Family and Education
b. ?May 1534, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Unton of Chequers, Bucks. and Wadley by 2nd w. Cecily, da. of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley, Bucks.; bro. of Henry. educ. I. Temple, adm. 3 Feb. 1551. m. 29 Apr. 1555, Anne, da. of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, wid. of John Dudley, and Earl of Warwick (d. 21 Oct. 1554), 5s. inc. Edward and Henry 2da. suc. fa. 17 Dec. 1547. KB 15 Jan. 1559.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., Wards 7/4/21, 29, 42. J. G. Nichols, Unton Inventories, pp. xxx-xxxii, xxxv-ix, xlv-ix; DNB (Unton, Sir Henry); Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 222.
Offices Held
Keeper, Malvern chase, Worcs. and Cornbury park, Oxon.; commr. musters, Berks. 1560, 1569, muster of horses, Oxon. 1565, 1580; j.p. Berks., Oxon. 1561 – d.; sheriff, Berks. 1567–8.
Main residences: Wadley, Berks. and Langley, Oxon and London.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
UNTON (UMPTON), Edward (1534-82)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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