Edmund Daundy
Edmund Daundy | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ipswich | |
| In office 1512–1515 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | By 1468 |
| Died | 6 May 1515 (aged 46–47) |
| Children | 3, including Robert |
| Relatives | Thomas Wolsey (nephew) Thomas Gresham (son-in-law) |
Edmund Daundy (by 1468 – 6 May 1515), of Ipswich, Suffolk, was an English politician and Ipswich merchant. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich in 1512 and 1515
Biography
[edit]He is believed to be Thomas Wolsey's uncle, being a brother to his mother Joan.[1] His daughter, Agnes, married William Ferneley, and their daughter Anne married Thomas Gresham.[2] His son, Robert Daundy, was also subsequently MP for Ipswich.
In 1509 he founded a chantry chapel located in St Lawrence Church, Ipswich. This has since become Chantry Park, Ipswich.[3]
He left extensive bequests for the town in his Will dated 2 May 1515.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "DAUNDY, Edmund (by 1468-1515), of Ipswich, Suff. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Webb, John (1962). Great Tooley of Ipswich. Ipswich: Suffolk Records Society.
- ^ "Chantry Park". Historic England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Canning, Richard (1747). An Account of the Gifts and Legacies that Have Been ... Bequeathed to Charitable Uses in the Town of Ipswich ...
- ^ Will of Edmund Daundy, Merchant of Saint Lawrence Ipswich, Suffolk. 23 October 1515.
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