Background
On the death of his father in 1595 he inherited lands at Colliers Row, Havering atte Bower, Essex and property in Red Lion Gate, London.
On the death of his father in 1595 he inherited lands at Colliers Row, Havering atte Bower, Essex and property in Red Lion Gate, London.
Abdy served as an alderman of the City of London and was Sheriff of London, 1630-1631. He was appointed as a director of the East India Company in 1617 and as its deputy governor in 1639. He lived in Lime Street, London, in the house where William Dockwra’s Penny Post was established in 1680.
He was buried in Street Mary Abchurch, London.
He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers and served as its Master in 1632.