Sir John Mundy

Born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Mundy became a goldsmith and member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, a guild established for the goldsmith trade which eventually expended to silversmiths and jewelers. He was also the owner of the manors of Markeaton, Mackworth and Allestree that he bought from Lord Audley. In 1515 he was elected a Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London in 1522. Mundy was knighted in 1529 by the King Henry VIII.