He was one of the wealthiest merchants in early 16th-century Ipswich, being described by his son after his death as "a man of lands and possessions to the yearly value of six-score marks and above and also of great substance in plate, money, leases, farms and other goods, chattels and debts to the value of £1,000 and above".
It's unclear exactly when Daundy was born but, as he paid for a bell to be cast in his local church in 1480, it's likely his birth was between 1450 and 1460.
In 1509 he founded a chantry chapel located in St Lawrence Church, Ipswich.
It’s believed Daundy paid for and supported his nephew’s education at Ipswich and later at Oxford University.
Apart from the bell in St. Lawrence’s church, Daundy also donated the Tudor Market Cross in 1510.