Edward Bridgeman (MP)
Edward Bridgeman (born after 1588 – 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1629. Believed to have been born after 1588, Bridgeman was the fourth son of Thomas Bridgeman of Greenway, Devon and grandson of Edward Bridgeman. Bridgeman moved to Wigan, Lancashire, when his older brother John, later Bishop of Chester, became Rector of the parish in 1616. He was a law student, listed as a member of Gray's Inn in 1624, and became a Justice of the Peace (JP) for the county of Lancaster in 1628, although he was a poor attender at quarter sessions and there was an attempt to remove him from the bench in 1638 after a serious brawl. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan.