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b. 1596, o.s. of Sir Anthony Hungerford† of Stock, near Great Bedwyn, Wilts. and of Black Bourton, Oxon. and 1st w. Lucy (d. 4 June 1598), da. of Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh Castle, Som. and wid. of Sir John St John (d. 1594) of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.; half-bro. of Sir John St John† (d.1648), Anthony Hungerford*, Henry Hungerford* and Giles Hungerford†; uncle of Edward Hungerford*.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 93, 168-9; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 258-9; R. Colt-Hoare, Hungerfordiana (1823), 29-31, 92. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 3 June 1608, ‘aged 12’, BA 3 June 1611;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 10 May 1613;M. Temple Admiss. i. 100. travelled abroad, aft. 31 Oct. 1615.HMC 15th Rep. X, 165. m. lic. 26 Feb. 1620, Margaret (d. 1673), da. of William Halliday (d. 1624), Mercer and ald. of St Martin Outwich, London, s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Armytage, 85; Wilts. RO, 490/1467; Add. 33412, ff. 78-9; CP; Aldermen of London, i. 131; ii.54. suc. gt. uncle Sir Edward Hungerford†, 1607;PROB11/112/490. fa. 27 June 1627.Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 57-9. KB, 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 23 Oct. 1648.Collinson, Som. iii. 361; Add. 33412, f. 77v.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Wilts. 25 Nov. 1623–10 June 1642;C231/4, f. 158; C231/5, p. 529; C193/13/2, f. 72v; SP16/491, f. 349. Som. 4 Aug. 1646–d.C231/6, p. 54. Dep. lt. Wilts. 1624–43.C231/4, f. 162; Add. 34566, f. 20; Wilts. RO, G23/1/38, ff. 65–6; VCH Wilts. v. 82; A and O. Commr. subsidy, 1624, 1629;C212/22/23; Harl. 34566, f. 132. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 63v. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1630-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/4, ff. 51, 193v; C181/5, ff. 5, 221. Sheriff, Wilts. 1631–2.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 154. Commr. charitable uses, 1632;C93/14/3. militia, 11 July 1642;CJ ii. 664b. raising forces and money, 3 Feb. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Som. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647; sequestration, Wilts. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644.A. and O.

Military: cdr. forces in Wilts. (parlian.) 31 Jan. and 2 Feb. 1643.CJ ii. 950a; 951a.

Central: commr. exclusion from the sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. T. Burman, St Leonard’s Chapel, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Som.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HUNGERFORD, Sir Edward (1596-1648), of Corsham, Wilts.

Will
1 Aug. 1648, pr. 27 Oct. 1648.PROB11/205/498.
Estates
manors in Wilts. Som. and Berks. 1607;PROB11/112/490; C142/306/160; Wilts. RO, 442/2, 490/1540; VCH Wilts. vii. 72; viii. 87; xii. 129; xv. 205, 278; xvi. 23. Pucklechurch, Glos. 1620;Wilts. RO, 490/541. manor of Corsham, Wilts., manor of Stanton St Quinton and land in Cirencester, Glos. 1624;Wilts. RO, 490/696, 490/1468. Great Bedwyn and other lands in Wilts. and London, 1627;Abstracts of Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 57-9; PROB11/152/277; Wilts. RO, 490/1530. Farleigh Hungerford, Som. ?1645; 7 advowsons in Wilts. and Glos.Wilts. RO, 490/1530.
Oxford 1644
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