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'''Sir Christopher Danby''' [[Member of parliament|MP]] [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (1503 – 14 June 1571), of [[Farnley Hall, West Yorkshire|Farnley]], [[Masham]], and [[Thorp Perrow]], Yorkshire, of [[St Paul's Cray|St. Paul's Cray]], Kent, and of [[Kettleby, Lincolnshire|Kettleby]], Lincolnshire, and of [[Nayland]], Suffolk, was an English politician.<ref name="hop">{{HistoryofParliament|1509|first1=L. M. |last1=Kirk |first2=Alan |last2=Davidson |title=DANBY, Sir Christopher (1503-71), of Farnley, Masham and Thorpe Perrow, Yorks.; St. Paul's Cray, Kent; Kettleby, Lincs. and Neyland, Suff.|accessdate=6 January 2023|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/danby-sir-christopher-1503-71}}</ref>
==Life== He was born to Sir Christopher Danby and Margaret ({{nee}} Scrope), daughter and coheiress of [[Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham]]. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1518, and on the death of his mother, inherited the manor of Masham. He was knighted in 1533 at the coronation of Queen [[Anne Boleyn]] (second wife of [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]).<ref name="hop" />
He served as [[High Sheriff of Yorkshire]] in 1545, and was a [[Member of Parliament]] (M.P.) for [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]] in April 1554.<ref name="hop" />
He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of [[Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer]], and Anne Stafford. They had fourteen children (six sons and eight daughters). His heir on his death was his son, Sir Thomas Danby.<ref name="hop" />
Their six sons were * Sir Thomas Danby (c.1530-1590) married Mary Neville in line with a 1534 contract.<ref name=dorb>{{Cite ODNB |last=Cliffe |first=J. T. |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-71867 |title=Danby family (per. 1493–1667), gentry |date=2004-09-23 |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/71867|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref> * Christopher Danby, * John Danby, * James Danby, * Marmaduke Danby, and * William Danby, who was possibly the [[William Danby (coroner)|William Danby]] who served as coroner at the inquest into the death of [[Christopher Marlowe]] in 1593.
Their eight daughters were * Dorothy Danby, who married Sir John Neville; * Mary Danby; who married Sir Edmund Mauleverer * Joan Danby, who married Roger Meynell, esquire; * Margaret Danby, who married Christopher Hopton, esquire; * Anne Danby, who married Sir Walter Calverley, and was the grandmother of [[Walter Calverley]] (d. 1605), whose murder of his children is dramatised in ''[[A Yorkshire Tragedy]]'', attributed on the title page to [[William Shakespeare]];<ref>{{Harvnb|Burlinson|2004}}; {{Harvnb|Lowe|2004}}</ref> * Elizabeth Danby, who married Thomas Wentworth, esquire; * Magdalen Danby, who married [[Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wyvell-marmaduke-1542-1617|title=WYVELL, Marmaduke (c.1542-1617), of Constable Burton, nr. Richmond, Yorks. - History of Parliament Online|website=historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=6 January 2023}}</ref> and * Margery Danby, who married Christopher Mallory, esquire.<ref>{{Harvnb|Richardson IV|2011|pp=12–13}}; {{Harvnb|Burke|1866|p=398}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== *{{Cite book |title = A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire |last = Burke |first = Bernard |location = London |publisher = Harrison |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1DEGAAAAQAAJ&q=%22sir+thomas+teye%22&pg=PA398 |access-date=13 December 2012 |year = 1866 }} *{{Cite ODNB |title = Calverley, William (d. 1572) |last = Burlinson |first = Christopher |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39774 |access-date=12 December 2012 |year = 2004 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/39774 }} {{subscription required |date=December 2012}} *{{Cite ODNB |title = Calverley, Walter (d. 1605) |last = Lowe |first = J. Andreas |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4411 |access-date=12 December 2012 |year = 2004 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/4411 }} {{subscription required |date=December 2012}} *{{Cite book |title = Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham |last = Richardson |first = Douglas |location = Salt Lake City |year = 2011 |edition = 2nd |volume = IV |ref = {{sfnref|Richardson IV|2011}} }}
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