Christopher Danby

Sir Christopher Danby (1503 – 14 June 1571), of Farnley, Masham, and Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire; St Paul's Cray, Kent; Kettleby, Lincolnshire; and Nayland, Suffolk, was an English politician.[1]

He was born to Sir Christopher Danby, Sr. and Margaret Scrope, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham. 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 (second wife of King Henry VIII of England).

He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1545, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire in April 1554.

He had 14 children (6 sons and 8 daughters) through his marriage with Elizabeth Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer and Anne Stafford. His heir on his death was his son, Sir Thomas Danby.[1]

Their six sons were: Sir Thomas Danby, Christopher Danby, John Danby, James Danby, Marmaduke Danby, and William Danby. Their eight daughters were: Dorothy Danby, who married Sir John Neville; Mary Danby; Joan Danby, who married Roger Meynell, esquire; Margaret Danby, who married Christopher Hopton, esquire; Anne Danby, who married Sir Walter Calverley; Elizabeth Danby, who married Thomas Wentworth, esquire; Magdalen Danby, who married Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet;[2] and Margery Danby, who married Christopher Mallory, esquire.[3] Anne Danby and Sir Walter Calverley were the grandparents of Walter Calverley (d. 1605), whose murder of his children is dramatised in A Yorkshire Tragedy, attributed on the title page to William Shakespeare.[4] It seems likely that Anne's brother, William Danby, was the William Danby who served as coroner at the inquest into the death of Christopher Marlowe in 1593.

References

  1. 1 2 Kirk, L. M.; Davidson, Alan (1982). "DANBY, Sir Christopher (1503-71), of Farnley, Masham and Thorpe Perrow, Yorks.; St. Paul's Cray, Kent; Kettleby, Lincs. and Neyland, Suff.". In Bindoff, S. T. The House of Commons 1509-1558. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wyvell-marmaduke-1542-1617
  3. ↑ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 12–13; Burke 1866, p. 398.
  4. ↑ Burlinson 2004; Lowe 2004.
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