WYNDHAM, Edmund (by 1496-1569), of Felbrigg, Norf.

Family and Education

b. by 1496, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg by 1st w. Eleanor, da. of Richard Scrope of Upsall, Yorks. m. by Oct. 1521, Susan, da. of Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham, Norf., 3s. inc. Francis 3da. 1da. illegit. suc. fa. 29 Apr. 1522. Kntd. Feb./ May 1543.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/38/16. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 324; H. A. Wyndham, A Fam. Hist. 1410-1688; the Wyndhams of Norf. and Som. 28-44; PCC 3 Bodfelde; LP Hen. VIII, xx.

Offices Held

Commr. subsidy, Norf. 1523, tenths of spiritualities 1535, benevolence 1544/45, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, to enforce Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity 1559, eccles. causes 1569; servant, household of Cardinal Wolsey by 1525; j.p. Norf. 1532 – 54, q. 1558/59; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1537 – 38, 1545 – 46, 1549 – 50; dep. lt. Norf. 1559, jt. (with Sir Christopher Heydon) ld. lt. 1560. LP Hen. VIII, iii, v, xv, xx; CPR, 1550–3, p. 396; 1553, pp. 356, 416; 1563–6, p. 25; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 329; E179/69/9–10; Norwich chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1551–67, f. 176.

Parlimentarian

WYNDHAM, Edmund (by 1496-1569), of Felbrigg, Norf.

Main residence: Felbrigg, Norf.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion