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Family
Married/ Related to:  Joan Stradling 2)Notes: Joan Stradling can be identified as Walter's mother from a 1530 Dennis pedigree (College of Arms). This is relatively contemporary given Walter died in 1505. This is supported weakly by subsequent visitations that state Walter's mother were one Katherine Stradling - though those pedigrees date from 1623 onwards. There is no clear evidence on the maternity (or paternity) of Joan Stradling. The 1623 Gloucestershire visitation states her father was Sir Edward Stradling but no contemporary records evidence that and this Denis pedigree has sigificant errors at much more recent generations ["Katherine d. of Sr Edward Stradling"]. She is not mentioned in Sir Edward's self-written family history. However, given the links between the Stradling and Dennys families, it seems likely that Joan is either a daughter or nephew of Sir Edward. Sir Edward was given wardship of Maurice Dennys (Joan's husband) so it seem reasonable for him to have married Maurice to a daughter of his (or a close relative). Sir Edward was married to Jane Beaufort, bastard daughter of Henry Beaufort, and descendant of Edward III. Given the lack of evidence for Joan being a daughter of that marriage, it seems likelier she was either a bastard, a daughter of a different marriage or a daughter of a relative. --- A robust summary of much of the available, written by Brad Verity in 2004, is available on the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup: http://soc.genealogy.medieval.narkive.com/zPb31hrY/katherine-deighton-s-new-royal-ancestry. Child: 1.  Walter Denys, Knight 5) 2)Died 1 Sep 1505 Olveston, Gloucestershire, England 1) 5) Notes: Held the Manor of Awste, and also the Manor of Siston at one time. The Manor of Siston was "given to Giles Bruges and Alexander Baynam, knights, Christopher Baynam and Robert Russell circa 1501. The four armorials on his funerary brass provide insights into his relatives: 1) Denys 2) Russell - Margaret Russell (Walter's grandmother) was co-heiress to her father 3) Quartered: Denys, Russell, Gorges, family of Eleanor Ferre daughter of Sir John Ferre of Tothill - The Russells were heirs to the Gorges family, however the inheritance was entailed to younger sons. 4) Quartered: Denys, Russell, Gorges, Danvers - Agnes Danvers (wife of Walter) was co-heiress to her father | |||
Sources
1) Source: Monuments See "Walter Dennys" for discussion on the armorials present on the monument.. Reference: 1505 Funerary Brass; Olveston Church (Data from direct source)2) Source: The visitation of the county of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623 Dennis. Reference: 49-51 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Escheators' Files, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry III to Richard III "MARGARET WIDOW OF GILBERT DENYS, KNIGHT""The escheator of Gloucestershire ordered to take her oath not to marry without royal licence and then to assign dower from the lands taken into the king’s hand owing to the death of her husband Gilbert Denys, knight and the minority of his son and heir Maurice Denys his son and heir. "Dated:12 July 1422. External Link
http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-933A/. Reference: E 149/126/5. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-933A/ (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry V "Denys, Gilbert, kt: Glos""He died on 24 March 1422. Maurice Denys is his son and next heir, aged 14 years and more."Dated: 1 May 1422. External Link
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6523933. Reference: C 138/63/27. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-933/ (Data from secondary evidence)
5) 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 direct source)