Thomas Denton (died 1558)

Not to be confused with the MP Thomas Denton (died 1633).

Monument with effigies of Thomas Denton and his wife in All Saints' Church, Hillesden
Arms of Denton of Hillesden: Argent, two bars gules in chief three cinquefoils of the second

Thomas Denton (before 1515 – 3 October 1558[1]) was an English lawyer and politician, a Member of Parliament from 1536 until his death in 1558. He was elected, consecutively, by six parliamentary constituencies: Wallingford (1536), Oxford (1539), Berkshire (1547), Banbury (April 1554), Buckinghamshire (November 1554) and Oxfordshire (1558).[2] Denton and Henry Stafford sponsored the creation of the parliamentary constituency in Banbury (1554).[2] Denton's "electoral mobility" was, most likely, influenced by his speculation in land.[2]

  1. ^ Bindoff, p. 31.
  2. ^ a b c Bindoff, p. 30.