Alexander Denton and his first wife Anne Willison, interior of Hereford cathedral - 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, HR1 2NG
Alexander Denton (1542-8 January 1576) of Hillesden in Buckinghamshire was a landowner and member of the Buckinghamshire gentry. He is best known for his two monuments, one in Hereford Cathedral the other in Hillesden Church. Origins He was the only child and heir of Thomas Denton (1515-1558) of Hillesden, several times a Member of Parliament, by his wife Margaret Mordaunt, a daughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt, of Turvey, Bedfordshire, and widow of Edmund Fettiplace () of Besselsleigh, Berkshire.[1] Marriages - he married twice: Firstly to Anne Willison (1548-1566), who died aged 18, a daughter of Richard Willison () of Sugwas near Hereford, by his wife Anne Elton of Ledbury,[2] whose joint monument with recumbent effigies survives, mutilated, in Madley Church.[3] Arms of Willison: A chevron between three lions rampant, as visible on the Madley Church monument and on the Denton monument in Hereford Cathedral. Secondly he married Mary Martin () a 15-year-old daughter and co-heiress of Sir Roger Martyn, Lord Mayor of London in 1567. Her portrait by George Gower to commemorate her marriage survives in the York Art Gallery.
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Location: 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG
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