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

Family and Education

b. by 1496, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg by his 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. 1543.H. A. Wyndham, A Fam. Hist. 1410-1688: the Wyndhams of Norf. and Som. passim; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxvi), 324.

Offices Held

Commr. subsidy, Norf. 1523, tenths of spiritualities 1535, benevolence 1544/5, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, to enforce Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity 1559, eccles. commr. 1569; servant, household of Cardinal Wolsey by 1525; j.p. Norf. 1532 – 58, q. from 1559; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1537 – 38, 1545 – 46, 1549 – 50; dep. lt. Norf. 1559, jt. ld. lt. (with Sir Christopher Heydon, in the absence of the Duke of Norfolk) 1560. LP Hen. VIII, iii(2), p. 1366; v. 78; Wyndham, 107; Add. 5752, ff. 254–5; A. H. Smith thesis, 415; CPR, 1550–3, p. 396; 1553, pp. 356, 416; 1563–6, p. 25; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 329.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Felbrigg, Norf.

Author

M.R.P.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

WYNDHAM, Sir Edmund (by 1496-1569)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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