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Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford (1409–1459) was an English landowner. The second but eldest surviving son of

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378 – 9 August 1449) was an English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 a Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer. He won renown in the ...

, he served in the

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, and was summoned to parliament as

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from 5 September 1450 to 26 May 1455. He died 14 May 1459, and in accordance with his will was buried in

Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury. The buil ...

. He was succeeded by his son Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (1431–1464).Lee p. 259 His mother (Catherine Peverell) and his wife Margaret, 4th Baroness Botreaux, the wealthy heiress of

William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (1389–1462) was a baron, whose holdings were in Somerset and the south-west of England. He inherited from his father the barony by writ of Botreaux as well as substantial family landholdings which inclu ...

, added to the landed property of his family in Cornwall. His wife lived until 7 February 1478, surviving all her descendants, excepting a great-granddaughter, Mary Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford. Her will, dated 8 August 1476, is printed in

Nicholas Harris Nicolas Sir (Nicholas) Harris Nicolas (10 March 1799 – 3 August 1848) was an English antiquary. Life The fourth son of Commander John Harris Nicolas R.N. (1758–1844) and Margaret née Blake, he was born at Dartmouth. He was the brother of Rear Ad ...

's ''Testamenta Vetusta'', and in Hoare's "''Modern Wiltshire, Hundred of Heytesbury''. A list of the heavy expenses she incurred in ransoming her son Robert appears in

William Dugdale Sir William Dugdale (12 September 1605 – 10 February 1686) was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject. Life Dugdale was born at Shustoke, near Cole ...

's ''Baronage.''ii. 204 sq.

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(1885–1900) Volume 28, p. 259 **Dugdale's Baronage; Burke's Extinct Peerage; **Collinson's Somerset, iii. 354; **Hoare's Hungerfordiana, 1823; **Maclean's Trigg Minor, i. 358 sq.; **Hoare's Mod. Wiltshire, Heytesbury Hundred; **Rymer's Foedera; **Stubbs's Const. Hist.; **Nicolas's Battle of Agincourt, 1832; **Monstrelet's Chroniques, ed. Doiiet d'Arcq (Soc. de 1'Hist. de France), 1862, ii. 404, iv. 93, vi. 314; **Manning's Lives of the Speakers. ;Attribution *

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