Isabell Denton

• Isabel Brome1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
• F, #63910, b. circa 1440, d. after 1540
• Father John Brome, Esq.1,2,3,4,10,11,12,8,13 b. c 1415, d. c 2 Nov 1469
• Mother Beatrix Shirley1,2,3,10,11,12,13 d. 10 Jul 1483
• Isabel Brome was born circa 1440 at of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England.1,2 She married Philip Purefoy, Esq., son of William Purefoy, Esq., Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire and Margery Moton, circa 1461 at of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England; They had 3 sons (John; Nicholas; & William) & 1 daughter (Alice).3,5,6,7,9 Isabel Brome married John Denton, Esq., son of Thomas Denton and Alice Dauntsey, before 1472; They had 1 son (Thomas) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Sir Edward Greville; & Alice, wife of Nicholas Purefoy, Esq.).1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Isabel Brome died after 1540.3,6,7
• Family 1 Philip Purefoy, Esq. b. c 1435, d. 16 Sep 1468
• Family 2 John Denton, Esq. b. c 1451
• Children
  • Anne Denton+2,3,4,7,8 b. c 1473, d. bt 1520 - 1523
  • Alice Denton+14,3,6,7 b. c 1475, d. a 1508
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 391.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 599.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 95.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 268-269.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 381.
• 6.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 54-55.
• 7.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 474-475.
• 8.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 120-121.
• 9.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 270.
• 10.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 380.
• 11.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 54.
• 12.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 474.
• 13.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 269.
• 14.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 599-600.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2127.htm#... _________________________

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Douglas Richardson 11/21/09 Dear John ~

In answer to your question, I can confirm that Isabel Brome was the wife successively of Nicholas Purefoy, Esq., and John Denton, Esq. The contemporary evidence for these two marriages is quite good. Although the source you cited states that Isabel Brome was living as late as 1540, I believe she actually died before 1517. I've copied below my current file account of this family. All of my sources are cited.

I assume that when John Denton referred to Nicholas Purefoy as his "brother-in-law," I assume this was merely an euphemism for his wife's first husband. Please note, however, that John Denton also had a son- in-law named Nicholas Purefoy.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 13. ISABEL BROME. She married (1st) PHILIP PUREFOY (or PUREFEY, PURFREY), Esq., of Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, and, in right of his wife, of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, son and heir of William Purefoy, Esq., of Sherford (in Burton Hastings), Warwickshire and Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, by Margery, daughter of Robert Moton, Knt. They had four children, John, Nicholas, William, and Alice. PHILIP PUREFOY, Esq., left a will dated 26 March 1468, proved 18 June 1470 (P.C.C. 31 Godyn). His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) before 1472 JOHN DENTON, Gent., of Appleton, Berkshire, and Foscott, Buckinghamshire, son of Thomas Denton, of Fyfield, Berkshire, by Alison, daughter of William Dauntsey.
They had one son, Thomas, and two daughters, Anne (wife of Edward Greville, Knt.) and Alice (wife of Nicholas Purefoy, Esq.).

In 1472 John Purefoy (brother of Philip) released the manor of Sherford (in Burton Hastings), Warwickshire and other lands to John Denton and his wife, Isabel.

In 1475 John and his wife, Isabel, presented to the church of Shalstone, Buckinghamshire.

In the period, 1475–80, or 1483–5, as “John Denton, of Shirford, gentleman,” he sued Nicholas Waldyve, mercer, of London regarding the manor and advowson of Foxcote, Buckinghamshire, late of William Purfey [Purefoy], afterwards of Thomas Waldyve.

JOHN DENTON, Esq., left a will dated 6 Sept. 1493, proved 17 Nov. 1497 (P.C.C. 17 Horne). His widow, Isabel, presumably died before 1517.

