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He was the younger son of Sir Edmund Oldhall and Alice, daughter of Geoffrey de Fransham.
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Edmund Oldhall
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He was a brother of the leading Yorkist statesman Sir William Oldhall. The Oldhalls were substantial landowners in Norfolk, holding the manors of East Dereham, Bodney and Narford. Edmund entered the Carmelite order and became Bishop of Meath in 1450.
Edmund acted as deputy until 1454.
He died on 9 August 1459 at his official residence Ardbraccan and was buried in Saint Mary"s Church nearby. An impressive monument was erected to his memory.
lieutenant was destroyed in the nineteenth century.
