Edward Bridgeman (born after 1588 – 1646) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1625 and 1629. Believed to have been born after 1588, Bridgeman was the fourth son of Thomas Bridgeman of Greenway,

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History of Parliament Online article. and grandson of

Edward Bridgeman Edward Bridgeman was Sheriff of Exeter, Devon, in 1563. He is the ancestor of the Bridgeman baronets, the Earls of Bradford and the Viscounts Bridgeman. He had at least two sons, Thomas and Michael. His daughter Anastryce Bridgeman (c. 1540–15 ...

. Bridgeman moved to

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, when his older brother

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, later

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, became Rector of the parish in 1616. He was a law student, listed as a member of

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in 1624, and became a Justice of the Peace (JP) for the county of Lancaster in 1628, although he was a poor attender at quarter sessions and there was an attempt to remove him from the bench in 1638 after a serious brawl. In 1625, he was elected

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for

. He was elected MP for

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in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wigan again and sat until 1629 when

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decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
/ref> Bridgeman was twice married. His married firstly, on 30 June 1627, Elenor, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke of Little Sankey,

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, but the marriage was childless and she died in 1638. He remarried to Anne, daughter of Sir Hugh Chamberlaine of

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; with her he had one daughter and also acquired a house at Sankey Bridge,

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. Bridgeman supported the Royalist cause at the outbreak of the

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, as result of which his house was captured by

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troops in 1643 and he was fined £100 as a Royalist 'delinquent'. He died a prisoner of parliament while being escorted to London in 1646. He left his widow, who remarried and lived until 1685, and his only daughter who married Sir John Edgeworth. Bridgeman was uncle of

Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, SL (30 January 1606 – 25 June 1674) was an English common law jurist, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. L ...

who was ancestor of the

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