Paternal Family Tree: Denys
Around 1470 William Denys was born to Walter Denys [aged 55].
Around 1481 William Denys [aged 11] and Anne Twynyho were married.
Around 1483 [his daughter] Anne Denys was born to William Denys [aged 13] and [his wife] Anne Twynyho.
In 1505 [his father] Walter Denys [aged 90] died.
In 1508 William Denys [aged 38] and Anne Berkeley were married.
After 1508 [his daughter] Margaret Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his daughter] Bridget Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his son] Francis Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his son] Walter Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
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After 1508 [his son] Maurice Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his son] William Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his son] Thomas Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his daughter] Eleanor Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley. She married in or before 1537 William Lygon and had issue.
After 1508 [his son] John Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his daughter] Anne Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
After 1508 [his daughter] Isabel Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley. She married (1) 1531 her sixth cousin John Berkeley and had issue (2) after 28th June 1545 Arthur Porter.
After 1508 [his daughter] Katherine Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley. She married (1) Roger Lygon (2) 15th September 1521 Edmund Tame (3) after 1544 Walter Buckler.
After 1508 [his daughter] Mary Denys was born to William Denys [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Berkeley.
In 1518 William Denys [aged 48] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
In June 1520 Henry VIII [aged 28] hosted Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem [Map].
Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 42] carried the Sword of State.
Bishop John Stokesley [aged 45] attended as Henry VIII's chaplain.
Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye [aged 36], Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth [aged 42], Anthony Poyntz [aged 40], William Coffin [aged 25], William "Great" Courtenay [aged 43], Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 37], William Paston [aged 41], William Denys [aged 50], Richard Cecil [aged 25], William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 37], Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 22], John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 40], Henry Guildford [aged 31], Marmaduke Constable [aged 40], William Compton [aged 38], William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 42], Thomas Cheney [aged 35], Henry Willoughby [aged 69], John Rodney [aged 59], John Marney 2nd Baron Marney [aged 36], William Sidney [aged 38], John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford [aged 20], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 49], Edmund Walsingham [aged 40], William Skeffington [aged 55] and Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 63] attended.
William Carey [aged 20] jousted.
William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne [aged 50] organised.
Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford [aged 15] attended.
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 50], Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer [aged 48], Anthony Wingfield [aged 33], William Scott [aged 61], Thomas Wriothesley [aged 32], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 48], Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin [aged 20] and Edward Chamberlayne [aged 36] were present.
On 15th September 1521 [his son-in-law] Edmund Tame and [his daughter] Katherine Denys [aged 13] were married.
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In 1526 William Denys [aged 56] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
In 1531 [his son-in-law] John Berkeley [aged 25] and [his daughter] Isabel Denys [aged 22] were married. They were sixth cousins.
In 1533 William Denys [aged 63] died.
In 1560 [his former wife] Anne Berkeley died.
Grandfather: John Denys of Bradford Devon
father: Walter Denys