Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)

Sir Walter Hungerford
Sir Walter Hungerford
Died	December 1596
Spouse(s)	Anne Basset; Anne Dormer
Issue	2 children by first wife (names unknown); Edmund Hungerford; Susan Hungerford; Lucy Hungerford; Jane Hungerford; 3 illegitimate sons; 1 illegitimate daughter
Father	Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
Mother	Susan Danvers

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

Sir Walter Hungerford, Knight of Farley (died December 1596) was an English landowner. In his lifetime he was popularly referred to as the "Knight of Farley" for his renowned sporting abilities. In his youth he recovered the lands forfeited by his father's attainder, and was favoured by Queen Mary, whose Maid of Honour, Anne Basset, was his first wife. In 1568, he sued his second wife, Anne (née Dormer), for divorce. He failed to prove the scandalous grounds he alleged against her, but chose to be imprisoned in the Fleet rather than support his wife or pay the costs awarded against him by the court.^{[citation needed]}

^ Footnote from Britton, John, History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, London, 1825, p. 47:
"It appears from the Hungerfordiana of Sir Richard C. Hoare, that after the marriage of Walter de Hungerford with Maud de Heytesbury, the Hungerfords assumed the arms of her family, viz. Per Pale, indented, Gules and Vert; a Chevron Or" ... "After the marriage of another Walter de Hungerford, in the time of Edward the Third, with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Adam Fitz-John, of Cherill, in Wiltshire, some of the Hungerfords took the arms of Fitz-John; namely, Sable, two Bars Argent, in Chief three Plates ... but many of the family continued to bear those of Heytesbury."Details, archive.org. Accessed 3 December 2022.

[1] Footnote from Britton, John, History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, London, 1825, p. 47:
"It appears from the Hungerfordiana of Sir Richard C. Hoare, that after the marriage of Walter de Hungerford with Maud de Heytesbury, the Hungerfords assumed the arms of her family, viz. Per Pale, indented, Gules and Vert; a Chevron Or" ... "After the marriage of another Walter de Hungerford, in the time of Edward the Third, with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Adam Fitz-John, of Cherill, in Wiltshire, some of the Hungerfords took the arms of Fitz-John; namely, Sable, two Bars Argent, in Chief three Plates ... but many of the family continued to bear those of Heytesbury."Details, archive.org. Accessed 3 December 2022.

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