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Sir Edward Denny, Knt.

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • "Biography of Sir Edward Denny", compiled for the Hertfordshire Directory of Biography by Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet, 1905.
  • "Manor of the Rectory, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, and its owners", Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 4th Series, vol. 5, pp.367-77 (1913), [RIA] MR/26/Q/19a.

  • "The Antiquities of Tralee", Kerry Magazine, 1854-56, vol.1 no.1, [KCL],
    repub as "Tralee Castle and Abbey", Kerry Archaeological Magazine, 1913, Vol. II, No. 11, [KCL].

Sir Edward Denny.
From Victoria and Albert Museum.
Image used with permission of V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum. Non-commercial licence granted until 2015.

Sir Edward Denny, Knt. (see here and here),
born 1547,
he was a favourite of Elizabeth I and of Lord Burghley,
he was a friend of Sir Henry Sidney and Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser,
was on expedition to north of Ireland 1574 under 1st Earl of Essex to suppress rebels and install settlers,
served against the Spanish, sailed the Spanish Main (the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean) with his 1st cousins Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert,
sent to Ireland 1580 with Sir Walter Raleigh to suppress the rebel Earl of Desmond (rebellion 1579-83),
served under 14th Baron Grey of Wilton at Smerwick, Co.Kerry, in Nov 1580, when Grey massacred surrendering Papal troops and Irish rebels and their families,
led a campaign 1581 against the rebellious O'Tooles of Co.Wicklow, returned to England with the head of their chieftain, Garret O'Toole,
mar 1583 or early 1584 to Margaret Edgecumbe [born 1560, descendant of Edward I],
as a wedding present Elizabeth I gave them Rectory Manor House, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire,

he was granted 1586 [think NOT 1587] a large part of the Earl of Desmond's forfeited estates after his defeat, including his chief castle, Tralee Castle, Tralee, Co.Kerry, Tralee Castle was an old Desmond castle of the 13th century, which had just been destroyed, along with the town, in the rebellion 1580, he was knighted 1588 by Sir William Fitzwilliam, became High Sheriff of County Kerry, appointed Governor of Kerry and Desmond, helped implement Munster Plantation, he spent some time in Ireland but returned to England, Tralee was burnt again in an insurrection in 1598,

he died 1599, age 52 yrs,
bur Waltham Abbey, Essex, beautiful tomb built 1600 with sculptures of him, wife and children,
Margaret lived Rectory Manor House (or "Stortford Manor House" or "Bishop's Stortford Manor"), Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire,
she outlived both her son and grandson,
died 1648, age 88 yrs,
bur Bishop's Stortford, though sculpture in Waltham Abbey,
had issue:

1. Sir Arthur Denny, Knt., of Tralee Castle,
   sometimes also called Edward, born 1584,
   mar Elizabeth Forrest,
   succ 1599, he was the first Denny to permanently settle in Tralee, his brothers stayed in England,
   Tralee Castle was however in ruins in his time,
   died at Carrignafely, near Tralee, 4 July 1619, age 35 yrs,
   Elizabeth died during the Siege of Tralee in 1641 [Denny, 1908],
   they are both buried in the Denny vault, St.John's church, Tralee, see [Denny, 1908],
   had issue:
   1. Sir Edward Denny, Knt., of Tralee Castle,
      bapt Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 30 July 1605.

   2. Ellen Denny,
      mar John Carrique [or Carrigue or Carrick],
      see CARRIQUE in [Ponsonby, 1929],
      had issue:
      1. William Carrique,
         mar (his 1st cousin's dau) Ellen Denny [descendant of Edward I] and had issue:
         1. John Carrique, mar 1705 to Rose Ponsonby and had issue.

Margaret Edgecumbe.
From Victoria and Albert Museum.
Image used with permission of V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum. Non-commercial licence granted until 2015.

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The Waltham Abbey tomb

Tomb of Sir Edward Denny and Margaret Edgecumbe. Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Photo 2007 by Rev. Steve Day, curate at Waltham Abbey church. Used with permission.
See close-up from Rev. Steve Day. Used with permission.
See other shot from John Hawes. Used with permission.

Tomb of Sir Edward Denny and Margaret Edgecumbe.
Waltham Abbey, Essex.
See full size.
Photo 2007. From here. See terms of use.

The children of Sir Edward Denny and Margaret Edgecumbe.
Tomb, Waltham Abbey, Essex.
See full size.
Photo 2007. From here. See terms of use.
See detail of RHS from John Hawes. Used with permission.

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• Bishop's Stortford and Thorley - A history and guide
  • The Dennys

• Many of the Dennys of Tralee are buried in the Denny vault, under the side altar of St.John's church, Tralee. See list of those buried there in [Denny, 1908].

• Denny sausages:
  • Denny's sausage company was founded by Henry Denny (unidentified) in Waterford in 1820.
  • Henry Denny and Sons Ltd, Tralee, Co.Kerry, founded 1824.
  • Henry Denny was Mayor Of Waterford 1854-55.
  • Henry Denny is buried in the vault in the Abbey Church, Waterford. His youngest son Edward Denny died in 1905.
  • Denny's sausages are purchased by a girl in the chapter Calypso of Joyce's Ulysses (1922).
  • Henry Denny and Sons Ltd of Tralee was acquired by Kerry Group 1982.