Susan Denton

Not the same as Susan Denton

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Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks, b. c.1574, o.s. of Alexander Denton of Hillesden, and a da. of Richard Willison of Sugwas, Herefs.1 educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1589, aged 15.2 m. by c.1595, Susan, da. of John Temple of Stow, Bucks.,3 at least 4s. incl. Sir Alexander*, 2da.4 suc. fa. 1578;5 kntd. July 1603.6d. 19 Sept. 1633.7 sig. Tho[mas] Denton.
An only son, Thomas Denton was probably born in c.1574. His mother predeceased his father, Alexander, who was dead by June 1578, leaving Thomas in the care of his grandmother, Margaret Denton, and Alexander’s brother-in-law, George Fettiplace.28 No details of his education are known before he matriculated at All Souls College, Oxford in June 1589. A Thomas Denton was paid as a captain of an English foot company in Normandy in the summer and autumn of 1591, but whether this was Denton himself or a namesake is unclear.29 Before mid-1595 Denton married Susan, daughter of John Temple of Stow, even though she brought him no portion:30 their eldest son, Alexander, was baptized in March 1596.31 The Temple family had, since 1572, owned the principal manor and fair in the borough of Buckingham,32 whose corporation provided Denton with a seat for much of his parliamentary career.

• 4. PROB 11/164, f. 217r-v identifies 4 sons 1 daughter (Susan). A 2nd daughter, Margaret, married Sir Edmund Verney: BL, mic. 636/2; Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR96/1/1. Vis. Bucks. (Harl.Soc. lviii), 38 incorrectly identifies Denton’s mother as Mary, daughter of Sir Roger Martin, and names 5 sons and 4 daughters.