Sir Christopher Danby
MP JP (1503 – 14 June 1571), of
Farnley,
Masham
Masham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,205 at the 2011 census.
Etymology
In Wensleydale, on the western bank of the River Ure, the name derives from the An ...
, and
Thorp Perrow
Snape is a large village in the civil parish of Snape with Thorp in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, located about south of Bedale and west of the A1(M) motorway, it has a population of 350. Nearby is Thorp Perrow Arboret ...
, Yorkshire, of
St. Paul's Cray, Kent, and of
Kettleby, Lincolnshire, and of
Nayland
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, Suffolk, was an English politician.
Life
He was born to Sir Christopher Danby and Margaret ( Scrope), daughter and coheiress of
Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham
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. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1518, and on the death of his mother, inherited the manor of Masham. He was knighted in 1533 at the coronation of Queen
Anne Boleyn
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(second wife of
King Henry VIII
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).
He served as
High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1545, and was a
Member of Parliament
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(M.P.) for
Yorkshire
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in April 1554.
He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of
Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer
Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer KB (c.1468 – c. 28 December 1530) of Snape, North Yorkshire, was an English soldier and peer. He fought at the battles of Stoke and Flodden.
Richard Neville was the eldest son of Sir Henry Neville, who ...
, and Anne Stafford. They had fourteen children (six sons and eight daughters). His heir on his death was his son, Sir Thomas Danby.
Their six sons were
* Sir Thomas Danby (c.1530-1590) married Mary Neville in line with a 1534 contract.
* Christopher Danby,
* John Danby,
* James Danby,
* Marmaduke Danby, and
* William Danby, who was possibly the
William Danby who served as coroner at the inquest into the death of
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the ...
in 1593.
Their eight daughters were
* Dorothy Danby, who married Sir John Neville;
* Mary Danby; who married Sir Edmund Mauleverer
* Joan Danby, who married Roger Meynell, esquire;
* Margaret Danby, who married Christopher Hopton, esquire;
* Anne Danby, who married Sir Walter Calverley, and was the grandmother of
Walter Calverley (d. 1605), whose murder of his children is dramatised in ''
A Yorkshire Tragedy'', attributed on the title page to
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
;
* Elizabeth Danby, who married Thomas Wentworth, esquire;
* Magdalen Danby, who married
Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet; and
* Margery Danby, who married Christopher Mallory, esquire.
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1503 births
1571 deaths
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