Family and Education
b. c. 1595, o.s. of Sir Edmund Moundeford of Feltwell, and Frances, da. of Thomas Gawdy, of Claxton, Norf.F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. ii. 191 educ. Wymondham g.s., Norf.; Caius, Camb. 1612. Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 Sept. 1614, Penelope, da. of William Brews of Wenham, Suff., s.p.; (2) by 1632, da. of Sir John Heveningham* of Ketteringham, Suff., s.p. Knyvett Letters ed. B. Scofield (Norf. Rec. Soc. xx), 52-3; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 202, 221; W. Rye, Norf. Fams. 580; PROB 11/192, ff. 360-3. suc. fa. 1617; C142/369/166. Kntd. 9 Sept. 1629. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. d. 5 May 1643. C142/710/33.
Offices Held

Commr. Forced Loan, Norf. 1626; W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 48. capt. militia ft. 1626-at least 1628; Ibid. 32, 78, 130. commr. sewers, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1630, C181/4, f. 21v. Lincs. and Norf. 1630, Ibid. f. 31v. Hunts. and Lincs. 1631, 1635, Ibid. f. 93v; 181/5, f. 10. Lincs. Norf. and Northants. 1641, C181/5, f. 196v. Lincs. Norf. and Hunts. 1641, Ibid. f. 215. swans, Norf. 1632; C181/4, f. 123. j.p. Norf. 1632 – d.; commr. canal inquiry, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1636, PC2/45, p. 435. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1640, C181/5, f. 341. assessment, Norf. 1641–d., SR, v. 153; A. and O. i. 93. disarming recusants 1641; LJ, iv. 385b. dep. lt. Norf. 1642, CJ, ii. 889a. commr. sequestration 1643. A. and O. i. 115.

Providence Is. Co. 1630-at least 1636. CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 123, 166, 175.

Main residence: Dunton's Manor, Feltwell, Norf.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MOUNDEFORD, Edmund (c.1595-1643)

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Oxford 1644
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