Sir Thomas Denys, Kt., MP

DENYS, Sir Thomas (1559-1613), of Holcombe Rogus (Holcombe Burnel), Devon.

Family and Education

b. 1559, 1st s. of Sir Robert Denys† by his 2nd w. Margaret, da. and h. of Sir William Godolphin† of Godolphin, Cornw. m. Anne, da. of Sir William Paulet, 3rd Mq. of Winchester, 2da. Kntd. 1586; suc. fa. 1592. d. 6 Aug. 1613.

Biography

History of Parliament Online

... By his will, drawn up in July 1613, Denys left to his wife £200, ‘which I earnestly entreat her to accept as a remembrance of my love and affection’, one third of his plate, and a life interest in his main residence. Among other family bequests was one to the child of Sir Henry Rolle, who had married Denys’s daughter Anne—although Rolle at the time owed his father-in-law £1,000. There were charitable legacies to the poor of Holcombe. Denys died 6 Aug. 1613, and his two daughters—the younger, Margaret, aged 17, married to Sir Arthur Mainwaring—shared the inheritance.6