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Sir Anthony Denny

Sir Anthony Denny,
of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire,
born 16 January 1501 (new style year).
See wikipedia and genealogics and tudorplace.
He mar 1525 to Joan Champernowne [descendant of Edward I].
He was a favourite of Henry VIII.
He appears in the play Henry VIII by Shakespeare.
In 1541 he leased the confiscated manor of Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Knighted 1544.
He died 10 September 1549, age 48 yrs.
He was bur Cheshunt.

Joan bought the manor of Waltham Abbey outright in 1553.
She died 10 Sept 1553.
See her portrait at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Sir Anthony and Joan had issue:

1. Henry Denny, Dean of Chester,
   had issue:

   
   

   1. Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich,
      born 1569.
      He mar Lady Mary Cecil and had issue.

   
   

2. Sir Edward Denny,
   youngest son, born 1548,
   of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire,
   Governor of Kerry and Desmond.

Sir Anthony Denny.
Engraving, possibly early 19th century, after 1541 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger.
From NPG.
See other pictures.

Sir Anthony Denny.
Engraving, mid 19th century, after 16th century portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger.
From Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
See other picture (here on wall at Beaulieu House, Co.Louth).

Claimed to be Sir Anthony Denny.
Though some say it is Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
From Tudor Place.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Sir Anthony Denny in [DNB]

• "Biography of the Right Honorable Sir Anthony Denny, P.C., M.P." by Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet. Transactions of the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society, vol.3, part 2 (pub 1907), pp.197-216.