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Sir Edward HUNGERFORD 1596-1648

Biographical Note

Born at Stock, near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, eldest son of Sir Anthony Hungerford, MP for Marlborough and Great Bedwyn. BA Queen's College, Oxford 1611, admitted at the Middle Temple 1613. MP for Wootton Bassett 1614, and thereafter an MP for various constituencies throughout the 1620s and 1640s. He was knighted in 1626 and held various Wiltshire administrative offices. On the parliamentarian side in the Civil War, he led troops in several military encounters in the south-west in the early 1640s, but proved to be "an incompetent military commander" (ODNB). He died at Farleigh Castle near Bath, in whose surrender from royalist forces he had participated in 1645.

Books

Armorial stamp of Sir Edward Hungerford (British Armorial Bindings)

Hungerford is recorded in the armorials database on the strength of one book now in the Clements collection, a particularly finely bound copy of The auncient ecclesiastical histories, 1619, National Art Library Clements DD4) decorated in centre- and cornerpiece style with Hungerford's arms at the centre, with an inscription recording the gift of the book from his wife in 1636. No other books from his library are known, and his will makes no mention of books; all the residue of his chattels and household stuff was left to his wife.

Sources

Will of Sir Edward Hungerford, The National Archives PROB 11/205/492.
British Armorial Bindings.
Wroughton, John. "Hungerford, Sir Edward (1596–1648), parliamentarian army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Born at [[location::Stock]], near [[location::Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire]], eldest son of [[family::Sir Anthony Hungerford]], [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Marlborough]] and [[location::Great Bedwyn]].  BA [[education::Queen's College, Oxford]] 1611, admitted at [[organisations::the Middle Temple]] 1613.  [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Wootton Bassett]] 1614, and thereafter an [[occupation::MP]] for various constituencies throughout the 1620s and 1640s.  He was knighted in 1626 and held various [[location::Wiltshire]] administrative offices.  On the [[politics::parliamentarian]] side in the Civil War, he led troops in several military encounters in the south-west in the early 1640s, but proved to be "an incompetent military commander" (DNB).  He died at [[location::Farleigh Castle]] near [[location::Bath]], in whose surrender from royalist forces he had participated in 1645.
+Born at [[location::Stock]], near [[location::Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire]], eldest son of [[family::Sir Anthony Hungerford]], [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Marlborough]] and [[location::Great Bedwyn]].  BA [[education::Queen's College, Oxford]] 1611, admitted at the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1613.  [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Wootton Bassett]] 1614, and thereafter an [[occupation::MP]] for various constituencies throughout the 1620s and 1640s.  He was knighted in 1626 and held various [[location::Wiltshire]] administrative offices.  On the parliamentarian side in the Civil War, he led troops in several military encounters in the south-west in the early 1640s, but proved to be "an incompetent military commander" (ODNB).  He died at [[location::Farleigh Castle]] near [[location::Bath]], in whose surrender from royalist forces he had participated in 1645.
 ====Books====
-Hungerford is recorded in the armorials database on the strength of one book now in [[present Repository::the Clements collection]], a particularly finely bound copy of [[book Title::''The auncient ecclesiastical histories'']] ([[place of Publication::London]], [[date of Publication::1619]], NAL Clements DD4) decorated in centre- and cornerpiece style with Hungerford's arms at the centre, with an inscription recording the gift of the book from his wife in 1636.  No other books from his library are known, and his will makes no mention of books; all the residue of his chattels and household stuff was left to his [[family::wife]].
+[[File:HungerfordEdwardSir1.jpg| thumb | Armorial stamp of Sir Edward Hungerford (British Armorial Bindings) ]]
+Hungerford is recorded in the armorials database on the strength of one book now in [[present repository::the Clements collection]], a particularly finely bound copy of [[book title::''The auncient ecclesiastical histories'']], [[date of publication::1619]], National Art Library Clements DD4) decorated in centre- and cornerpiece style with Hungerford's arms at the centre, with an inscription recording the gift of the book from his wife in 1636.  No other books from his library are known, and his will makes no mention of books; all the residue of his chattels and household stuff was left to his wife.
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+*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D860783 Will of Sir Edward Hungerford, The National Archives PROB 11/205/492].
 *[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/HUN002 British Armorial Bindings].
 *Wroughton, John. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14173 "Hungerford, Sir Edward (1596–1648), parliamentarian army officer."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
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