Edmund Daundy Explained

Edmund Daundy
Office1:	Member of Parliament for Ipswich
Term Start1:	1512
Term End1:	1515
Birth Date:	By
Death Date:	6 May
Relatives:	Thomas Wolsey (nephew) Thomas Gresham (son-in-law)
Children:	3, including Robert

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

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: DAUNDY, Edmund (by 1468-1515), of Ipswich, Suff. - History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
2. Book: Webb . John . Great Tooley of Ipswich . 1962 . Suffolk Records Society . Ipswich.
3. Web site: Chantry Park. Historic England. 27 January 2019.
4. Book: Canning, Richard . An Account of the Gifts and Legacies that Have Been ... Bequeathed to Charitable Uses in the Town of Ipswich ... . 1747 . en.
5. Book: Will of Edmund Daundy, Merchant of Saint Lawrence Ipswich, Suffolk . 23 October 1515.