Sir Francis Bodenham (c. 1582 – 1645) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1626. Bodenham was the son of Sir William Bodenham, of

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. He matriculated at

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in April 1601. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 4 February 1603. In 1615, he was

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. He was knighted in 1616. In 1626, he was elected

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for

. He married, firstly, Penelope Wingfield (d. 1625), a daughter of Sir Edward Wingfield (d. 1603) of

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and Mary Harington. He married, secondly, Theodosia Hastings, daughter of

Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560 – 17 December 1595) was the son of George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Dorothy Port. He married Sarah Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney. They had five children: * Catherine, ...

and

Sarah Harington Sarah Harington (1565–1629) was an English courtier. Sarah or Sara Harington was a daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton and Lucy Sidney, the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent. Sarah and her sisters were literary patrons and ...

.Simon Healy, 'BODENHAM, Sir Francis (c.1582-1645), of Ryhall, Rutland', ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629'', ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodenham, Francis 1580s births 1645 deaths English MPs 1626 Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn High Sheriffs of Rutland