HUNGERFORD, Edward (1632-1711), of Farleigh Castle, Som., Corsham, Wilts., and Hungerford House, the Strand, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. 20 Oct. 1632, 1st s. of Anthony Hungerford* of Black Bourton, Oxon. and Rachel (d. 1680), da. of Rice Jones of Asthall, Oxon.; nephew of Sir Edward*, Henry* and Giles†.Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 258-9 educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 14 June 1649.Al. Ox. m. (1) 17 Dec. 1657, Jane (d. 1664), da. and h. of Sir John Hele (d. ?1643) of Maybank, Dorset, and Wembury, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 ); (2) 3 Mar. 1666, Jane (d. 1674), da. of Hugh Culme (1601-44) of Burlescombe, Devon; (3) by 1682, Jane (d. 1703), d. and h. of George Digby of Sandon, Staffs. wid. of Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard (d. 1667) of Gerard’s Bromley, Staffs. 1s.St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, par. reg.; R. Colt-Hoare, Hungerfordiana (1823), 31-2; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 263, 464; CP; HP Commons 1690-1714; Reg. of St Paul, Covent Garden, pt. i (Harl. Soc. reg. ser. xxxiii), 10, 15. suc. fa. 1657. KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165. bur. 8 July 1711.HP Commons 1690-1714.

Offices Held

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. June 1659 – 10 July 1660, 23 Jan. 1665-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 377; C181/7, pp. 313, 636. militia, Wilts. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Som. 12 March 1660.A. and O. Commr. assessment, Wilts. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Som. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Oxon. 26 Jan. 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Devon 1664; Westminster 1679; Staffs., Suss. 1689–?d..A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Oxon., Wilts. Mar. 1660–80; Som. 1661 – 80; Staffs. 1692 – ?1703; Suss. by 1701–?1703. Capt. militia horse, Wilts. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, Oxon., Som., Wilts. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Wilts. c.Aug. 1660–81.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, Som. 19 Dec. 1660, 6 July 1670;C181/7, pp. 26, 556. Mdx. and Westminster 17 Oct. 1667-aft. Oct. 1672;C181/7, pp. 413, 627. loyal and indigent officers, Wilts. 1662; subsidy, Devon, Som., Wilts. 1663;SR. inquiry, Kingswood Chase, Glos. 1671;CTB iii. 911. recusants, Wilts. 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Mercantile: member, cttee. Hudson’s Bay Co. 1674–5.E.E. Rich, Hudson’s Bay Company (Hudson’s Bay Co. Rec. Soc. xxi), 67.

Military: capt. coy. of archers by 1675; col. by 1682.W. Wood, The bow-mans glory, or archery revived (1682), 76.

: of Farleigh Castle, Som., Wilts., Corsham and Hungerford House, Westminster., the Strand.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HUNGERFORD, Edward (1632-1711), of Farleigh Castle, Som., Corsham, Wilts., and Hungerford House, the Strand, Westminster.

Will

not found.

Estates

manors in Wilts. Som. Glos. Oxon. and land in Westminster, by inheritance and in Devon, Staffs. and Suss. by marriage and acquisition, all sold by 1711.Wilts. RO, 9/20/31-2,1461/688; Som. RO, DD/BR/rn/2; LJ xiii. 57a, 59a, 85b, 107b, 120b; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 84; VCH Wilts. vii. 72, 218; viii. 16, 81, 151-3; x. 5, 163; xi. 227; xii. 129; xv. 205, 278; xvi. 23-4 Collinson, Som. iii. 356.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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