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Walter Hungerford 1527–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 December 1596

Death Location: Farleigh Hungerford, Mendip District, Somerset, England

Father: Walter Hungerford

Mother: Elizabeth Sandys

Spouse(s): Lady Cope

Children(s): Lucy Hungerford, Edmond Hungerford, Joan Hungerford, Susan Hungerford, Edward Knight

Walter Hungerford was born in 1527 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Walter Hungerford And Elizabeth Sandys. Walter Hungerford married Lady Anne Pelham Cope, and had children including Edmond Hungerford, Edward Hungerford Knight, Joan Hungerford, Lucy Hungerford, Susan Hungerford. Walter Hungerford passed away in 1596 in Farleigh Hungerford, Mendip District, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Walter Hungerford was born in 1527 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Walter Hungerford And Elizabeth Sandys.
  • Walter Hungerford married Lady Anne Pelham Cope, and had children including Edmond Hungerford, Edward Hungerford Knight, Joan Hungerford, Lucy Hungerford, Susan Hungerford.
  • Walter Hungerford passed away in 1596 in Farleigh Hungerford, Mendip District, Somerset, England.

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Walter Hungerford's Ancestors

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Walter Hungerford
1527–1596
Birth Place: Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Hungerford
1503–1540
Hungerford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Sandys
1512–
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edward Hungerford
–1521
Heytesbury (Wiltshire) England
William Sandys
1470–1540
Margery Sandys
–1539
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter Hungerford's Descendants

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Walter Hungerford (1527–6 December 1596) m. Lady (Anne Pelham) Cope (1525 or 38–1603)
  1. 1. Lucy Hungerford 1560–1627 m. Anthony Hungerford 1567–1627 m. John (St. John van Lord) Lydiard-Tregoze 1560–1594
    1. 1. Anne (Joanne) Hungerford 1615–1684 m. John Lee 1600–1671
      1. 1. John Leigh 1640–1703 m. Susanna Downes 1643–1723
        1. 1. Elizabeth Leigh 1676–1744 m. William (W) White 1664–1708
      2. 2. Joseph (Lee) Leigh 1643–1716
      3. 3. Ann Leigh 1651–1691
      4. 4. Miss Leigh 1645–
      5. 5. Sarah Leigh 1647–
      6. 6. Leigh 1645–
    2. 2. Giles Hungerford 1614–1685
    3. 3. Edward Hungerford 1596–1648
    4. 4. Anthony Hungerford 1608–1657
    5. 5. Walter Hungerford 1617–1619
    6. 6. Henry Hungerford 1611–1673
    7. 7. Sara Goddard 1606–
    8. 8. Diana Hungerford 1650–1735
  2. 2. Edmond Hungerford 1562–1585
  3. 3. Joan Hungerford 1566–
  4. 4. Susan Hungerford 1564–
  5. 5. Edward (Hungerford) Knight 1558–1607

Walter Hungerford's Timeline

2 Records

1527
1527
Birth of Walter Hungerford in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
1596
6 December 1596
Age 69
Death of Walter Hungerford in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 661
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 December 1596
    Event Place: Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 661
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Farleigh Hungerford, Mendip District, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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