John Mundy (mayor)

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'The Mundy coat of Arms. Sir John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London, a native of High-Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, settled in Derbyshire in the reign of Henry VIII.
'The Mundy coat of Arms.[1] Sir John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London, a native of High-Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, settled in Derbyshire in the reign of Henry VIII.[2]

Sir John Mundy was a goldsmith. He purchased the manor of Markeaton in 1516 as well as Mackworth and Allestree which are all now parts of Derby from Lord Audley.[3]. Six years later he became the Lord Mayor of London and was knighted in 1529 (some say 1523).[4]

Mundy's descendants built Markeaton Hall and served as High Sheriff's and Members of parliament for Derbyshire. (e.g. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy)

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  1. ^ Arms: — Per pale, Gules and Sable, on a cross, engrailed, Argent, five lozenges, Purpure; on a chief, Or, three eagles' legs, erased, a-la-quise, Azure
  2. ^ Magna Brittanica, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Volume 5, 1817
  3. ^ derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk
  4. ^ Notes and Queries By William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar. Pub 1850

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The Mundy Arms in Mackworth

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