Lady Joan Champernon, of Dartington

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6268/GAMAGE%... (February 22, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

Protestant wife of the evangelical Henrician courtier, Anthony Denny, noted for her activities in the households of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr in the 1530s and 1540s.

Sister of Catherine Ashley; when Anne Boleyn became Queen, Anne Herbert (Catherine Parr sister), Joan Guildford and Jane Champernowne became maids of Honour. WInitially sponsored by her uncle, Sir Gawen Carew, her own beauty, her accomplishments, and her conversion to the New Religion all contributed to her success. hen Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves, Lady Denny was appointed as one of her Ladies-in-waiting. Later, Jane became one of Catherine Parr´s Ladies-in-waiting. In 1537, the Abbey of Waltham Holy Cross was assessed at a gross annual value of £1079 2s. 1d., and was the richest religious house in Essex. It outlasted every other abbey in the country, and was only formally surrendered on 23 Mar 1540, by its last abbot, Robert Fuller, who retired with a pension of £200 and with several manors and church advowsons. The abbey lands were leased to Sir Anthony Denny, and were subsequently purchased outright by Jane in 1549. Lady Denny was one of the female courtiers that Wriothesley, Gardiner, et al were trying to implicate in their interrogations and torture of Anne Askew. Obviously, both Denny and his wife were deeply intwined with the Reformed religion. In 1547, she retired to Cheshunt but her service to the Crown was not yet over. In May 1548, Princess Elizabeth and her household were sent to stay there with the Dennys and remained until autumn. 

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• 'Joan CHAMPERNOWNE
• 'Born: 1514, Dartington, Devonshire, England
• 'Died: 10 Sep 1553, Van, Montgomery, Wales
• Father: Phillip CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir)
• Mother: Catherine CAREW
• 'Married: Robert GAMAGE (son of Sir Thomas Gamage and Margaret St. John)
• Children:
  • 1. Margaret GAMAGE (b. 1536) (m. Thomas Lewis)
  • 2. John GAMAGE (m. Gwenilian Verch Thomas)
  • 3. Elizabeth GAMAGE
  • 4. Thomas GAMAGE
  • 5. Joyce GAMAGE
  • 6. Anne GAMAGE
  • 7. Joan GAMAGE
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Arthur CHAMPERNOWNE (Esq.)1
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• 'Jane Champernoun1
• 'F, b. circa 1519
• Father Sir Philip Champernoun, Sheriff of Devonshire1 b. c 1479, d. 2 Aug 1545
• Mother Katherine Carew1 b. c 1500, d. a 1 Aug 1545
• ' Jane Champernoun was born circa 1519 at of Modbury, Devonshire, England.1 She married Robert Gamage, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Glamorgan, son of Sir Thomas Gamage and Margaret St. John, before 1531; They had 2 sons (John, Esq; & Thomas) & 5 daughters (Margaret, wife of Miles Matthew, Esq., of Thomas Lewis, Esq., & of Capt. William Herbert; Elinor (wife of William Lewis; Elizabeth/Anne/Catherine, wife of Watkin Lougher; Joyce, wife of John Gwyn; Joan; & Anne).1
• 'Family Robert Gamage, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Glamorgan b. c 1514
• Child
  • ◦Margaret Gamage+1 b. c 1539, d. a 2 Nov 1593
• Citations
• 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 240-241.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2257.htm#...
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