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unusual facts about Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury


Walter Hungerford

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, 1503–1540, the first person in England to be executed under the Buggery Act of 1533


Baron Hungerford

It was created on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer.

Farleigh Hungerford

In the early 15th century, his son, Sir Walter Hungerford, enlarged the castle by adding the outer court that enclosed the parish church, St Leonard's, which he used as his chapel.

Longleat Priory

In 1393 it was granted control of the church at Lullington, Somerset, and in 1407 Sir Walter Hungerford (later 1st Baron Hungerford) donated the advowson of the church in Rushall, Wiltshire, of which he was lord of the manor.

Sir Philip II Courtenay

In about 1426 Courtenay married Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons, Steward of the Household to KingsHenry V and Henry VI, and Lord High Treasurer.

Walter Hungerford

Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh (d. 1516), fought for Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, 1378–1449, Knight of the Garter, English nobleman and Speaker of the House of Commons

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford

In 1417 he was made admiral of the fleet under John, Duke of Bedford, and was with Henry V in 1418 at the siege of Rouen.

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG (1378–1449) was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury

Walter Hungerford was born in 1503 at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, the only child of Sir Edward Hungerford (died 1522) of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and his first wife, Jane Zouche, daughter of John, Lord Zouche of Harringworth (1459–1526).

William Collingbourne

Both Walter Hungerford and John Cheyne, who had served with Collingbourne on the commissions of 1478 and April 1483, were among the leaders of the revolt.


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