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Ann Denys (St. John)

Also Known As: "Ann Denny"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Death: 1565 (46-47)
Utterby, Lincolnshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John St. John, Kt. and Margaret St. John
Wife of Thomas Elye, of Utterby and Richard Denys, MP
Mother of Leonard Elye, of Utterby & Wonston; Frances Dennys; Anne Porter and Walter Denys
Sister of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso; John St. John; Alice Elmes; Margery Pigott and Lady Margaret Russell, Countess of Bedford
Half sister of Jane St. John; Charles St John; Mary St. John and Cressett Butler

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About Ann Denys


Anne Elye formerly St John Born 1518 in Of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England Daughter of John St John and Margaret (Waldegrave) St John Sister of Oliver St. John, Jane (St John) Gascoigne, Alice St John, Charles St John, Mary (Saint John) Harvey, Son (Saint john) St John, Female Saint John, Margaret (St John) Russell and Cressyda (St John) Butler Wife of Thomas Elye — married 1539 in England Mother of Leonard Elye


http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-33-186.pdf

The testatrix’s sister, Margaret Waldegrave, appears to have predeceased her. Margaret Waldegrave married Sir John St John (b. before 1495, d. 19 December 1558) of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, by whom she had two sons, Sir Oliver St John (d. 21 April 1582), 1st Baron St John of Bletsoe, and John St John, and four daughters: Margery St John, who married firstly Henry Grey, esquire, and secondly Francis Pigott, esquire; Anne St John, who married Richard Dennis; Margaret St John, who married firstly William Gostwick, esquire, and secondly Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford; and Alice St John, who married Edmund Elmes, esquire. See Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., 2011, Vol. I, pp. 218-21, and Vol. IV, p. 284.


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1518
1518
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1544
1544
Utterby, Lincolnshire, England
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1550
England
1562
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1565
1565
Age 47
Utterby, Lincolnshire, England
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Dyrham, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom