# Christopher Danby

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16th-century English politician

**Sir Christopher Danby** [MP](/source/Member_of_parliament) [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_peace) (1503 – 14 June 1571), of [Farnley](/source/Farnley_Hall%2C_West_Yorkshire), [Masham](/source/Masham), and [Thorp Perrow](/source/Thorp_Perrow), Yorkshire, of [St. Paul's Cray](/source/St_Paul's_Cray), Kent, and of [Kettleby](/source/Kettleby%2C_Lincolnshire), Lincolnshire, and of [Nayland](/source/Nayland), Suffolk, was an English politician.[1]

## Life

He was born to Sir Christopher Danby and Margaret ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Scrope), daughter and coheiress of [Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham](/source/Thomas_Scrope%2C_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](/source/Anne_Boleyn) (second wife of [King Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII_of_England)).[1]

He served as [High Sheriff of Yorkshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Yorkshire) in 1545, and was a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) (M.P.) for [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in April 1554.[1]

He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of [Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer](/source/Richard_Neville%2C_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.[1]

Their six sons were

- Sir Thomas Danby (c.1530-1590) married Mary Neville in line with a 1534 contract.[2]

- Christopher Danby,

- John Danby,

- James Danby,

- Marmaduke Danby, and

- William Danby, who was possibly the [William Danby](/source/William_Danby_(coroner)) who served as coroner at the inquest into the death of [Christopher Marlowe](/source/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](/source/Walter_Calverley) (d. 1605), whose murder of his children is dramatised in *[A Yorkshire Tragedy](/source/A_Yorkshire_Tragedy)*, attributed on the title page to [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare);[3]

- Elizabeth Danby, who married Thomas Wentworth, esquire;

- Magdalen Danby, who married [Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Marmaduke_Wyvill%2C_1st_Baronet);[4] and

- Margery Danby, who married Christopher Mallory, esquire.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hop_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hop_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hop_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-hop_1-3) Kirk, L. M.; Davidson, Alan (1982). ["DANBY, Sir Christopher (1503-71), of Farnley, Masham and Thorpe Perrow, Yorks.; St. Paul's Cray, Kent; Kettleby, Lincs. and Neyland, Suff."](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/danby-sir-christopher-1503-71). In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). *The House of Commons 1509–1558*. [The History of Parliament Trust](/source/The_History_of_Parliament). Retrieved 6 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dorb_2-0)** Cliffe, J. T. (23 September 2004). ["Danby family (per. 1493–1667), gentry"](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-71867). *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/71867](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F71867). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-861412-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861412-8). (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Burlinson 2004](#CITEREFBurlinson2004); [Lowe 2004](#CITEREFLowe2004)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["WYVELL, Marmaduke (c.1542-1617), of Constable Burton, nr. Richmond, Yorks. - History of Parliament Online"](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wyvell-marmaduke-1542-1617). *historyofparliamentonline.org*. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Richardson IV 2011](#CITEREFRichardson_IV2011), pp. 12–13; [Burke 1866](#CITEREFBurke1866), p. 398

## Bibliography

- Burke, Bernard (1866). [*A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1DEGAAAAQAAJ&q=%22sir+thomas+teye%22&pg=PA398). London: Harrison. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

- Burlinson, Christopher (2004). ["Calverley, William (d. 1572)"](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39774). *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/39774](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F39774). Retrieved 12 December 2012. (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.) (subscription required)

- Lowe, J. Andreas (2004). ["Calverley, Walter (d. 1605)"](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4411). *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/4411](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F4411). Retrieved 12 December 2012. (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.) (subscription required)

- Richardson, Douglas (2011). *Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham*. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

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