Edward Pauncefort d.1726
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John PAUNCEFORT or PAUNCEFORD d.1726
Biographical Note
Son of Tracy Pauncefort of Lincolnshire and Anne Billingsley. Born after 1652. MP for Malmesbury from 1698, alongside which he held a number of other offices including paymaster general of the army in Ireland; yeoman of the jewel office; comptroller of excise and receiver general.
Books
Pauncefort's library was sold at auction alongside his household furniture from his home in Pall Mall, London on 7 February 1727. The auction was advertised in the Daily Journal.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Will of Edward Paunceforte or Pauncefort of Saint James, Middlesex, The National Archives PROB 11/610/176.
- Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.