DEVAUX, WILLIAM, third son of Thomas Devaux, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, apothecary, and Magdalen ---; brother of Sir Theodore Devaux MD FRS; bapt. 6 Dec 1629; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1, Westminster Student; ordered by the Dean and Chapter of Ch. Ch. in 1650 to be “publicly whipped in the House and afterwards sent home to his father for twelve months” for “divers gross and scandalous acts” (Thompson, Christ Church, 75) : BA 1652; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1651; Secretary to Col. John Reynolds on his expedition to Mardike; drowned near the Goodwin Sands on his passage back from Mardike 12 Dec 1657.

DETHICKE, GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Henry Dethicke, Kt, Poplar, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Best, Ratcliff, Middlesex; grandson of Sir William Dethicke, Kt, Garter King of Arms; bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 21 Jun 1621 (IGI); adm.; KS 1638; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 5 Jul 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student; adm. Gray’s Inn 28 Jun 1641, called to bar 12 May 1648; d. unm. Oct 1649.

DETHICKE, GERARD, only son of George Dethicke, Covent Garden, London, tailor, and Mary, sister of Robert Griffith; b.; adm.; KS; in school lists 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 18) 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666.

DESBOROW, PHILIP, son of Charles Desborow, Greenwich, Kent, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Greenwich, Kent 29 Aug 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Sep 1724; Min. Can. 1727; KS 1728; Capt. of the School 1732; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1733; BA 1737; MA 1740; ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1740; d. 29 Jun 1741 (will proved 2 Jul 1741, as of Tufton Street, Westminster).

DERHAM, ROGER, second son of Baldwin Derham, West Dereham, Norfolk, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of John Heath, Kepyer, co. Durham; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1588, adm. scholar 1589, matr. Lent 1588/9; BA 1592/3; MA 1596; BD 1608; DD 1615; Fellow of Peterhouse 1597, Bursar 1613-4; ordained deacon and priest 20 Feb 1602; Rector of Statham [check], Leics.; Vicar of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 1604-17; Rector of Great Casterton, Rutland 13 May 1618-21; Rector of Great Stukeley, Hunts., 1618; Rector of Braunstone, Leics., 1621; buried St Andrew Undershaft, London 7 Mar 1637/8.

DENTON, THOMAS, second son of Jeremiah Denton, Kirby Moorside, Yorks., and Dorothy Burton; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1693; left 1697.

DENT, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Dent (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1702; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, aged 16, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; BA 1708/9; MA 1712 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1712); Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1711, Major Fellow (and occasional tutor) from 19 Jul 1712; d. 26 Jan 1714.

DENT, ROBERT, son of William Dent, Guisborough, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1670; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 May 1672, matr. 1672; adm. Middle Temple 13 Jul 1674.

DENT, CHARLES, son of Rev. Thomas Dent DD, Lawford Hall, Essex, Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of Fiskerton, Lincs., and Alice Ayloffe, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; b.; adm.; KS 1701; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1704, aged 16, scholar 2 May 1705; BA 1707/8; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1704/5, called to bar 30 May 1712; a Commissioner of Salt Duties from 16 Dec 1714; m. 10 Apr 1716 Mary Southele, St. Michael Bassishaw, London; d. 31 Dec 1718.

DENNY, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Denny, Rector of East Harling, Norfolk, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 19, scholar 24 May 1691; BA 1693/4; MA 1697; Chaplain, Trin. Coll. 1700-4; ordained priest (Peterborough) 24 Feb 1710/1; m. Margaret, dau. of Richard Legh, Lyme, Cheshire; buried Thurlton, Norfolk 27 Sep 1725.