Family
William Denys, Knight 1) 2) Born ± 1470 3) Died 22 Jun 1533, approximately 63 years Notes: William first married to Edith Twynyho and had one daughter Anne, who died without issue. Married after 1505 3) (at most 28 years married) to: Anne Berkeley 2) Daughter of Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Mowbray and Isabel Meade. Died after Jan 1533 4) Child: 1. Eleanor Denys 1)Born ± 1510 / 1508 Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England / Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England Died after 1579 / 1557 Arle, Madresfield, Worcestershire, England Will signed: 1585 Gloucestershire, England 5) |
Sources
1) Source: The Visitation of the County of Worcester made in the year 1569. Reference: Lygon pedigree (Questionable reliability of evidence)2) Source: The visitation of the county of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623 Dennis. Reference: 49-51 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and other Inquisitions, Henry VII to Charles I "Walter Denys, knight...Writ 14 September, 21 Henry VII...to the use of William Denys, then his son and heir apparent, and of Edith, William’s wife...He died 1 September last, and the said Alice survived him and is still living. William Denys, aged 35 years and more, is his son and heir.". External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp82-124. Reference: C 142/19/149a (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Varied - Secondary Source for Medieval Genealogy ""to the use of the Lady Cecily now my wife for term of her life natural in full recompense(?) and satisfaction(?) of her jointure and dower ... and after the decease of my said wife to the use of Thomas Berkeley my son and heir apparent and of the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for lack of such issue to the use of Maurice Berkeley my second son and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for lack of such issue to the use of Muriel Throckmorton and Joan Poyntz my daughters and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, and for lack of such issue to the use of Mary Perrott daughter to my brother James Berkeley and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten, and for lack of such issue to the use of Anne Dennys my sister and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten, and for lack of such issue to the use of my wife's heirs forever".". Reference: Lord Berkeley Will (Questionable reliability of evidence)
5) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 Record for Eleanor Lygon. External Link
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4294&h=232939&indiv=try (Data from secondary evidence)