page_title: Manor of Bicton
section_title: Denys
hierarchical_section_title: Manor of Bicton / Descent of the manor / Denys
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of Denys of Holcombe Burnel &amp; Bicton, Devon: Ermine, three battle-axes gules. These arms may be seen at the Livery Dole Almshouses &amp; Chapel, Heavitree Road, Exeter
context_page_description: The Manor of Bicton is an historic manor in the parish of Bicton in east Devon, England.
context_section_description: Sir Robert Denys (1525–1592), MP, built a mansion house near the site of the present Orangery, now within the Bicton Botanical Gardens. He was the son of Sir Thomas Denys (died 1561), Sheriff Of Devon, Privy Councillor and Chancellor to Anne of Cleves. He received a royal licence to empark, and stocked his new park with deer. He added formal gardens with slopes, terraces and parallelogram ponds. His son Sir Thomas Denys (1559–1613) married Anne Paulet, daughter of William Paulet, 3rd Marquis of Winchester and had two daughters, co-heiresses. The eldest was Anne Denys, who by her marriage to Sir Henry Rolle (died 1616) of Stevenstone, brought Bicton to the Rolle family. The younger daughter Margaret Denys (died 1649) married Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, carver to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I.
caption: Arms of Denys
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