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Family and Education
b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Kentsford, Som. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Coningsby;Collinson, Som. iii. 492; H.A. Wyndham, A Fam. Hist. 1410-1688: The Wyndhams of Norf. and Som. (Oxford, 1939), pedigree. bro. of Francis Wyndham*. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1618, 16 Apr. 1619, ?MA 1643;R.B. Gardiner, Regs. of Wadham Coll. Oxf. (1889-95), 48, 156; Al. Ox. L. Inn 15 June 1620.LI Admiss. i. 185. m. (1) 19 Aug. 1623 (with £1,500), Christabella (d. 1658), da. of Hugh Pyne† of Cathanger, Som. and coh. to her bro. Arthur Pyne, 6s (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.);C142/568/120; Collinson, Som. iii. 492; CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 378. (2) lic. 23 Nov. 1669, Elizabeth, wid. of Francis Savage, s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1487. suc. fa. 1635;St Decumans par. reg. Kntd. 1667. d. 2 Mar. 1681.N. Luttrell, Brief Historical Relation (Oxford, 1857), i. 69; St Decumans par. reg.
Offices Held

Military: vol. Low Countries ?-bef. 1623.Collinson, Som. iii. 492; Keeler, Long Parl. 395. Col. of horse, ft. and dragoons (roy.), 1642–5.SP29/26/132, f. 213; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 199. Gov. Bridgwater June 1643-July 1645.Clarendon, Hist. iii. 79; Bellum Civile, 48.

Central: searcher of soap, 1631–7.Wyndham, Fam. Hist. 179; CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 283, 296, 411, 450. Jt. clerk of errors, k.b. and exch. 1632–41, 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 184; Wyndham, Fam. Hist. 176–7. Resident (roy.), Boulogne by 1651–6.HMC Bath, ii. 97; CCSP ii. 259; TSP v. 309. Recvr. prizes (roy.), Channel ports 1652-aft. 1654.CCSP ii. 154, 364; HMC Bath, ii. 101–2.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 1632 – 46, 1660–7.N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber (1829), 169. Commr. accts. 1668. Kt. marshal, 1667–d.Sainty and Bucholz, Royal Household, ii. 43, 165.

Local: commr. depopulation, Lincs. 1632, 1635, 1636;SP16/229/112, f. 210; C181/5, ff. 1, 22; Coventry Docquets, 57. Leics., Northants. 1632;SP16/229/112, f. 210. Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Hunts., Notts., Oxon., Warws. 1636;C181/5, ff. 1, 43, 57v. Kent 1637;C181/5, f. 86v. hard soap, western cos. 1637;C181/5, f. 92. array (roy.), Som. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Sheriff, 1642–3.Clarendon, Hist. iii. 79. J.p. 1643 – 46, by Oct. 1660–d.;QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx; C220/9/4, f. 73v. Mdx., Westminster, Surr. 1667–d.‘Edmund Wyndham’, HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. rebels’ estates (roy.), Som. 10 July, 1 Sept. 1643; contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643; oyer and terminer (roy.), 6 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 55, 70, 75, 81. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668.C181/7, p. 456. Dep. lt. Som. July 1660–d.‘Edmund Wyndham’, HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, 19 Dec. 1660, 6 July 1670;C181/7, pp. 26, 556. assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; the Household 1671; Mdx., Westminster 1672, 1677; Surr. 1672; loyal and indigent officers, Som. 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR; ‘Edmund Wyndham’, HP Commons 1660–1690. Sub-commr. for prizes, London 1665–6.HMC 6th Rep. 338. Commr. recusants, Som. 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Mercantile: commr. Mines Royal, Flint 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 569. wine cask licences, 1637–8;Coventry Docquets, 48; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 564–5; 1637–8, p. 375. amortized lands, 1639.Coventry Docquets, 49; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 624.

Parlimentarian
WYNDHAM, Edmund (1601-1682), of Kentsford and Cathanger, Som.; later of St. Margaret’s, Westminster
: of Kentsford, St Decumans and Som., Cathanger and St Margaret’s, Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1635.Som. County Council.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WYNDHAM, Edmund (c.1600-81), of Kentsford, St Decumans, and Cathanger, Som. and St Margaret’s, Westminster.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited Kentsford, St Decumans, Som.; he and Sir Edward Savage† leased 12,000 acres in the Isle of Ely from the king for £14,300 p.a. 1638;Coventry Docquets, 358. claimed to have lost £73,500 supporting the king during the civil war.Wyndham, Fam. Hist. 230-1.
Oxford 1644
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