- Source: Richard Mompesson
Sir Richard Mompesson (died 1627) was a member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Devizes in 1593.
His father was William Mompesson of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire. From c. 1574 he was esquire of the royal stables. Mompesson married three times, first c. 1587 to Mary, widow of Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley.
Mompessom was knighted in 1603 for minor services to James I but received no further advancement. He retired first to West Harnham, Salisbury, and then to that city's Cathedral Close, where he largely rebuilt the house later known as Arundells. (Elsewhere in the Close a descendant, Sir Thomas Mompesson, built Mompesson House, completed in the early 18th century.)
His splendid monument with effigies survives in Salisbury Cathedral.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Garden Museum
- Richard Mompesson
- Mompesson
- William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
- Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley
- Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
- Arundells
- List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1593
- Robert Drew (politician)
- John Kent (died 1630)
- List of vice-admirals of Northumberland
