B30848-Hungerford

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Name of the family:

Hungerford

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st, per pale indented gu. and vert a chev. or, Heytesbury; 2nd, sa. two bars ar. in chief three plates, Fitz-John; 3rd, barry of six erm. and gu., Hussey; 4th, gu. three garbs ar. banded of the field, a chief or, Peverell; 6th, ar. three toads erect sa., Botreaux; 6th, sa. on a chief ar. three lozenges gu., Molines.

Crest(s):

Out of a ducal coronet or, a garb betw. two sickles ppr. Motto-Et Dieu mon appuy.

Supporters:

Dexter, a griffin sa.; sinister, a bird with a long bill, wings expanded and chained sa.

Motto:

Et Dieu mon appuy. Supporters-Dexter, a griffin sa.; sinister, a bird with a long bill, wings expanded and chained sa.

Info about the family:

Baron Hungerford, Farley Castle, co. Somerset; Sir Walter of Hungerford, K.G., of Farley Castle, Lord Treasurer, was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1426; he was grandson of Sir Walter de Hungerford, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. and heir of Sir Adam Fitz-John, Knt., of Chevill, co. Wilts, who was the grandson of Walter de Hungerford, co. Berks, who m. Maud, dau. and heir of John de Heytesbury, co. Wilts; vested in the Earl of Loudon. The Hungerfords appear to have borne for arms the coats of the heiresses with whom they intermarried; Robert, third Baron Hungerford, bore:

Page in the book:

519

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