Alice Walwyn (1452-1518)

Born: 1452 at Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire

Parents: William Walwyn and Elizabeth

Married: 1470 to Thomas Baynham and before 1503 to Sir Walter Denys

Died: 1518 at Mitcheldean

Alice was born, at Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire in 1452. She was the daughter and sole heiress of William Walwyn and Elizabeth.

Alice married Thomas Baynham at …………………. Church in ……………….. in 1470, when she was 18 and he was 48.

They had six children: Isabel in 1471; Elizabeth in 1474; Anne in 1475; Jane in 1476; Christopher in c.1478; Agnes (Susanna) in 1482.

Alice died at Mitcheldean on 22nd October 1518, aged 66.

Alice Walwyn
Alice Walwyn - from a brass in St Michael's Church, Mitcheldean

Alice was the daughter and sole heiress of William Walwyn, whose father (also William Walwyn) had inherited the manor house at Clearwell when he married Johanna, Robert Grendour’s sister. Robert had built the original manor house, but had no male heir.

After Thomas’ death, Alice married Sir Walter Denys of Alveston, Gloucestershire. He too was Sheriff of Gloucestershire, in 1481 and 1492; he died in 1505.

 She survived him too and, as ‘Alice Denys —[ Thomas] — Baynam, esq., co. Glouc., widow‘, was included in a royal pardon by King Henry VIII on his accession in 1509.

1509 - Pardon to Alice Denys

Alice died in October 1518 and was buried in  …………………

Alice left a will …………….. 

Her will was proved on 4th February 1519

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