William Danvers
William Danvers SL JP (1428 – 19 April 1504) was a British judge.
He was the son of John Danvers and his second wife Joan, and half-brother of Robert Danvers, another notable judge.
He became a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire in 1456, and served again for Berkshire in 1463.[1] He represented Taunton in Parliament in 1467 and 1472, and with him in that Parliament was his brother Thomas, who sat for Downton. William was also member for Hindon in 1478.[1] He became a Serjeant-at-Law in 1485 and was made a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas on 5 February 1488.
On the death of his brother Thomas, William Danvers inherited the manors of Adderbury, Colthorpe, and the family property in Banbury, Bourton, Cropredy, Milton, and elsewhere.[2]
He died on 19 April 1504; prior to this, he had lived at Chamberhouse Castle in Thatcham, and as a result was buried in St Mary's Church. He had married Anne Pury in 1470 and they were the grandparents of Edmund Docwra MP.
References
- ^ a b "Royal Berkshire History: Sir William Danvers (1428-1504)". Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ Memorials of the Danvers family (of Dauntsey and Culworth) by F.N. Macnamara
- Foss, Edward (1870). A Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of England (1066 - 1870). Spottiswoode and Company. p. 213.