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16th-century English politician

William Faunt
Coat of arms
Argent crusuly fitch a lion rampant Gules
Born1495/1496
Foston, Leicestershire
Died9 September 1559
Spouse(s)Jane Vincent
IssueWilliam Faunt
Anthony Faunt
Arthur Faunt
Vincent Faunt
Dorothy Faunt
Frideswide Faunt
Alice Faunt
Mary Faunt
FatherWilliam Faunt
MotherIsabel Sayer

William Faunt (1495/1496 – 1559), of Foston, Leicestershire, was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicester in October 1553 Leicestershire in 1555. He married Jane Vincent, the daughter of George Vincent of Peckleton.

Ancestry

Ancestors of William Faunt
William Faunt
William Faunt of Wistow
Isabel Maine
John Faunt of Wistow
Sir John Moulton
Joan Moulton
William Faunt
Sir John Clarenaulx
Thomas Clarenaulx
Isabel Richmond
Alice Clarenaulx
Robert Coniers of Stockborn
Alice Coniers
William Faunt of Foston
John Sayer
Isabel Sayer

References

  1. "FAUNT, William (1495/96-1559), of Foston, Leics. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ^ Burton, William (1777). The Description of Leicestershire: Containing Matters of Antiquity, History, Armory and Genealogy (2nd ed.). Leicestershire: W. Whittingham. p. 97.


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