 Sir Edward was MP for Bridgnorth twice, first one from April 1640 to May 1640, the second one between November 1640 and 5 February 1644 during the Long and Short Parliaments and also sat in King Charles I's Parliament at Oxford.He died June 1659 and was buried on 29 June 1659.He married Sarah Mytton, sister of the parliamentarian general Thomas Mytton, and they had the following children