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HUNGERFORD, See also:
WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)
WALTER HUNGERFORD, See also:
BARON
BARON (1835-1895)
BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)
BARON (d. 1449) , See also:

ENGLISH

English soldier, belonged to a See also:

WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire See also:

FAMILY

family. His See also:

FATHER

father, See also:

Sir See also:

Thomas Hungerford (d. 1398), was See also:

SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons in 1377, a position which he owed to his friend See also:

John of Gaunt, and is the first See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person formally mentioned in the rolls of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as holding the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office. Walter Hungerford also served as speaker, but he is more celebrated as a See also:

WARRIOR

warrior and diplomatist, serving in the former capacity at See also:

AGINCOURT (AZINCOURT)

Agincourt and in the latter at the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

Constance and the See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

ARRAS

Arras. An executor of See also:

Henry V.'s will and a member of the council under Henry VI., Hungerford became a baron in 1426, and he was See also:

lord treasurer from 1426 to 1431. Remains of his benefactions still exist at Heytesbury, See also:

long the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the family. Hungerford's son See also:

Robert (c. 1400–1459) was also called to parliament as a baron; he was very wealthy, both his See also:

MOTHER

mother and his wife being heiresses. Like several other members of the family, Robert was buried in the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral at See also:

Salisbury. Robert's son and See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, Robert, Lord Moleyns and Hungerford (c. 1420-1464), married Eleanor, daughter of Sir See also:

William de Moleyns, and was called to parliament as Lord de Moleyns in 1445.

He is chiefly remembered through his dispute with John Paston over the See also:

possession of the See also:

Norfolk See also:

MANOR

manor of See also:

Gresham. After losing this See also:

case he was taken prisoner in See also:

France in 1452, not securing his See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release until 1459. During the See also:

WARS

Wars of the See also:

ROSES, WARS OF THE

Roses he fought for Henry VI., with whom he fled to See also:

Scotland; then he was attainted, was taken prisoner at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

HEXHAM

Hexham, and was executed at See also:

Newcastle in May 1464. His eldest son, Sir Thomas Hungerford (d. 1469), was attainted and executed for attempting the restoration of Henry VI.; a younger son, Sir Walter Hungerford (d. 1516), who fought for Henry VII. at See also:

BOSWORTH, JOSEPH (1789–1876)

Bosworth, received some of the estates forfeited by his ancestors. Sir Thomas, who had no sons, See also:

LEFT

left an only daughter See also:

Mary (d. c. 1534). When the attainders of her father and grandfather were reversed in 1485 this See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady became Baroness Hungerford and Baroness de Moleyns; she married into the See also:

Hastings family and was the mother of See also:

George Hastings, 1st See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

Huntingdon. Sir Walter Hungerford's son See also:

EDWARD

Edward (d. 1522) was the father of Walter, Lord Hungerford of Heytesbury (1503–1540), who was created a baron in 1536, but was attainted for his alleged sympathy with the See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

Pilgrimage of See also:

Grace; he was beheaded on the 28th of See also:

JULY

July 1540, the same See also:

day as his See also:

PATRON

patron Thomas See also:

Cromwell. As his sons Sir Walter (1532–1596) and Sir Edward (d.

1607) both died without sons the estates passed to another See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the family. Sir Edward Hungerford (1596–1648), who inherited the estates of his kinsman Sir Edward in' 1607, was the son of Sir See also:

Anthony (1564–1627) and a descendant of Walter, Lord Hungerford. He was a member of both the See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short and Long Parliaments in 164o; during the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War he attached himself to the See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary party, fighting at See also:

Lansdowne and at Roundway Down. His See also:

HALF

half-See also:

BROTHER

brother Anthony (d. 1657) was also a member of both the Short and the Long Parliaments, but was on the royalist See also:

side during the war. This Anthony's son and heir was Sir Edward Hungerford (1632–1711), the founder of Hungerford See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market at Charing See also:

CROSS

Cross, See also:

LONDON

London. He was a member of parliament for over See also:

FORTY

forty years, but was very extravagant and was obliged to sell much of his See also:

PROPERTY

property; and little is known of the family after his See also:

DEATH

death. See Sir R. C. See also:

HOARE, SIR RICHARD COLT, BART

Hoare, See also:

HISTORY

History of See also:

MODERN

Modern Wiltshire (1822–1844).

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