References:

\Willis, Hist. & Antiqs. of the Town, Hundred, & Deanery of Buckingham (1755): 186–187.
Nichols, Hist. & Antiqs. of Leicestershire 4(2) (1811): 599.
Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 2 (1826): 415 (will of John Denton). Lipscomb, Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 3 (1847): 71 (Purefoy ped.).
Harvey et al., Vis. of Oxford 1566, 1574, 1634 & 1574 (H.S.P. 5) (1871): 228–229 (Denton ped.: “John Denton of Wightam in com. Barke. = Isabell daur. to John Brome of Baddesley in Com. Warr.”).
Lennard & Vincent, Vis. of Warwick 1619 (H.S.P. 12) (1877): 96–98 (Brome ped.: “Isabell [Brome] 1 mar. to Phillip Purfoye, 2 to John Denton.”). C.P.R. 1467–1477 (1900): 626. C.P.R. 1476–1485 (1901): 489, 544.
List of Early Chancery Procs. 1 (PRO Lists and Indexes 12) (1901): 91, 349; 2 (PRO Lists and Indexes 16) (1903): 236.
Philipot et al., Vis. of Buckingham 1634 & 1566 (H.S.P. 58) (1909): 37–38 (Denton ped.: “John Denton of Ambersden [co:] Oxf. =
Margery da. of Sir John Brome of Halton [co.] Oxf.”).
Benolte et al., Four Vis. of Berkshire 1532, 1566, 1623 & 1665–6 2 (H.S.P. 57) (1908): 115–116 (Denton ped.: “John Denton of Wightham in Com. Berks: Esqr son & h: = Issabell wid: to Phillip Purifoy of Shalsone in Com. Buck: Esqr da to John Browne of Badesley in Com. Warw: Esqr.”).
Cal. IPM Henry VII 2 (1915): 40–41. VCH Berkshire 4 (1924): 338

Denton arms: Argent, two bars gules with three cinqfoils sable in chief). VCH Buckingham 4 (1927): 171, 223–226. VCH Warwick 6 (1951): 58. C.C.R. 1468–1476 (1953): 256. NEHGR 142 (1988): 227–244. National Archives, C 1/56/241; C 140/28/29 (abs. of docs. available online at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).

On Nov 18, 8:17 am, Johnny Brananas <ravinmaven2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Note that Isabel (Brome) Purefoy's father John Brome died in 1466, and her second husband John Denton died in ca. 1497. His will as given in Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 415, reads: "John Denton, 6th September 1493. I will that my wife, if living sole, have all my lands in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. To my brother Philip Purefoy's father; to my father Browne, and my mother, his wife. My manor of Foxcote, during the non-age of my son. And I appoint Isabel my executrix. Proved 17th November, 1497."

See:http://books.google.com/books?id=XOgKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA415&dq=%22john +den...

I had a number of reservations upon reading this: Philip Purefoy was supposedly the first husband of Isabel, and supposedly her sons by him (who did not include a Philip) all died young. In what way could John Denton have had a brother or brother-in-law Philip Purefoy? Could it be a mistake for "son-in-law"? Also, while "Browne" probably stands for "Brome," John Brome, Isabel's supposed father, was dead long before this (and his widow Beatrix Brome was deceased as well).

However, a different version of the will, provided by Browne Willis in his _Deanery of Buckingham_ (p. 187), helps out a bit, mentioning "his [Denton's] last Will and Testament, in which he bequeathed 'it [the manor of Foxcote] to Isabel his Wife, (by whom he had a numerous Issue) living sole or unmarried, and ordered that she should find Thomas Denton, his younger Son (afterwards the Lord of Hillesden) during his Nonage out of this Manor, and that the Residue should go to pray for his Soul, and his Brother-in-law Philip Purefoy's, and his Father and Mother's Souls," and made the said Isabel his Executrix, who survived him above Forty Years, and died possessed hereof, about the Year 1540 ..."

See:http://books.google.com/books?id=Bj8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&dq=%22john +den...

This seems to show it was a bequest FOR THE SOULS of the parents (presumably Bromes), not an actual bequest TO the Bromes. This removes most of the difficulty, assuming "Brother-in-law Philip Purefoy" was a simple mistake for "Brother-in-law JOHN Purefoy," who was indeed a brother of Isabel's first husband (I suppose Denton was calling his wife's former brother-in-law his own brother-in-law).

It should probably be noted that Isabel had to be somewhat over 90, perhaps almost 95, when she died in 1540, as her first husband (by whom she had four children) died about the same time as her own father, around 1466 or 67.