Edmund Pomfrey was born in 1809 in Hingham and was the son of Thomas Pomfrey (1786) and Mary Houchen. He married Mary Ann Jones in Bloomsbury in 1845. In 1851 he was working as a butler in the household of George Birch, a retired surgeon, at the Lodge in Horley. In 1861 he was working as a domestic servant - exact position unclear - in the household of Elizabeth Boyce at The Lodge in Ashill. He had retired by 1871 and was living in Mill Road, Watton, where he was "enjoying an independancy". He died in Hackney in early 1880.

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• 1. 1861 Census. The Lodge, Ashill. Edmund Pomfrey. Serv. Age 51. House Servant. Born Hingham. • 2. 1851 Census. The Lodge, Horley. Edmond Pomfrey. Serv. Age 42. Butler. Born Higham [sic]. • 3. 1871 Census. Mill Road, Watton. Edward [sic] Pomfrey. Head. Age 60. Enjoying an independancy. Born Hingham. • 4. Death Registers. Pomfrey, Edmund. Mar. 1880. 1b. 441. Hackney. Age 70. • 5. Marriage Registers. Mar. 1845. Pomfrey, Edmund & Jones, Mary Ann. Bloomsbury. 1. 57. • 6. Archdeacon Transcripts, 1600-1812, Hingham. Edmund, son of Thomas Pomfrey and his wife, late Houchin. Was born Dec 12th, 1809. Baptised dec. 15th.