Robert HUNGERFORD

Male Bef 1429 - 1464  (35 years)


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  • Name Robert HUNGERFORD  [1, 2
    • Presumably in consequence of his marriage, he was summoned to Parliament v.p. from 13 Jan. 1444/5 by writs directed 'Roberto Hungerford militi domino de Moleyns', whereby he is held to have become Lor Molcyns. He served in France and was taken prisoner, remaining in Duchy of Aquitaine for several years, not being released till a large ransom had been paid. After the Lancastrian defeat at Hexham on 15 May 1464, Robert Hungerford, Lord Hungerford and Lord Moleyns, was taken prisoner and beheaded at Newcastle, Northumberland on 18 May 1464. He was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. [1]
    Birth Bef 1429  [1
    Gender Male 
    Fact 3rd Lord Hungerford Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 18 May 1464  Beheaded at Newcastle, Northumberland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I31367  Main Tree
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2018 

    Father Robert HUNGERFORD,   b. Abt 1409   d. 18 May 1493 (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Margaret DE BOTREAUX,   b. Bef 1422   d. 7 Feb 1477/8 (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Heytesbury, co. Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F05062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alianor MOLEYNS,   b. 1425   d. 1476 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage Bef 5 Nov 1440  [1
    Children 
    +1. Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD, Knt.,   b. of Rowden in Chippenham Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1469, Put to death near Salisbury Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F05060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S02470] Import file R. Dietz on October 4, 2000.