Richard Mompesson
Sir Richard Mompesson was a Member of the Parliament of England for Devizes in 1593.
His father was William Mompesson of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire. From c. 1574 he was esquire of the royal stables. Mompesson married three times, first c. 1587 to Mary, widow of Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley.
Mompessom was knighted in 1603 for minor services to James I but received no further advancement. He retired first to West Harnham, Salisbury and then to that city's Cathedral Close, where he largely rebuilt the house later known as Arundells.
His splendid monument with effigies survives in Salisbury Cathedral.
