Edward Wardour Explained

Sir Edward Wardour (died 14 March 1645/6) was an English officeholder and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625.

Wardour was a native a Malmesbury and held the office of Clerk of the Pells.^[1] He was knighted by the King at Whitehall on 20 July 1618.^[2] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Malmesbury. He was re-elected MP for Malmesbury in 1624 and 1625.^[3] Wardour died in 1646 and was buried at All Saints Church, Oxford.^[4]

Wardour married Jane Bowdler, who died on 20 January 1652 and was buried by him.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sRH4GZF19PsC&pg=PA53 Robert E. Ruigh The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy
2. https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n177/mode/2up Knights of England
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=5V09AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Browne+Willis%22 Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239
4. https://archive.org/stream/surveyanitiquit01woodgoog#page/n166/mode/2up Anthony Wood Survey of the Antiquities of Oxford