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Mary Gates (Denny)

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Daughter of Mary Leigh Denny
Wife of Sir John Gates, Kt, MP
Sister of Sir Anthony Denny, Chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber; Lady Martha Carew and Joyce Carey

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About Mary Gates

  • 'Mary Denny1,2
  • 'F, #59027, b. 20 September 1497
  • Father Sir Edmund Denny, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, King's Remembrancer d. 22 Dec 1520
  • Mother Mary Troutbeck3 b. c 1472, d. 29 Jun 1507
  • ' Mary Denny was born on 20 September 1497 at of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.1,2 She married Sir John Gates, Chancellor of the Duchy & Captain of the Guard, son of Sir Geoffrey Gates and Elizabeth Clopton, circa 1534.2
  • 'Family Sir John Gates, Chancellor of the Duchy & Captain of the Guard b. c 1504, d. 22 Aug 1553
  • Citations
  • 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
  • 2.[S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 777.
  • 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 258.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1964.htm#...
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  • 'Mary Denny1
  • F, #357264
  • Last Edited=15 May 2009
  • ' Mary Denny is the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny.2 She married Rt. Hon. Sir John Gates.1
  • ' Her married name became Gates.
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1094. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p35727.htm#i357264
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  • 'Mary DENNY
  • 'Born: ABT 1504
  • Father: Edmund DENNY of Cheshunt (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Mary TROUTBECK
  • 'Married: John GATES (Sir Knight) (See his Biography) ABT 1534, Cheshunt, Hetfordshire, England
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DENNY.htm#Mary DENNY1
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  • 'GATES, John (by 1504-53), of Great Garnetts, High Easter and Havering-atte-Bower, Essex; London, and Syon, Mdx.
  • b. by 1504, 1st s. of Sir Geoffrey Gates, and bro. of Henry. educ. L. Inn, adm. 2 Aug. 1523. 'm. Mary, da. of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Herts., s.p.' suc. fa. 7 May 1526. KB 20 Feb. 1547.4
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ga...
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  • 'Sir John Gates KB[1] (1504–1553)[2] was an English courtier and soldier, holding influential household positions in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. One of the Chief Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber under Edward VI, he became a follower of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and was a principal participant in the attempt to establish Lady Jane Grey on the English throne. For this he was executed for high treason under Queen Mary I.
  • Originating from an ancient Essex gentry family going back to King Edward III, 'John Gates had a thorough training as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn.[2] He married Mary Denny, sister of Sir Anthony Denny,[3]' and served Queen Catherine Parr from 1543–1545.[4] He was a member of King Henry VIII's Privy Chamber, first as a groom, from 1542. From 1546 he was in charge, with his brother-in-law, of the King's personal finances and his "dry stamp", a substitute, to the King's convenience, for Henry's "sign manual" or personal signature. These positions of trust implied considerable influence.[5] ....
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gates_(courtier)
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