Question

What was the occupation of the father of the man who acted as counsel for Edmund Hampden in the Five Knights' case?

Answer 1

The father's occupation was a farmer

Edmund Hampden counsel was called John Selden. His father had a small farm at Salvington, in the parish of West Tarring It is noted that his skill as a violin-player was what attracted his wife, Margaret, who was from a better family, being the only child of Thomas Baker of Rustington and descended from a knightly family of Kent.