William Faunt

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

William Faunt
Coat of arms	Argent crusuly fitch a lion rampant Gules
Born	1495/1496 Foston, Leicestershire
Died	9 September 1559
Spouse(s)	Jane Vincent
Issue William Faunt Anthony Faunt Arthur Faunt Vincent Faunt Dorothy Faunt Frideswide Faunt Alice Faunt Mary Faunt
Father	William Faunt
Mother	Isabel Sayer

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicester in October 1553 Leicestershire in 1555.[1] He married Jane Vincent, the daughter of George Vincent of Peckleton.[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of William Faunt
William Faunt[2] William Faunt of Wistow[2] Isabel Maine[2] John Faunt of Wistow[2] Sir John Moulton[2] Joan Moulton[2] William Faunt[2] Sir John Clarenaulx[2] Thomas Clarenaulx[2] Isabel Richmond[2] Alice Clarenaulx[2] Robert Coniers of Stockborn[2] Alice Coniers[2] William Faunt of Foston John Sayer[2] Isabel Sayer[2]

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.