Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Walter Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons
1378 - 1449 (71 years)-
Name Walter Hungerford [1] Suffix Speaker of the House of Commons Birth 22 Jun 1378 of Farleigh, Somerset, England 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Death 9 Aug 1449 [2, 4, 5] Burial Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England [2, 4] Person ID I12976 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 30 Jan 2024
Father Thomas de Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons, b. Bef 1328, of Farleigh, Somerset, England d. 3 Dec 1397 (Age > 69 years) Mother Joan Hussey d. 21 Mar 1412 Marriage Bef 1376 [6] Family ID F8147 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Peverell, b. Abt 1394 d. Between 12 Nov 1432 and 3 May 1439 (Age ~ 38 years) Marriage Abt 8 Oct 1396 [4] Children 1. Elizabeth Hungerford d. 14 Dec 1476 2. Robert Hungerford, b. Between 1409 and 1413, of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England d. 18 May 1459 (Age ~ 50 years)Family ID F8146 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2024
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Notes - "English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer. He won renown in the Hundred Years' War, fighting in many engagements, including the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was an English envoy at the Council of Constance in 1415. In 1417 he was made admiral of the fleet. On the death of Henry V he was an executor of Henry's will and a member of Protector Gloucester's council. He attended the conference at Arras in 1435, and was a Member of the House of Lords sitting as Baron Hungerford from January 1436 until his death in 1449. For some years he was Treasurer of England." [Wikipedia]
"Knight of the Bath, 17 Mar 1400; Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire, 1401, 1404, 1407, 1411, 1413, 1414 and of Somerset, 1410; Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1405-6 and of Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, 1413-4; fought at the battle of Agincourt (France, Hundred Years' War), 25 Oct 1415; Steward of the Household to Henry V in 1417 and to Henry VI in 1424; Member of the King's Council, 1417-22; installed as a Knight of the Garter, 3 May 1421; Treasurer of the Exchequer, 1426-32." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]
- "English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer. He won renown in the Hundred Years' War, fighting in many engagements, including the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was an English envoy at the Council of Constance in 1415. In 1417 he was made admiral of the fleet. On the death of Henry V he was an executor of Henry's will and a member of Protector Gloucester's council. He attended the conference at Arras in 1435, and was a Member of the House of Lords sitting as Baron Hungerford from January 1436 until his death in 1449. For some years he was Treasurer of England." [Wikipedia]
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Sources - [S5882] Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015.
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- [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.
- [S5882] Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015.