GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
3651
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3894)
Name
Penelope Dynham
Title
Lady
Gender
Female
Lived
b. d. ca. 1672-12-11 (old)
Manuscripts
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Psalms 119:71
(autograph: Yes )
- dedicatee
Source of Data (Contributor name)
'Parishes: Boarstall', in A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4, ed. by William Page (London, 1927) (see link below); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources Consulted
'Parishes: Boarstall', in A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4, ed. by William Page (London, 1927) (see link below)
Other note
Penelope Dynham was the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Wenman, first Viscount Wenman (1572/3-1640) and his first wife, Agnes (d. 1617). Penelope Wenman married John Dynham (c. 1586-1634). The poet William Basse (c. 1583-1653?) was connected with the Wenman household in Oxfordshire, and wrote a poem, 'To the Honorable, vertuous, and Renowned Lady The Lady Penelope Dynham'. Her will was proved on 11 December 1672 (TNA PROB 11/340/483).
Attached URL
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D751681 TNA, PROB 11/340/483.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp9-14 'Parishes: Boarstall', in A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4, ed. by William Page (London, 1927)
GEMMS record created
July 4, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024