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Family and Education
b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Henry Ludlowe* of Maiden Bradley and Elizabeth (d. 1660), da. of Richard Phelips of Whitchurch, Dorset.Ludlow, Mems. i. app. i. educ. Blandford, Dorset;P. Fisher, ‘Ode’ to Ludlowe, Veni, vidi, vici the triumph of the most excellent and illustrious Oliver Cromwell (1652). Trinity, Oxf. 10 Sept. 1634, ‘aged 17’; BA 14 Nov. 1636;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 13 June 1638-summer 1642.I. Temple database; Ludlow, Mems. i. 39. m. ?1649, Elizabeth (d. 8 Feb. 1702), da. of William Thomas of Wenvoe, Glam. d.s.p. Ludlow, Mems. i. pp. xvii, liv, app. i. suc. fa. bef. 1 Nov. 1643.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvi. 173. d. Nov. 1692.Ludlow, Voyce, p. vii; MI, St Martin, Vevey, Switzerland.
Offices Held

Military: trooper (parlian.), lifeguard of 3rd earl of Essex, 1642. Capt. of horse, regt. of Sir Edward Hungerford*, 10 Apr. 1643 – 5 Apr. 1644; capt. of ft. 3 May 1643–3 Apr. 1644.CJ vi. 508b. Gov. Wardour Castle 3 May 1643–2 Mar. 1644.CJ vi. 509. Capt. and maj. regt. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige*, army of Sir William Waller*, 10 May-22 July 1644; col. 30 July 1644–2 Apr. 1645.CJ vi. 508b. Col. militia horse, Wilts. 10 Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506. Lt.-gen. of horse, army in Ireland, 2 July 1650;CJ vi. 435a ; Eg. 1048, f. 192. c.-in-c. 9, 18 July 1659;CJ vii. 710b, 722b. col. of ft. 9 June, 18 July 1659.CJ vii. 677b, 722b.

Local: sheriff, Wilts. by 6 July 1644-Oct. 1645.Mercurius Aulicus no. 27 (30 June-6 July 1644), 1070 (E.2.30); Ludlow, Mems. i. 459–61; CJ iv. 323b, 324a. Commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;LJ vi. 637. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, ? 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 9 May 1646–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 45; C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/5, f. 115v. Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 148; C193/13/3, f. 42; C193/13/4, f. 61v. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, ff. 9, 308, 377.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 3 June 1646;CJ iv. 563a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Cllr. of state, 17 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 141a. 12 Feb. 1650;CJ vi. 363a. 19 May 1659.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 349. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649;CJ vi. 318a. for Ireland, 2 July 1650,CJ vi. 435a. 24 Aug. 1652;CJ vii. 167a, 167b. 7 July 1659.CJ vii. 707a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650;CJ vi. 469b. cttee. for the army, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Member, cttee. of safety, 7 May, 26 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 646a. Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659;CJ vii. 651a. for governing army, 12 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 796a.

Parlimentarian
LUDLOW, Edmund (c.1617-92), of South Court, Maiden Bradley, Wilts.
: Wilts.
Likenesses

Likenesses: plumbago on vellum, R. White, 1689;Yale Center for British Art. line engraving, ?R. White, 1698.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LUDLOWE, Edmund II (c.1617-92), of Maiden Bradley, Wilts.

Will
attainted, 1660.E178/6519.
Estates
manor of Maiden Bradley at d. of father, aft. Nov. 1643; lease of Maiden Bradley rectory ‘worth £100’.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 343. Purchases of former dean and chapter lands: palace of bishop of Salisbury and 6 acres, for £899 2s; manor of Potterne, for £43 17s 4d; manor and advowson of (East) Knoyle, for £4668 12s 7d; manor of Tregoss and Pennon, Glam. for £290 15s 8d.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 44; LPL MS 1162/7, ff. 215v-17. Grant of forfeited estate at Monkstown, Co. Cork, Ireland.Ludlow, Mems. i. 381, 543-4.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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