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upon his deathbed in 1547. Denny specifically argued to the King on several occasions against the removal of Bishop
Gardiner from the will. Denny was himself the man to tell King Henry of his coming death, advising the old King "to prepare for his final agony". His position gave him both the power to
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control who saw King Henry VIII in his last years (in which he spent much time in the Privy
Chambers), and the power to influence, through his personal relationship with the ageing King. Along with Sir William Paget, the
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He died on 10 September 1549. Denny is buried without surviving stone memorials at St. Mary parish church at
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Swensen, Patricia C. 'Patronage from the Privy
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Henry Denny, Dean of
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on 12 July 1543. In 1544, he joined Henry's military expedition to France. He was
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gave him a brooch. He was made Yeoman of the Robes in
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