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BURNELL 437 his body. In 1659 he is said (probably incorrectly) to have been one of the Committee of Safety. He m., before 1 639, Bridget, only da. and h. of Sir Anthony Hungerford, of Down Ampney, co. Gloucester (who d. 1637), by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Lucy. The fortune of this lady was above £60,000, and she was h. gen. and lineal descendant of Edmund Hungerford, and Margaret (Burnell) his wife, granddaughter and coh. of Hugh, Lord Burnell, and was consequently h. to a moiety of that Barony, which accounts for her husband's creation by that title. He was bur. 4 Aug. 1678, at Little Wittenham afsd., aged 76. n. 1678. 2. Hungerford Dunch, who never assumed the style of a Baron, s. and h., b. 1639; M.P. (Whig) for Cricklade 1660 (being also elected for Wallingford), and 1679 till his death. He was put down among the "Knights of the Royal Oak" intended to have been cr. in 1660, his estate being estimated (though his father was alive) at ;^2,ooo a year. He d. in London, 9, and was bur. 13 Nov. 1680, at Little Wittenham, aged 41. His widow (whose name and parentage are unknown) was bur. there 26 Mar. 1684. in. 1680 3. Edmund Dunch, who, likewise, never assumed the style of a Baron, s. and h., b. 24 Dec. 1657, in Little Jermyn Str., Westm. He joined heartily in the 1 719. Revolution which deposed James II ; M.P. (Whig) for Cricklade, 1705-13; for Boroughbridge, 1 7 1 3- 1 5, and for Wallingford, 171 5 till his death. Master of the Household to Queen Anne 6 Oct. 1708-ioand to George 1,9 Oct. 1714 till his death. He, being a Whig, was also a member of the well-known "Kit Cat Club." He m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Colonel Charles Godfrey, Master of the Jewel Office, by Arabella, sister of John, Duke of Marlborough, da. of Sir Winston Churchill. He d. s.p.m., 31 May 17 19, and was bur. at Little Wittenham afsd., aged 61, when the heirs male of the body() of the patentee became extinct. Bulstrode Whitelocke appears to have gone no further than the signature, 21 Aug. 1658, to the Bill for the patent. A record has been printed of the attendances of the Members of the other House. Its existence was but brief, v'i%. from 20 Jan. to 4 Feb. 1658, and from Jan. to Apr. 1659. ^o"" ^ ^'^^ °f ^he members of this Assembly see vol. iv, Appendix G. (^) Of his four daughters and coheirs (i) Catherine d. young and unm.; (2) Arabella m. Edward Thompson, of Marsden, co. York, and was bur. 18 Oct. 1734, at Little Wittenham, as was Arabella, her only child, on 28 Feb. following; (3) Elizabeth, the ist da. inherited Little Wittenham and m., in 1729, Sir George Oxenden, Bart, and had issue; (4) Harriet, the 2nd da., m., 3 Apr. 1735, Robert (Montagu), Duke of Manchester, and d. 25 Feb. 1755, leaving issue. The descen- dants of these two last mentioned ladies represent the moiety of the Barony of Burnell vested in Bridget Hungerford, wife of Edmund Dunch, cr. Baron Burnell of East Wittenham as abr ve.