Hungerford, Anthony, Sir (1564 -1627)

Sir Anthony Hungerford married Lucy Hungerford, a distant cousin and daughter of Baron Hungerford. After his death, his son, Sir Edward Hungerford, published this book in which his father explains to his own mother, who had brought him up as a Roman Catholic, why he had embraced the Church of England in 1588, in the wake of the Spanish Armada.

Seat / Residence(s): Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset
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Title: Hungerford, Anthony, Sir (1564 - 1627) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Quarterly of six 1. Two bars in chief three roundels (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. Barry of six (Hussey) 4. Three garbs a chief (Peverel) 5. A lion rampant within an orle (Burnell) 6. A saltire engrailed (Blount) a crescent on a mullet for difference impaling Quarterly of six 1. Two bars in chief three roundels (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. On a chevron three fleurs de lys (Peverel) 4. Three roundels a label (Courtenay) 5. A griffin segreant (Botereux) 6. Paly wavy of six (Molines) a crescent for difference
Dimensions (height x width): 68mm x 65mm
Quarterings: 1. Two bars in chief three roundels (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. Barry of six (Hussey) 4. Three garbs a chief (Peverel) 5. A lion rampant within an orle (Burnell) 6. A saltire engrailed (Blount) a crescent on a mullet for difference impaling Quarterly of six 1. Two bars in chief three roundels (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. On a chevron three fleurs de lys (Peverel) 4. Three roundels a label (Courtenay) 5. A griffin segreant (Botereux) 6. Paly wavy of six (Molines) a crescent for difference
Impalement: Quarterly of six 1. Two bars in chief three roundels (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. On a chevron three fleurs de lys (Peverel) 4. Three roundels a label (Courtenay) 5. A griffin segreant (Botereux) 6. Paly wavy of six (Molines)
Heraldic Charges: barry (6), Heraldic Charges: bars (2), Heraldic Charges: chevron, Heraldic Charges: chevron, on a, Heraldic Charges: chief, Heraldic Charges: fleurs-de-lys (3), Heraldic Charges: garbs (3), Heraldic Charges: griffin segreant, Heraldic Charges: lion rampant within, Heraldic Charges: orle, Heraldic Charges: paly wavy (6), Heraldic Charges: per pale indented, Heraldic Charges: roundels (3), Heraldic Charges: saltire engrailed