Sir Walter Hungerford of Farleigh (died in 1516) fought for Henry VII at the

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. He served on the

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for both Henry VII and

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Biography

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in 1477–78, and, as a partisan in earlier days of the

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, obtained a general pardon from

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on his accession in 1483. He was, nevertheless, arrested by Richard on the landing of the

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in 1485, but escaped from custody, and joined Richmond's army. At the

he killed, in hand-to-hand combat, Sir Robert Brackenbury, lieutenant of the

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, under whose command he had previously served, and was knighted by Henry VII on the battlefield.

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and some other of the forfeited family estates, though not the family honours, were restored to him, and he was made a member of the

. In February 1487 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to

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, and executed a will before his departure (Materials for the Reign of Henry VII, Rolls Ser. ii. 122–4). In 1497 he assisted in quelling Perkin Warbeck's rising. In 1503 he went in the retinue of Henry VII's queen to attend the marriage of the

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with the king of Scotland. After the accession of

he continued to serve as a member of the privy council.

Marriage and children

He married Jane Bulstrode, daughter of Sir William Bulstrode, and they had children including: * Edward Hungerford, his only son, the father of

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(1503–1540). *Elizabeth (or Isabel) Hungerford, who became the 1st wife of

John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, (1499 in Devon – 10 February 1560/61) was an Earl in the peerage of England. He also succeeded to the titles of 12th Baron FitzWarin, Baron Daubeney and 4th Count of Eu. Origins He was the son of John Bourc ...

(1499-1560/61).Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.107, pedigree of Bourchier

Death and burial

Sir Walter Hungerford died in 1516 and was buried at Farleigh.

Notes

References

;Attribibution * Endnotes: **Dugdale's Baronage ; **Hoare's Hungerfordiana ; **Letters, &c., of Henry VIII; **Materials for the Keign of Henry VII (Rolls Ser.); **Paston Letters, passim, ed. Gardner; **Hoare's Mod. "Wiltshire, Heytesbury Hundred **Collinson's Somerset, iii.355. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hungerford, Walter Members of the Privy Council of England High Sheriffs of Wiltshire

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