William Dunch (1508–1597)

William Dunch (1508–1597) was an English politician, a local official in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire and Auditor of the Royal Mint for Kings Henry VIII and Edward IV.

William Dunch pictured on his memorial plaque at St Peter's Church, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire

Political career

William represented Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) as an MP (1563–1571). He was High Sheriff of Berkshire (1570–1571) and also Justice of the Peace for Berkshire (1559–1577).

Personal life

William bought the manor of Little Wittenham in 1552 from Edmund Peckham, and it became the family seat. He married Mary Barnes in 1547.

He was briefly imprisoned for unknown reasons in 1549.

His eldest son, Edmund, was also an MP, for Wallingford and then Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire.[1] His second son, Walter, a lawyer, lived at Avebury Manor in Wiltshire, which William purchased for him in 1551.[2][3] Walter sat for Dunwich, Suffolk; he died in 1594, before his father.[4]

References
  1. "DUNCH, Edmund (c.1551-1623), of Little Wittenham, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). "Parishes: Avebury". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 86–105. Retrieved 30 July 2021 – via British History Online.
  3. "Dressing Mrs Dunch at Avebury Manor". National Trust. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "DUNCH, Walter (c.1552-94), of Gray's Inn and Avebury, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 August 2021.


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