Person:Walter Hungerford (1)
Walter Hungerford
b.22 Jun 1378 Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England
d.9 Aug 1449 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1376
  1. Walter Hungerford
  2. Grace de Hungerford
  3. John Hungerford
  4. Thomas Hungerford
  5. Robert (Rhodolph) Hungerford
  6. Ralph Hungerford
  7. Rholdolph Hungerford
  8. Robert Hungerford
  9. Thomsa Hungerford
  10. Peter Hungerford
Spouse and Children
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m. bef 18 Sep 1402
  1. Thomas Hungerford
  2. Elizabeth Hungerford
  3. Walter Hungerford
  4. Sir Edmund Hungerford
  5. Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford
  6. Joan Hungerford
  7. John Hungerford
  8. Margaret (Mary) Hungerford
  9. William Hungerford
  10. John Hungerford
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 MAY 1439
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Facts and Events
Name Walter Hungerford
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Jun 1378 Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England
Marriage bef 18 Sep 1402 Cornwall, EnglandPenhale?
to Katherine Peverell
Marriage 8 MAY 1439 Beverstone, Gouscestershire, Englandto Eleanor Berkeley
Adoption? adopted parents: Thomas Hungerford and Joan Hussey (1)
Death? 9 Aug 1449 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Burial? Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Reference Number? Q7965192?


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Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378 – 9 August 1449) was an English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 a Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.

He won renown in the Hundred Years' War, fighting in many engagements, including the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was an English envoy at the Council of Constance in 1415. In 1417 he was made admiral of the fleet. On the death of Henry V he was an executor of Henry's will and a member of Protector Gloucester's council. He attended the conference at Arras in 1435, and was a Member of the House of Lords sitting as Baron Hungerford from January 1436 until his death in 1449. From 1426 to 1432, he served as Lord High Treasurer. Hungerford's tenure as Treasurer occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the beginning of the Great Slump in England.

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References
  1.   Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Sir Walter Hungerford, 1st Lord Hungerford, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   Sir Walter Hungerford, in Find A Grave.
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