Hungerford, Sir Walter^{[1, 2, 3]}

1378 - 1449  (71 years)

• Name	Hungerford, Walter
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	22 Jun 1378	Farleigh-Hungerford, Somersetshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E87D44E21F72854EAE7CA8AF3A771D7AB87F
  Died	9 Aug 1449	Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Enlgand
  Person ID	I7414	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Hungerford, Thomas,   b. 1330, Farleigh-Hungerford, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 3 Dec 1397, Farleigh Castle, Somersetshire, England  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Hussey, Joan,   b. 1349, Holbroke, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 21 Mar 1411, Farleigh-Hungerford, Somersetshire, England  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1376
  Family ID	F3034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peverell, Katherine,   b. 1380, Park, Hamatethy, Penhale, Cornwall, England ,   d. 14 Jun 1426, Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Enlgand  (Age 46 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  Married	Bef 18 Sep 1402	Penhale, Cornwall, England
  _UID	8949BC8DC79FE7409B858EBC5899DBC9A7DC
  Children	+ 1. Hungerford, Elizabeth,   b. 1400, Hungerford, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1476  (Age 76 years)   2. Hungerford, Sir Robert,   b. Abt 1409, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 18 May 1493, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F2974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1 NOTE Sir Walter Hungerford, KG(1421), 1st Lord (Baron) Hungerford, socreated by writ 7 Jan 1425/6; born c22 June 1378; knighted 1399,MP: Wilts 1400, 1404, 1407, 1413 and 1414 and Somerset 1409,Speaker of House of Commons 1414, Sheriff of Wilts 1406 andSomerset and Dorset 1414; envoy to the Holy Roman EmperorSigismund 1414 and subsequently Sigismund's Master of theHousehold when the latter visited England 1416; served inHundred Years War, allegedly won a duel against Charles VI ofFrance before Calais 1401, fought at Agincourt 1415 (the spoilsarising from which he allegedly used to restore Farleigh Castle,though he may also have raised the money from ransoming theeight distinguished Frenchmen he took prisoner after theAgincourt Campaign), commanded naval force which in 1416relieved Harfleur (captured by Henry V the previous year in thecampaign that culminated in Agincourt) from a French blockade,envoy to negotiate with Archbishop of Cologne 1417 and presentat successful Siege of Rouen by Henry V 1418; Steward of theHousehold to Henry's V and VI, Constable of Windsor Castle 1417,Member of Council of Regency 1422, Lord High Treasurer1426-1432; married 1st by 18 Sep 1402 Katherine (died on orafter 14 June 1426), younger daughter and coheir of ThomasPeverell, of Cornwall; married 2nd by 8 May 1439 Eleanor (died 1Aug 1455), daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, Glos,and widow of (a) 13th/6th Earl of Arundel and (b) Sir RichardPoynings, and died without having had further issue 9 Aug 1449.[Burke's Peerage] 1 NOTE Sir Walter Hungerford, KG(1421), 1st Lord (Baron) Hungerford, socreated by writ 7 Jan 1425/6; born c22 June 1378; knighted 1399,MP: Wilts 1400, 1404, 1407, 1413 and 1414 and Somerset 1409,Speaker of House of Commons 1414, Sheriff of Wilts 1406 andSomerset and Dorset 1414; envoy to the Holy Roman EmperorSigismund 1414 and subsequently Sigismund's Master of theHousehold when the latter visited England 1416; served inHundred Years War, allegedly won a duel against Charles VI ofFrance before Calais 1401, fought at Agincourt 1415 (the spoilsarising from which he allegedly used to restore Farleigh Castle,though he may also have raised the money from ransoming theeight distinguished Frenchmen he took prisoner after theAgincourt Campaign), commanded naval force which in 1416relieved Harfleur (captured by Henry V the previous year in thecampaign that culminated in Agincourt) from a French blockade,envoy to negotiate with Archbishop of Cologne 1417 and presentat successful Siege of Rouen by Henry V 1418; Steward of theHousehold to Henry's V and VI, Constable of Windsor Castle 1417,Member of Council of Regency 1422, Lord High Treasurer1426-1432; married 1st by 18 Sep 1402 Katherine (died on orafter 14 June 1426), younger daughter and coheir of ThomasPeverell, of Cornwall; married 2nd by 8 May 1439 Eleanor (died 1Aug 1455), daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, Glos,and widow of (a) 13th/6th Earl of Arundel and (b) Sir RichardPoynings, and died without having had further issue 9 Aug 1449.[Burke's Peerage]

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] GEDCOM File : GED Catherine Courtenay.ged, 6 Feb 2003. [S144] GEDCOM File : GED George Rogers Anc.ged, 6 Feb 2003. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative.