Martha Denny

Martha Denny
Born1505 (1505)
Died9 January 1572 (aged 66–67)
SpouseWymond Carew
Children16 or 19, including Thomas and Matthew
FatherEdmund Denny
RelativesSir Anthony Denny (brother)
Richard Carew (grandson)
George Carew (grandson)

Martha Denny (1505 – 9 January 1572) was an English Catholic recusant, sent to prison in 1562 for having attended mass. Her husband was Sir Wymond Carew, by whom she had either 16 or 19 children, including lawyer Sir Matthew Carew.[1]

  1. ^ Kathy Lynn Emerson, A Who's Who of Tudor Women, sourced from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography under Carew, (née Denny) Martha. Retrieved 17 February 2010.