Edmund Moundeford

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Sir Edmund Moundeford (1596 – May 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1643.

Moundeford was the son of Sir Edmund Moundeford of

Puritan colony in the Caribbean.[4]

In April 1640, Moundeford was elected MP for

almshouses at Feltwell.[5]

Moundeford died without issue and was buried at Feltwell on 11 May 1643. He left much of his estate to his half-sister Elizabeth.

Moundeford had four half-sisters through his father's second marriage to Abigail Knyvett, of whom Elizabeth, married firstly

Diary of Samuel Pepys as "Madam Williams", the mistress of his colleague William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. She married John Williams or Cromwell, a cousin of Oliver Cromwell
.

References

  1. ^ "Moundeford, Edmund (MNDT611E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ^ Knights of England
  4. ^ James Truslow Adams The Founding of New England
  5. ^ a b Feltwell Sir Edmunf Moundeford
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Thetford
1628–1629
With: Sir Henry Vane
Parliament suspended until 1640
Vacant
Member of Parliament for Norfolk
1640–1643
With: Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet 1640
Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet
1640–1643
Succeeded by