525395Denise ___
Key Facts
Snapshot:lived in 14th-century England
Parents:unknown
Born:unknown
Died:after 13 October 1381
probably either Cranbrook or Hawkhurst, Kent, England
Buried:unknown

Note: I'd like to extend special thanks to researcher Jared Nathan for sharing his work pertaining to 525395Denise, especially for providing a translation of her son-in-law's will.

525395Denise ___ is mentioned in the will of her son-in-law 262696Stephen Bettenham. (Specifically, the will mentions Helewys primam uxorem meam ["Helewys my first wife"], then Willelmi Bakere patris ipsius Helewys ["William Baker father of the same Helewys"], and lastly Dionisie quondam uxoris predicti Willelmi Bakere ["Denise the former wife of the aforesaid William Baker"].)1

As you can see, 262696Stephen's will also shows that 525395Denise married 525394William Baker.1

A land record shows that 525395Denise was still living on 13 October 1381, that 525394William had passed away by that time, and that 525395Denise presumably had remarried (since her surname is recorded as Hertle/Herthe). I haven't seen the original record, but two abstracts are below:2,3

Sun next after feast of St Denis the martyr 5 Richard II Grant [= 13 October 1381]

From: William de Herdynden' of Hawkhurst

To: Denis Herthe, late wife of William Bakere of Cranbrook 3 pieces of land and wood in Hawkhurst (brands given). Witness list.2

5 Richard II [= 1381]: Grant from Wm. Herdynden of Hawkhurst to Dyonisia Hertle formerly wife of Wm. Baker of Cranbrook, of land in Hawkhurst in Denn of Herdiole and Hokeregge.3

Sources Cited:

1: E. F. Jacob, ed., and H. C. Johnson, The Register of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury: 1414-1443, Volume II (University Press, Oxford, 1937), pages 33-36. This a transcription of the will of Stephen Bettenham, which is in Latin. I privately obtained an English translation. I have been unable to find the original record that Jacob and Johnson transcribed.

2: Kent History and Library Centre archive reference P178/28/11 (Hawkhurst Parish Records / Final Miscellaneous), a land record dated from William de Herdynden' of Hawkhurst to Denis Herthre, late wife of William Bakere of Cranbrook.

3: C. Eveleigh Woodruff, An Inventory of the Parish Registers and Other Records in the Diocese of Canterbury with an Introduction and Appendix (Gibbs & Sons, Canterbury, 1922), page 221. The source of the original record is described a few lines up on the same page.