Joyce Denny (1507–1560) was an English courtier.
Family and court connections
She was a daughter of
Edmund Denny, a
Baron of the Exchequer, and Mary Troutbeck.
Princess Elizabeth was lodged with her brother the courtier
Anthony Denny at
Cheshunt
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, a former property of
Thomas Wolsey
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. A
later country house on the site has been demolished. Her sister
Martha Denny married
Wymond Carew of
Anthony,
Cornwall
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, who was treasurer of the household for
Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr ( – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort o ...
, and her elder sister Mary Denny married
John Gates, a gentleman of the privy chamber of
Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his thi ...
.
Marriages and children
She married William Walsingham (died 1534) of
Scadbury,
Chislehurst
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or
Foots Cray Place, a son of
Edmund Walsingham. Their London home was in the parish of
St Mary Aldermanbury. Their children included:
*
Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham ( – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her " spymaster".
Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Wa ...
(died 1590),
principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I.
* Barbara Walsingham, who married Thomas Sidney.
* Christina or Christian Walsingham, married (1)
John Tamworth (died 1569), who was ambassador to Scotland concerning the
Chaseabout Raid, gave money to
Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray, and was detained at
Hume Castle, and (2) William Doddington of
Breamore.
* Elizabeth Walsingham, who married
Peter Wentworth
Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England. He was the elder brother of Paul Wentworth and entered as member for Barnstaple in 1571. He later sat for the Cornish borough of Tregony in 1578 and ...
(1529–1596).
* Mary Walsingham, who married
Walter Mildmay on 25 May 1546.
It has been argued that she was a strong Protestant influence on the upbringing of Francis Walsingham, who was probably brought up in her second husband's household at
Hunsdon.
On the death of William Walsingham, Joyce, her brother-in-law
Edmund Walsingham, and John Walsingham were his executors. Joyce Walsingham's silver plate passed into the custody of another executor,
Henry White, an
undersheriff
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United States
In Policing ...
of London.
Joyce married, secondly,
John Cary or Carey of
Pleshey (died 1551), a Groom of the Privy Chamber to
Henry VIII
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. Henry VIII granted them the lands of
Thremhall Priory in Essex in 1536, soon after their marriage. Their children included:
* Wymond Cary (1538-1612), knighted 1604.
*
Edward Cary (died 1618).
Death
She died in 1560. According to her will, she wished to be buried in the parish church of Aldermanbury, London, next to William Walsingham. She bequeathed silver plate and a velvet bed tester embroidered with gold knots to Francis Walsingham. An entry in the diary of
Henry Machyn describes her burial on 6 May 1559/60 at
St Clement Danes, London.
[John Gough Nichols, ''Diary of Henry Machyn'' (London: Camden Society, 1848), pp. 193, 372-3.]
References
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1507 births
1560 deaths
Wives of knights
Place of birth unknown
Place of death unknown
Walsingham family