Hungerford, Edward, Sir (1596 -1648)

Sir Edward Hungerford was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Hungerford, of Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, and Black Bourton in Oxfordshire, and Lucy Hungerford, a distant cousin. He was a Parliamentary commander during the Civil War, a Member of Parliament for Chippenham in 1620 and 1640 and was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I, 1 February 1626. He lived at Corsham in Wiltshire, and later at Farleigh, and married, in 1620, Margaret, daughter and coheir of William Holyday, Lord Mayor of London, but they had no children.

Seat / Residence(s): Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, Corsham Court, Wiltshire
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Hungerford, Edward, Sir (1596 - 1648) (Stamp 1) Title: Hungerford, Edward, Sir (1596 - 1648) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Quarterly of nine 1. Two bars in chief three plates [roundels] (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. Barry of six ermine and [gules] (Hussey) 4. On a chevron three fleurs de lys (Peverel) 5. Two bars in chief three plates [roundels] (Hungerford) 6. Three toads erect (Botreaux) 7. Paly wavy of six (Molines) 8. A lion rampant crowned within a bordure (Burnell) 9. A saltire engrailed (Blount) impaling on an escutcheon of pretence Three helmets within a bordure (Holyday)
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a garb between two sickles
Motto: Et Dieu mon appuy
Helmet: Esquire
Dimensions (height x width): 88mm x 66mm
Quarterings: 1. Two bars in chief three plates [roundels] (Hungerford) 2. Per pale indented a chevron (Heytesbury) 3. Barry of six ermine and [gules] (Hussey) 4. On a chevron three fleurs de lys (Peverel) 5. Two bars in chief three plates [roundels] (Hungerford) 6. Three toads erect (Botreaux) 7. Paly wavy of six (Molines) 8. A lion rampant crowned within a bordure (Burnell) 9. A saltire engrailed (Blount) impaling on an escutcheon of pretence Three helmets within a bordure (Holyday)
Escutcheon of Pretence: Three helmets within a bordure (Holyday)
Heraldic Charges: barry (6), Heraldic Charges: bars (2), Heraldic Charges: chevron, Heraldic Charges: chevron, on a, Heraldic Charges: coronet, ducal, out of a, Heraldic Charges: fleurs-de-lys (3), Heraldic Charges: garb, Heraldic Charges: helmets (3), Heraldic Charges: lion rampant, Heraldic Charges: paly wavy (6), Heraldic Charges: roundels (3), Heraldic Charges: saltire engrailed, Heraldic Charges: sickles (2), Heraldic Charges: toads (3)