Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)
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Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley (1532–1596), was an English
landowner
called "the Knight of Farley".
in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley
, in Somerset
, when the attainder
on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
, was reversed.
He was Sheriff of Wiltshire
in 1557, 1572, 1581 and 1587.
He died in December 1596. Two portraits, one dated 1560 and the other 1574, are engraved in Hoare's "Modern Wiltshire, Heytesbury Hundred" In Hoare's time (1822) they both belonged to Richard Pollen, esq. In the earlier picture Hungerford is represented in full armour, and about him are all the appliances of hunting and hawking, in which the inscription on the picture states that he excelled. A hawk is on his wrist in the later portrait.
In 1570 second wife was charged with trying to poison him in 1564, (Something his mother had accused his father of doing to her) and with committing adultery between 1560 and 1568 with William Darrell of Littlecote.
Anne Hungerford was acquitted, and Hungerford, refusing to pay the heavy costs, was committed to the Fleet Prison
. His wife, in October 1571, was living with the English Roman Catholics at Louvain
, and in 1581, when at Namur
, she begged Francis Walsingham
to protect her children from her husband's endeavours to disinherit them. He left his property to his brother Sir Edward Hungerford
(his only son Edward had predeceased him), with remainder to his male heirs by a mistress, Margery Brighte, with whom he went through the ceremony of marriage in the last year of his life, although Lady Hungerford was still alive. After his death Lady Hungerford recovered "reasonable dower" from her brother-in-law, Sir Edward, and died at Louvain in 1603.
Kingdom of England
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landowner
Landed gentry
Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
called "the Knight of Farley".
Biography
Hungerford was granted land by Edward VIEdward VI of England
Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...
in 1552, and in 1554 was restored by Queen Mary to the confiscated estate of Farley
Farleigh Hungerford
Farleigh Hungerford is a village within the civil parish of Norton St Philip in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the valley of the River Frome....
, in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, when the attainder
Attainder
In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical 'stain' or 'corruption of blood' which arises from being condemned for a serious capital crime . It entails losing not only one's property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs...
on his father, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury , created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536, was the son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, and his first wife, Jane de la Zouche...
, was reversed.
He was Sheriff of Wiltshire
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...
in 1557, 1572, 1581 and 1587.
He died in December 1596. Two portraits, one dated 1560 and the other 1574, are engraved in Hoare's "Modern Wiltshire, Heytesbury Hundred" In Hoare's time (1822) they both belonged to Richard Pollen, esq. In the earlier picture Hungerford is represented in full armour, and about him are all the appliances of hunting and hawking, in which the inscription on the picture states that he excelled. A hawk is on his wrist in the later portrait.
Family life
Serious domestic quarrels troubled his career. He married twice. In about 1554 he married his first wife, Anne Basset, maid of honour to Queen Mary, and around 1558 his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir William Dormer, of Ascot, by whom he had four children, a son, Edmund (d. 1587), and three daughters:- Edmund, who died without marrying.
- Susan, married first Michael Ernley of Cannings, соunty Wiltshire; secondly, to John Moring; and thirdly to Sir Carew Reynolds.
- Lucy, married first to Sir John St. John of Lydiard; and secondly to Sir Anthony HungerfordAnthony Hungerford of Black BourtonSir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was a religious controversialist. He was knighted in 1608, and was deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his eldest son Sir Edward.-Biography:...
. - Jane, married Sir John Carne of Ewenny, соunty Glamorgan
In 1570 second wife was charged with trying to poison him in 1564, (Something his mother had accused his father of doing to her) and with committing adultery between 1560 and 1568 with William Darrell of Littlecote.
Anne Hungerford was acquitted, and Hungerford, refusing to pay the heavy costs, was committed to the Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the Fleet River in London. The prison was built in 1197 and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846.- History :...
. His wife, in October 1571, was living with the English Roman Catholics at Louvain
Leuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, and in 1581, when at Namur
Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
, she begged Francis Walsingham
Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham was Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I of England from 1573 until 1590, and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Walsingham is frequently cited as one of the earliest practitioners of modern intelligence methods both for espionage and for domestic security...
to protect her children from her husband's endeavours to disinherit them. He left his property to his brother Sir Edward Hungerford
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury , created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536, was the son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, and his first wife, Jane de la Zouche...
(his only son Edward had predeceased him), with remainder to his male heirs by a mistress, Margery Brighte, with whom he went through the ceremony of marriage in the last year of his life, although Lady Hungerford was still alive. After his death Lady Hungerford recovered "reasonable dower" from her brother-in-law, Sir Edward, and died at Louvain in 1603.