John Mundy (mayor)

Sir John Mundy (died 1537) was a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and was Lord Mayor of London in 1522.

John Mundy was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the son of Sir John Mundy and Isabel Ripes. In 1515 Mundy served as a Sheriff of London. in 1522 he became Lord Mayor of London. He was knighted by King Henry VIII in 1529 (some say 1523).

In 1516 he purchased from Lord Audley the manors of Markeaton, Mackworth and Allestree, all now part of the City of Derby.

He built a Tudor House and his descendants replaced the old manor house with a new mansion in about 1750 Markeaton Hall.

Mundy married twice, firstly to a lady named Margaret, whose surname is unknown. His second marriage was to Juliana Browne (died 1537), the daughter of his mayoral predecessor, Sir Sir William Browne (died 1514), and the granddaughter of two mayors, Sir John Browne and Sir Edmund Shaa. By Juliana, Mundy had five sons and four daughters.

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