Robert Daundy (by 1500–1558), of

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, Suffolk, was an

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businessman and politician. He was closely associated with another Ipswich businessman,

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Biography

Robert was the second son of

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 and believed to be Thomas Wolsey's uncle, being a brother to his mother ...

(1468 – 1515) and his wife Joan nee Rede of

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. Joan was a niece of

and daughter of Margaret Tooley who had married William Rede. He was a wealthy merchant of Ipswich, who was elected as chamberlain for the town against his will in 1521. Among the actions he took under this post, he was associated with the building of a new college for Ipswich, and for importing miscellaneous goods, including

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and

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. In late 1537, Daundy became involved in a dispute with the abbot of

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over the seizure by the abbot's men of wines belonging, rightfully, to him.

Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charge ...

intervened to the end that the cargo was restored to its "virtuous and rightful owner", Daundy. He was elected as a

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(MP) for

in 1539.

References

15th-century births 1558 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Ipswich English MPs 1539–1540 {{16thC-England-MP-stub