Born about in Godolphin, Cornwall, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Godolphin MP
and Blanche (Langdon) Godolphin
Sister of
Grace (Godolphin) Sydenham
Wife of
Robert Dennis MP
— married
12 Oct 1555 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Dennis, Phillippa (Dennis) Drake, Arthur Dennis, Margaret Dennis, Elizabeth Dennis, Jane Dennis, Mary Dennis and James Dennis
Died after
after about age 55
in Holcombe Burnell, Devon, England
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Biography
Margaret was the daughter of William Godolphin[1] [2][3] and his wife Blanche Langdon.[4] She was her father's main heir, as apparently her only sibling, sister Grace, predeceased him.[2]
- Birth 1544 Godolphin, Cornwall, England
- Death AFT 13 NOV 1592 Holcombe-Burnel, Devonshire, England
Marriage
- Husband: Robert Dennis
Children:
- Thomas, eldest son and heir, who married Anne Paulet, daughter of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester, but died without male children leaving two daughters and co-heiresses:[2]
- Anne Denys, heiress of Bicton, who married Sir Henry Rolle (died 1616) of Stevenstone in Devon, an ancestor of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (died 1842) and Barons Clinton, the latter of whom restored Livery Dole after the World War II bomb damage. The manors of Bicton, Littleham, Exmouth and East Budleigh passed thereupon to the Rolle family, with whose descendant Baron Clinton, much remains today in 2015, held by Clinton Devon Estates.
- Margaret Denys (died 1632), heiress of Holcombe Burnell. In 1613 she married Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, who was Carver to Prince Henry, the eldest son of King James I.[8] He sold Holcombe Burnell.
- Arthur[2]
- James[2]
- Elizabeth m. (1) John Stewer (2) Sir Thomas Acton and (3) Gilbert Blackaller[2]
- Margaret[2]
- Jane m. Sir ... Fowks[2]
- Phillipa (died 1655) m. William Drake (died 1625) of Wiscomb[2]
- Mary who died without issue[2]
- Margaret Dennis[2]
Margaret, wife of Sir Robert Dennis, was noted in the will of her mother in law, Elizabeth Dennys, the will made on 26 May 1561 and proved on 02 Aug 1561.[5]
Research Notes
Margaret Godolphin and her husband Robert Dennis have previously been shown as having other children for whom there is no good evidence:
- Mary Margaret, said to be wife of Christopher Lamberton
- Marjory
- Margaret (Dennis) Comstock
Sources
- ↑ The Visitations of the County of Cornwall. College of Arms, John Lambrick Vivian, ed. 1887, p. 80. Visitation of Cornwall
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 J L Vivian. The visitations of the county of Devon: Comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, Exeter: For the author, by H. S. Eland, 1895, Dennis of Holcombe Burnell pedigree, p. 280, Hathi Trust
- ↑ History of Parliament Online, entry for 'DENYS, Robert (by 1530-92), of Holcombe Burnel and Bicton, Devon'
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Godolphin, Sir William (b. in or before 1518, d. 1570)', print and online 2004, revised online 2008, available online via some libraries
- ↑ Will of Elizabeth Dennys, Widow. 02 August 1561. PROB 11/44/284. National Archives.
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I have detached her from the incorrect parents, also the incorrect spouse and daughter, who might or might not have existed in the 14th century but who have the same names as the correct spouse and daughter of the 16th century.
As Godolphin-70 is now quite unconnected, it would be best to merge her with Godolphin-12, which is where the information on her profile comes from. The dates and all data of the profile of Godolphin-12 should be retained.
edited by Lois (Hacker) Tilton
I can't find any evidence that Robert Dennys existed, either, or Edmund, and all these profiles are unsourced.
I have proposed merging this profile into that of Margaret Godolphin-12.
edited by Lois (Hacker) Tilton
Since there are no sources for Walter at all so far, and thus no sources for his marriage to Margaret, but the Visitations says she was married to Robert Dennis, I have removed the marriage relationship between Margaret and Walter. If someone wants to restore it, with sources, take a look back through the Changes.
See the second page of it
It says that the Margaret Godolphin who married Robert Dennis was the daughter of William Godolphin, not of Thomas
edited by Shirlea Smith
edited by Michael Cayley