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b. 22 June 1378, o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Hungerford by his 2nd w. m. (1) between Oct. 1396 and May 1399, Katherine, yr. da. and coh. of Thomas Peverell of Parke and Hamatethy, Cornw. by Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas of Courtenay Woodhuish, Devon, 4s. inc. Sir Edmund, 2da; (2) by May 1439, Eleanor (d. 1 Aug. 1455), da. of Sir John Berkeley I of Beverstone, Glos. by his 2nd w., wid. of John Arundel, Lord Mautravers (de jure earl of Arundel), and of Sir Richard Poynings. Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399; KG 3 May 1421; cr. Baron Hungerford Jan. 1426.
Offices Held

Constable of Marlborough castle 2 Nov. 1399–1403, Windsor castle 1 Nov. 1417–21 July 1438.

Commr. of array, Wilts. Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, Som., Wilts. Jan. 1436; oyer and terminer, appeal against judgement in the ct. of admiralty Apr. 1403, Wales June 1413, Devon Nov. 1413, Feb. 1427, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent, Surr. Oct. 1441; inquiry, Glos. July 1403 (theft), Marlborough Feb. 1407 (offences against the assize of wine), south-western counties July 1424 (royal revenues), Dorset Sept. 1444 (complaint of tenants at Gillingham); to raise royal loans, Som. June 1410, Dorset, Som. Wilts. Apr. 1421, July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Wilts. Feb. 1434, Som., Wilts. Feb. 1436, Wilts. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Wilts., Bristol Mar., Aug. 1442, Dorset, Som. June 1446; repair Windsor castle Jan. 1423; survey river Lee in Essex, Mdx., Herts. Feb. 1427, May 1428, Feb. 1429; seize Flemish ships illegally captured, Dartmouth May 1430; distribute Henry V’s legacy to his household servants Oct. 1432, Apr. 1433; administer oaths against maintenance, Wilts. May 1434; take the muster of the duke of Gloucester’s army, Sandwich July 1435; collect a subsidy, Wilts. Feb. 1441.

J.p. Wilts. 16 May 1401 – Jan. 1406, May 1408 – Feb. 1410, Feb. 1412 – July 1424, July 1432 – d., Som. Nov. 1408 – July 1424, Dec. 1430 – d., Norf. Dec. 1414 – Feb. 1415, Notts. July 1424–9; as duchy of Lancaster chief steward, ex officio j.p. 18 southern counties Mar. 1416 – May 1437, Berks., Devon, Oxon. May 1437 – d.

Sheriff, Wilts. 22 Nov. 1405 – 5 Nov. 1406, Dorset and Som. 6 Nov. 1413–14.

Chamberlain, household of Princess Philippa 21 July-26 Oct. 1406.

Chief steward, duchy of Lancaster south of Trent 5 Apr. 1413–12 May 1437.

Speaker 1414 (Apr.).

Ambassador to treat with Emperor Sigismund 23 July – 20 Sept. 1414, envoy to the Council of Constance 27 Oct. 1414 – May 1415, France Oct. 1417, Oct. 1418, Burgundy Dec. 1418, France Jan., Mar., May 1419, Burgundy Nov. 1419, Council of Basel c. Apr. 1433, Congress of Arras July – Sept. 1435, France and Burgundy May-Oct. 1439.

Member of the King’s Council c. Feb. 1417 – Aug. 1422, the Council of Regency Nov. 1422–37, Henry VI’s council Nov. 1437 – d.

Steward of the King’s household by 21 July 1417 – 29 Sept. 1421, 24 Apr. 1424–16 Mar. 1426.Bull. IHR, xxxi. 88.

Capt. Cherbourg 11 Aug. 1418-aft. 1431, Chateau Gaillard by May 1422.

Chamberlain, duchy of Lancaster 12 Feb. 1425-Feb. 1444.

Treasurer of the Exchequer 16 Mar. 1426 – 26 Feb. 1432.

Trier of parliamentary petitions 1432, 1433, 1442.

Parlimentarian
HUNGERFORD, Sir Walter (1378-1449), of Farleigh Hungerford, Som. and Heytesbury, Wilts.
Main residences: Farleigh Hungerford, Som.; Heytesbury, Wilts.
Notes

Except where otherwise noted, all information in this biography is derived from J.S. Roskell, ‘Three Wilts. Speakers’, Wilts. Arch. Mag. lvi. 301-41; J. L. Kirby, ‘The Hungerfords’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1939); and CP, vi. 613-21.

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HUNGERFORD, Sir Walter (1378-1449)

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