Richard Bunny (died 1584)

He has removed from this office on the discovery of his record of embezzlement and forgery (charges which he always denied), and went into exile, using the pretext that as a staunch Protestant he had incurred the disfavour of Queen Mary.

Like most landowners of the time, he was extremely litigious, even over such minor matters as a neighbour's right to erect a pew in the parish church.

He died on 30 April 1584 in Bolton Percy, the home of his son Edmund, to whom he left only personal property, the lands passing to the younger Richard.

He explained in his will that he had decided not to leave Edmund any land, not because of any ill-feeling between them but because of the burden which would be placed on him, due to his own mismanagement of the estates.

At the same time, he maintained his innocence of the charges of corruption brought against him thirty years earlier, arising from his service as Treasurer of Berwick.