Background
Sir Francis Hynde was the son of Sir John Hynde, Member of Parliament He married Jane, daughter of Edmund Verney ("of "Penley" in Buckinghamshire").
Sir Francis Hynde was the son of Sir John Hynde, Member of Parliament He married Jane, daughter of Edmund Verney ("of "Penley" in Buckinghamshire").
Their elder son and heir, William Hynde, was also an Member of Parliament He was a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in 1559, 1572 and 1589. Sir Francis continued the construction of Madingley Hall commenced by his father, in c. 1588-1591 adding a wing in which he made use of materials from the demolition of the church of Street Etheldreda at Histon.
A supposed haunting of Madingley Hall has been imagined to represent the figure of Sir Francis"s mother, Lady Ursula Hynde, wringing her hands in grief over this action.