Edmund Daundy

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

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]

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


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