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The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
but now the Right Honourable the Earle of Hertford having
signified unto him his Lords disposition to stand for mee I am
persuaded hee will proceed noe farther therein yet I know not his
mind 182
Sir Edward Bayntun did stand in the election however, he also wrote to Edward Gore
(in December 1620) asking him to be present at the election at Wilton “on St
Stephens day next” 183 . All three men eventually served in the Parliament 184 , it is not
known whom Edward supported.
Edward and Elizabeth had three sons and eight daughters. The baptism dates for the
children are mainly recorded in the Grittleton parish records but some were baptized
182 Letter from Sir Henry Poole of Okesey Park co Wilts to Edward Gore of Surrenden in
WANHS WT241 (ibid)
183 Gore, T (1666) Syntagma Genealogicum or A genealogical treatise of the family of the
Gores of Aldrington or Alderton p209 Jackson (Jackson, Rev JE Mss ibid) stated that
Bayntun asked Edward to call at Bromham on his way to the election but the letter is very
clear, he asks Edward to support him at Wilton the following month.
184 Manley, Canon FH (1935) A list of the representatives in Parliament from 1295 – 1832 for
the County and Borroughs of Wiltshire as given in the Parliamentary return of 1872 WAM
XLVII no CLXIII p216 records that Sir Francis Seyomour and Sir Edward Baynton were
elected to represent the County and Sir Henry Poole was returned for Malmesbury
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