Sir Walter de Hungerford, KG, Lord Hungerford

1378 - 1449  (71 years)

• Name	Walter de Hungerford
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	22 Jun 1378  [2, 5]
  Land/House	1399 (Age 21)  [1]
  In consideration of his eminent services obtained, upon the accession of King Henry IV in 1399, a grant of £100 per annum to be received out of the lands of Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk.
  Military	Abt 1402 (Age 24)  [1]
  He was engaged in the wars in France about 1402. For his expenses in those wars, and especially at Calais, were he acquired great honor by encountering a knight of France, he received a further grant of 100 marks per annum payable out of the town and castle of Marlborough in Wiltshire.
  Offices Held	1405 (Age 27)  [1, 2, 8]
  In 1405 he was made the Sheriff of Wiltshire.
  Land/House	Abt 1412 (Age 34)  [2]
  In the 13th year of the reign of Henry IV [about 1412], upon the death of his mother, he had livery of the manors of Heytesbury and Teafount-Ewyas, in Wiltshire; and Farle-Mountfort in Somersetshire.
  Offices Held	1414 (Age 36)  [5]
  He was speaker of the House of Commons in 1414.
  Offices Held	Oct 1414 (Age 36)  [2]
  He was one of the ambassadors nominated to treat for a league with the Emperor Sigismund and was present at the Council of Constance in October 1414.
  Military	25 Oct 1415 (Age 37)  [2, 5, 6]
  On 25 October 1415 he fought at the Battle of Agincourt.
  	Battle of Agincourt
  Offices Held	Abt 1416 (Age 38)  [1, 2]
  In the 4th year of the reign of Henry V [about 1416], he was made the admiral of the fleet under John, Duke of Bedford, and he spent the next two years engaged in the War in France. During the later part of this time, he was the Steward of the King's household. He was granted the Barony of Homet in Normandy for his service at the siege of Roan. In the 9th year of Henry V's reign, he received the Castle of Neville and the territory of Breant in Normandy.
  Offices Held	May 1416 (Age 38)  [2, 6]
  He was one of the ambassadors nominated to treat with the Archbishop of Cologne in May 1416.
  Military	Aug 1416 (Age 38)  [2, 6, 8]
  In August 1416 he commanded the naval expedition to Harfleur, France.
  Offices Held	1 Nov 1417 (Age 39)  [2, 6]
  On 1 November 1417 he was appointed the Constable of Windsor Castle.
  Knighted	3 May 1421 (Age 43)  [2, 4, 6]
  On 3 May 1421 he was installed as a Knight of the Garter.
  Estate Admin	1422  [1]
  He was one of the executors of the will of Henry V in 1422.
  Offices Held	From 7 Jan 1425 to 2 Jan 1448 (Age 47)  [6]
  He was a Member of Parliament from 7 January 1425 to 2 January 1448.
  Offices Held	From 1426 to 1432 (Age 48)  [1, 6, 7]
  He was the Lord Treasurer of England from 1426 to 1432.
  Offices Held	1431 (Age 53)	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [2]
  He was carver at the coronation of Henry VI in Paris in 1431.
  Will	1 Jul 1449 (Age 71)  [1, 2, 3]
  He made his will 1 July 1449. In it he styled himself Lord of Hungerford, Heytesbury, and Homet, which last title he acquired by a grant of the Barony of Homet for his services in the French Wars.
  Death	9 Aug 1449  [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	—	Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  		Tombs of Sir Walter Hungerford and his wife, Katherine Peverell William Hamilton Rogers (1877) wrote as follows concerning the monument: "He was buried with his wife in the Hungerford Chapel in the nave, a beautiful structure composed chiefly of iron and which has since been removed to the choir. Their tombs, joined together and despoiled of their brass effigies, remain in the nave. The matrices exhibit the proportions of a knight on the one and of a lady on the other, both stones were powdered over with sickles and a ledger line outside all. The whole has now disappeared, except the stones in which the brasses were set. Forty shields of arms, according to Hutchins (who minutely describes these chapels previous to their removal) were set round outside exhibiting the various alliances of the family. Among these were Hungerford impaling Strange and Mohun, Peverell, Courtenay, St John, Mules, etc."
  Person ID	I7857	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Hungerford   d. 3 Dec 1397, England
  Mother	Joan Hussey   d. 21 Mar 1411, Farley Hungerford, Somersetshire, England
  Marriage	1376	England
  Family ID	F5650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine Peverell,   c. 1394, Park Hamitilly, Penhale, Cornwall, England bur. Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Marriage	18 Sep 1402  [2, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 3 months - She : ~ 8 years and 9 months.
  Children	1. Walter de Hungerford   2. Robert de Hungerford   3. Edmund de Hungerford   4. Elizabeth Hungerford   d. 14 Dec 1476   5. Margaret de Hungerford
  Family ID	F5523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Berkeley, Countess of Arundel
  Marriage	8 May 1439  [2, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : 60 years and 11 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F8092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Offices Held - 1431 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - — - Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Sir Walter de Hungerford

  
  

• Sources

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