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Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton

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Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton
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Sir Anthony Hungerford (1567–1627) of Black Bourton in Oxfordshire, Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, was a member of parliament and a religious controversialist.

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Arms of Hungerford: sable, two bars argent in chief three plates

Origins

Hungerford was born in 1567 at Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire,[1] the son of Anthony Hungerford (died 1589) of Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, a descendant of Sir Edmund Hungerford, second son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Farleigh and Heytesbury. His mother was Bridget Shelley, daughter of John Shelley, and granddaughter of Sir William Shelley, Justice of the Common Pleas.[2] His father was a Puritan, but his mother was a devout Roman Catholic, the religion in which Hungerford was raised.[1]

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Career

On 12 April 1583 aged 16, Hungerford matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, which he left without taking a degree.[3][1][a] However, he was granted the degree of M.A. on 9 July 1594.[4][1] After being uncertain regarding his religious beliefs and Catholic upbringing, in 1588 at the time of the Spanish Armada and the threat from Catholic Spain, Hungerford embraced the reformed religion. He was knighted on 15 February 1608,[5] and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his son Edward.[6] He was elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough in Wiltshire, for Queen Elizabeth I's 8th Parliament in 1593, and sat for Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, in the next three consecutive Parliaments, in 1597, 1601, and the first Parliament of King James I in 1604.[1]

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Marriages and children

Hungerford married twice:

Death and burial

He died in late June 1627 and was buried in Black Bourton Church.[6] He left funds to support apprentices in his native town of Great Bedwyn.[11]

Writings

Some of his writings were published posthumously at Oxford in 1639 by his son Edward, including:

  • "The advice of a son professing the religion established in the present church of England to his dear mother, a Roman catholic".
  • "The memorial of a father to his dear children, containing an acknowledgement of God'? great mercy in bringing him to the profession of the true religion at this present established in the church of England", completed at Black Bourton in April 1627.[6][12]
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References

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