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Thomas Denys

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Sir Thomas Denys (c.1477–1561) of Holcombe Burnell, near Exeter, Devon, was a prominent lawyer who served as Sheriff of Devon nine times between 1507/8 to 1553/4 and as MP for Devon. [1]

34 relations: Almshouse, Baron Rolle, Baynard's Castle, Bicton, Devon, Buckfast Abbey, Cheshire, Court of Aldermen, Croxden Abbey, Devon (UK Parliament constituency), Dissolution of the Monasteries, East Budleigh, Exmouth, Gabriel Donne, Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle, Heraldic visitation, High Sheriff of Devon, Holcombe Burnell, Hundred (county division), John Lambrick Vivian, John Prince (biographer), Knight's fee, Littleham, Livery Dole, Lord Mayor of London, Member of parliament, Recorder of Exeter, Robert Dennis (died 1592), Sherborne Abbey, St Nicholas' Priory, Exeter, Stevenstone, Thomas Benet (martyr), Thomas Murfyn, William Petre.

Almshouse

An almshouse (also known as a poorhouse) is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community.

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Baron Rolle

Baron Rolle was a title created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain for members of the Rolle family, related as uncle and nephew.

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Baynard's Castle

Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St Paul's Cathedral now stand.

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Bicton, Devon

Bicton is a civil parish and a former manor in the East Devon district of Devon, England, near the town of Budleigh Salterton.

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Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Court of Aldermen

The Court of Aldermen is an elected body forming part of the City of London Corporation.

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Croxden Abbey

Croxden Abbey, also known as "Abbey of the Vale of St.

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Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

Devon was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Devon in England.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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East Budleigh

East Budleigh is a small village in East Devon, England.

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Exmouth

Exmouth is a port town, civil parish and seaside resort, sited on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe.

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Gabriel Donne

Gabriel Donne or Dunne (died 1558) was an English Cistercian monk and was the last Abbot of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, before the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter

Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Devon (c. 1498 – 9 December 1538), KG, PC, feudal baron of Okehampton, feudal baron of Plympton, of Tiverton Castle, Okehampton Castle and Colcombe Castle all in Devon, was a grandson of King Edward IV, nephew of the queen consort, Elizabeth of York and a first cousin of King Henry VIII.

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Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle

Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (7 November 1708 – 17 August 1750) of Stevenstone, Devon, was a British landowner and politician.

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Heraldic visitation

Heraldic visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms (and more often by junior officers of arms (or Heralds) as deputies) throughout England, Wales and Ireland.

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High Sheriff of Devon

The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick.

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Holcombe Burnell

Holcombe Burnell is a civil parish in Devon, England, the church of which is about 4 miles west of Exeter City centre.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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John Lambrick Vivian

Lieutenant-Colonel John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896) Inspector of Militia and Her Majesty's Superintendent of Police and Police Magistrate for St Kitts, West Indies, was a genealogist and historian who edited editions of the Heraldic Visitations of Devon and of Cornwall,Vivian, p. 763, pedigree of Vivian of Rosehill standard reference works for historians of these two counties.

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John Prince (biographer)

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Knight's fee

In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight.

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Littleham

Littleham is a village and civil parish in North Devon, south west England, about south of Bideford.

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Livery Dole

Livery Dole in Exeter, Devon, is an ancient triangular site between what is today Heavitree Road and Magdalen Road, in the eastern suburbs of Exeter.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Recorder of Exeter

The Recorder of Exeter was a recorder, a form of senior judicial officer, usually an experienced barrister, within the jurisdiction of the City of Exeter in Devon.

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Robert Dennis (died 1592)

Sir Robert Dennis (died 1592) of Holcombe Burnell in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1555 and served as Sheriff of Devon.

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Sherborne Abbey

The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin at Sherborne in the English county of Dorset, is usually called Sherborne Abbey.

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St Nicholas' Priory, Exeter

The Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas or just St Nicholas Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in Exeter, England, in 1087.

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Stevenstone

Stevenstone is a former manor within the parish of St Giles in the Wood, near Great Torrington, North Devon.

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Thomas Benet (martyr)

Thomas Benet (died 1531) from Cambridge, was an English Protestant martyr during the reign of King Henry VIII.

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Thomas Murfyn

Sir Thomas Murfyn (Born 1470, died 1523) (fl. 1510s) was a Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London.

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William Petre

Sir William Petre (c. 1505 – 1572) (pronounced Peter) was Secretary of State to four successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. Educated as a lawyer at the University of Oxford, he became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyn family, one of whom, George Boleyn, he had tutored at Oxford and another of whom was Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Denys

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