Brief Life History of Richard
Richard Denne was born about 1532, in Lympne, Kent, England. He died before 1552.
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1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Age 17
Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Denn .
French (mainly northern) and Walloon: probably a variant of Dhenne, a patronymic, with fused preposition d(e) ‘of’, from Henne, a pet form of the personal names French Henri, Flemish Hendrik (see Henry 1). Alternatively, perhaps a variant of Daine, the feminine form of Dain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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