MOUNDEFORD, Sir Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. 1595, o.s. of Sir Edmund Moundeford of Hockwold, Norf. and Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Gawdy, of Claxton, Norf.J. Venn, Biographical Hist. of Gonville and Caius (Cambridge, 1897-1998), i. 215; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxiii.), 201; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 193. educ. Wymondham g.s. Norf.; Caius, Camb. 1612.Venn, Biographical Hist. i. 215; Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 Sept. 1614, Penelope, da. of William Brews of Wenham, Suff., s.p.;Blomefield, Norf. ii. 193. (2) by 1632, da. of Sir John Heveningham† of Ketteringham, Norf., s.p.Autobiography of Sir John Bramston (Cam. Soc. ser. 1, xxxii.), 7; Keeler, Long Parl. 282. suc. fa. 1617;C142/369/166. Kntd. 9 Dec. 1629.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. d. 5 May 1643.C142/710/33.

Offices Held

Local: capt. militia ft. Norf. 1626-aft. 1628.Rye, State Pprs. 32, 78, 130. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7.Rye, State Pprs. 48; C193/12/2, f. 42. Commr. sewers, 1628, 1629;C181/3, f. 250v; C181/4, f. 21v. Deeping and Gt. Level 1629–d.;C181/4, ff. 31v, 94; C181/5, ff. 10, 215. J.p. Norf. by 1632–d.Rye, State Pprs. 180. Commr. swans, 1632;C181/4, f. 123. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1636, 1637;C205/14/10; C205/14/16. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 24 June 1639–d.;C181/5, ff. 142v, 218. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Dep. lt. Mar. 1642–d.PJ ii. 54. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 1 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 251b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

: of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MOUNDEFORD, Sir Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

Will

18 Apr. 1643, pr. 10 Feb. 1645.PROB11/192/364.

Estates

owned lands at Feltwell, Hockwold, Wilton and Methwold, Norf.;C142/710/33. granted lease of the manor of Stockton, Norf. by the Crown, 1641;A. and O, ii. 190. endowed Sir Edmund Moundeford’s charity, Feltwell, 1642.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 199.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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