Edmund Denny

Sir Edmund Denny, of Cheshunt (died 1520) was a Tudor courtier and politician. He was a Baron of the Exchequer^[1] during the reign of Henry VIII of England.

His son, Sir Anthony Denny rose to become the most powerful member of the Privy Council during the King's last years. Edmund's children also included Martha Denny and Joyce Denny, wife of William Walsingham and Sir John Carey, and mother of Sir Francis Walsingham.^[2]

Notes

1. Sil 2004.
2. Rye 1891, pp. 101–2.

References

• Nichols, John Gough, ed. (1858). The Topographer and Genealogist III. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons. pp. 208–9. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
• Rye, Walter (1891). The Visitation of Norfolk. XXXII. London: Harleian Society. pp. 101–2. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
• Sil, Narasingha P. (2004). "Denny, Sir Anthony (1501–1549)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7506. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2951.htm#i29501