Francis Mundy was the elder of two sons of the magistrate and poet
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and his wife Elizabeth Mundy (née Burdett). His younger brother Charles Godfrey Mundy is the direct patrilineal ancestor of the Massingberd-Mundy family, who had formerly held the manor of
South Ormsby. He was the direct descendant and heir of
Sir John Mundy, who had first bought the manors of
Markeaton (the principal seat of the Mundy family),
Allestree and
Mackworth from Lord Audley in 1516. To these was added the manor of
Osbaston, which the Mundys had inherited through a female ancestor- Philippa Mundy (née Wrightson), who was the daughter and heiress of Michael Wrightson of
Osbaston. Though his father and paternal ancestors had held all of these manors, Francis inherited only
Markeaton, as all of the other manors had been sold by his father (
Osbaston in 1766 and
Allestree in 1781 to Thomas Evans). He was a direct descendant of
Edward III via his
Noel ancestors, who could trace their ancestry back to Edward's granddaughter
Philippa, Countess of Ulster. As such, he was also a direct descendant of the
Plantagenet Kings preceding
Edward III, as well as
William the Conqueror, the
Dukes of Normandy and of
Alfred the Great. In 1820 Mundy was appointed
Sheriff of Derbyshire and then became a
Member of Parliament for the
Derbyshire constituency with
Lord George Cavendish from 1822 to 1831. In 1825 Mundy had new streets and properties constructed on the site of
King's Mead Priory on the west side of
Derby. Whilst this work was being undertaken a coffin was discovered containing the bones of a small woman. The priory had been a home for nuns. The damaged stone coffin was not preserved. ==Family==