Sir Walter Dennis, Kt.

• 'Sir Walter Dennis, Escheator & Sheriff of Gloucestershire1,2
• 'M, b. circa 1434, d. 1 September 1505
• Father Maurice Dennis, Esq., Sheriff of Gloucestershire3 b. c 1410, d. a 1466
• Mother Katherine (Joan) Stradling3 b. c 1412, d. b 1 Nov 1437
• ' Sir Walter Dennis, Escheator & Sheriff of Gloucestershire was born circa 1434 at of Olveston, Aust, Dirham, & Siston, Gloucestershire, England.1 He married Agnes Danvers, daughter of Sir Robert Danvers, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Agnes de la Bere, before 1467; They had 3 sons (Sir William, Richard, & John) and 3 daughters (Anne, Jane, & Katherine). He had married 1st to (Miss) Fiennes, daughter of Lord Dacre of the South. His 3rd wife was Agnes Mynne.1,2 Sir Walter Dennis, Escheator & Sheriff of Gloucestershire married Alice Walwyn, daughter of William Walwyn and Elizabeth Lanks, before 10 November 1503; They had no issue.2 Sir Walter Dennis, Escheator & Sheriff of Gloucestershire died on 1 September 1505; Buried at Olveston, Gloucestershire.1,2
• 'Family 1 Agnes Danvers b. c 1445
• Children
  • ◦Sir William Dennis, Sheriff of Gloucestershire+2 b. c 1470, d. 22 Jun 1533
  • ◦John Dennis+ b. c 1485
• 'Family 2 Alice Walwyn b. 1444, d. 22 Oct 1518
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 263-264.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 58.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 57.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2334.htm#...
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Biography

Walter Dennis was born to Maurice Dennis and Joan Stradling of Olveton and Earthcott, Gloucestershire, England, as eldest son and heir. [1]

He married four times: (1) Unknown Fiennes, daughter of Unknown Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the South, no issue, (2) Agnes Danvers, daughter of Robert Danvers of Oxfordshire, (3) Agnes Mynne, widow, no issue (4) Alice Walwyn, widow of Thomas Baynham, no issue.[1]

Walter Dennis and Agnes Danvers were married before 1467 and had six children:[1]

   William

   Richard

   John

   Anne

   Jane

   Katherine 

Sir William was Escheator of Glaucestershire in 1457, and Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1479-80 and 1493-4.[1]

He died 1 sep 1505 and was buried in Olveston.[1]
Sources

   ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pg.434, DENNIS #14.

Source list:

   Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families], 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013). 

Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry:A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011).
Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edition, 3 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011).
British History Online: Ruardean [1] manor owned by Alice Walwyn, 4th wife.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...