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Personal Data

Surname	Hungerford
First name	Thomas
Nickname
Dating	1397
Location	Farleigh-Hungerford
Life dates	c. 1330 – 3 December 1397
Title
Close relatives	father - Walter Hungerford, b. Abt 1314, d. Aft 1355 mother - Elizabeth Fitzjohn, b. Abt 1312, Heytesbury, Wilts wife (1) - STRUG Eleanor, b. Abt 1334, of, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, d. Bef 1376 wife (2) - (1376) Joan hussey (+1412), daughter of Sir Edmund Hussey children HUNGERFORD Walter, 1st Baron Hungerford, b. 22 Jun 1378, d. 9 Aug 1449 Grace de Hungerford, b. Abt. 1379, Of, Heightesbury, Wiltshire Ralph, b. Abt. 1383, Farley-Hungerford Robert, b. Bef. 1383, d., Dspm Peter, b. Abt. 1385, 6488, d. Bef. 1397 Thomas, b. Bef. 1383, Farleigh-Hungerford, d. Bef. 1387, Dspm John, b. Bef. 1383, Farleigh-Hungerford, d. Bef. 1397, Dspm
Type of the object	tomb effigy
Place of manufacturing (place of burial)
Place of exposition	Hungerford castle, Farleigh, Somerset, UK
Date of manufacturing
Artist

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Arms Hungerford. Sable two bars argent with three roundels argent in the chief.

He fought at Agincourt and was first Speaker of the House of Commons. In 1369 he bought Farleigh Montford house from the childless daughter of the recently deceased squire, and fortified it into Farleigh Hungerford castle.

was the first person to be recorded in the rolls of the Parliament of England as holding the (pre-existing) office of Speaker of the House of Commons

In 1355, he became sheriff and escheator for Wiltshire. He also served as steward of the household of John of Gaunt and bailiff for the Bishop of Salisbury. He bought Farliegh Monford house in Somerset in 1369 and transformed it into Farleigh Hungerford Castle. He was knighted in 1377 and became Speaker of the "Bad Parliament" through the patronage of his friend John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

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