 1547--1600)
Keeper and Keeper of Game, Essex 1605 -7 -29 1637 -10 -24 For life; held jointly with son-in-law James Hay

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Waltham Abbey, Essex
    Patrimony
  • Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Norwich's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Norwich's Trumpeters Denny, Edward (1569 - 1637) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Charles I [1625--49]. 23 vols. London: HMSO, 1858--97
  • 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.