Martin Bond

Martin Bond (c 1558 - May 1643) was an English soldier, merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1625.

Bond was the son of William Bond, sheriff and alderman of London. In 1588 he was Captain at the camp at Tilbury which was prepared to repel the Spanish Armada, and remained chief captain of the Trained Bands of the City until his death. He was a Merchant Adventurer and a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.^[1]

Bond was Auditor from 1609 to 1611 and became president of the Honourable Artillery Company in 1616. He was treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital from 1620 to his death and auditor again from 1623 to 1625.^[2]

In 1624, Bond was elected Member of Parliament for City of London. He was re-elected MP for the CIty of London in 1625.^[3]

Bond died at the age of 85 and was commemorated by a memorial in the church of St Helen Bishopsgate.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 'St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Monuments within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 52-79. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
2. ^ 'Aldermen in Parliament', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 261-297. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
3. ^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239

External links

• Find a Grave - picture of Memorial

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Towerson Robert Heath Robert Bateman Sir Thomas Lowe	Member of Parliament for City of London 1624-1625 With: Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Robert Bateman	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Sir Robert Bateman Sir Maurice Abbot