Sir Edward Hungerford, Kt.

Sir Edward HUNGERFORD Knight  was born abt 1535 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England. He died Dec 1607 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England.

His epitaph reads " Edward Hungerford, Knight, Sonne to Walter, Lord Hungerford and late Heire to Sir Walter Hungerford, deceased, the 5th Daie of December 1607, and lieth here with Dame Jane, his wife, daughter to Sir Anthony Hungerford of Downe Amny.

Biography

Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh is given as "half-brother" of Sir Edward Hungerford in the source. Whether is was this son of Walter, Lord Hungerford, or another, needs to be determined. With Walter's attainder, Farleigh again passed into the hands of the Crown - but it was sold back to Walter's son Edward, four years later. Gentleman pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, was twice married, but died without issue in 1607. Walter Hungerford left his property to him, with remainder to his heirs male by a mistress, Margery Bright. The half-brother succeeded to the Hungerford estates, and both Lady Hungerford and Margery Bright sued for dower. Margery also claimed maintenance for her youngest son and asserted that Edward Hungerford had received lands worth 3,000 pounds a year from his half-brother in his lifetime and had now taken over the remainder whose value she put variously at 20,000 or 80,000 pounds. Carrying on family tradition, Edward accused his second wife of trying to poison him. The case was dismissed by the courts, but Edward went to prison, rather than pay her costs. He left to his widow (d. 1653) a life interest in the estates, with remainder to his great-nephew, Sir Edward (1596-1648), son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire.

Family

• parents: Sir Walter HUNGERFORD Lord Hungerford (1502-1540) &Alice SANDYS

Married

1. on 7 Feb 1575 in Aldermaston, Berkshire, England to Jane HUNGERFORD (1532-1605) as her 2nd husband; she married Sir William FORSTER Knight 1st.
2. on 29 May 1606 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England to Cecily TUFTON (1585-1653) as her 1st husband; she married Francis MANNERS Earl of Rutland 2nd.

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg304...
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HUNGERFORD.htm#Edward%20HUNGERFORD%20(...