John Brunham was a merchant in
Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn),
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, England, five times mayor of the town and member of Parliament.
He was the father of
Margery Kempe
'
Margery Kempe ( – after 1438) was an English Christian mystic, known for writing through dictation ''The Book of Margery Kempe'', a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Her book chronicles Kempe's do ...
, and a kinsman (possibly father) of
Robert Brunham
Robert Brunham was a member of Parliament for Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk, England, in 1402 and 1417.
See also
*Margery Kempe
*John Brunham
John Brunham was a merchant in Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk, England, five t ...
.
References
English merchants
Mayors of King's Lynn
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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