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Walter Hungerford was born in 1503 at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, the only child of Sir Edward Hungerford (died 1522) of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and his first wife, Jane Zouche, daughter of John, Lord Zouche of Harringworth (1459–1526).
The crest is: Within a crest coronet azure a Peverell garb or between two Hungerford sickles argent. Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (1378 – 9 August 1449) was an English knight and landowner, from 1400 to 1414 a Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer.
In July 1540, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, was charged with treason for harbouring a known member of the Pilgrimage of Grace movement. He was also accused of buggery, as he was suspected of raping his own daughter. Hungerford was beheaded at Tower Hill, [7] on 28 July 1540, the same day as Thomas Cromwell. [7]
All Saints' Church in North Moreton in 2008. Anne Gunter was baptised in 1584 in Hungerford.She was the fifth and youngest child of Anne and Brian Gunter. [1] Her father was the lay rector at North Moreton who fatally injured two yeoman named John and Richard Gregory during a football match in May 1598. [2]
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq. (1830) was a study of witchcraft and the supernatural by Sir Walter Scott. A lifelong student of folklore, Scott was able to draw on a wide-ranging collection of primary and secondary sources.
Sir Walter Hungerford died in December 1596 in Farleigh Hungerford Somerset, and was succeeded by his half brother, who was sued by both Lady Anne Hungerford and Margery Bright, for dower. Lady Hungerford was granted [a] 'generous' dower', [8] and died at Louvain in 1603. [14] It is unclear if Bright received a dower.
Arms of Hungerford: Sable, two bars argent in chief three plates Chest tomb with inscribed ledger stone of Sir Walter Hungerford (died December 1596) and of his son Edward Hungerford (d. 1585), Farleigh Hungerford Castle Chapel, displaying arms of Heytesbury (Per pale indented gules and vert, a chevron or) quartering FitzJohn (Sable, two bars argent in chief two plates), which arms were later ...
The same volume includes Guazzo's classification of demons. The second book is devoted to the diverse powers of witches, such as love spells, the creation of poisons and potions, and the ability to cause and cure diseases. The third and final book explains the various ways in which witchcraft can be cured or removed.