Biography of Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 1400-1459

In 1400 Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford was born to Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 21) and Eleanor or Catherine Peverell at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset.

Before 1405 [his father] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 26) and [his mother] Eleanor or Catherine Peverell were married.

Around 1408 Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (age 8) and Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Around 1425 [his father] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 46) and [his step-mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 43) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1431 [his son] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns was born to Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (age 31) and [his wife] Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford.

Chronicle of Gregory. 30 Apr 1439. And the laste day of Aprylle deyde the Erle of Warwyke (age 57) at Roone [Map]. Ande the same year the Cardynalle Archebyschoppe of Yorke (age 59), the Byschoppe of Northewyche (age 51), the Byschoppe of Syn Davys and many othyr docters, and the Duke of Northefolke (age 23), the Erle of Stafford (age 36), the lord Bowcer, and the Lord Hungerforde (age 39), with a grete mayny, wente unto Calys; and they hadde the Duke of Orlyaunce (age 44) with them for to trete of pes by twyne Ingelonde and Fraunce. And there mette with them the grete lordys of Fraunce, that is to wyte, of spyrytualle and temporalle, the Archebyschoppe of Raynys (age 59), whythe many moo byschoppys, the Erle of Wendon (age 63), a the Bastarde of Orlyaunce (age 36), and many othyr lordys of Fraunce; and thedyr come the Byschoppe of Spayne and of Colayne, and many moo othyr dyvers contreys that com fro the Counselle of Basylle.

Around 1441 [his son] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 10) and [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 14) were married. They were third cousins.

On 09 Aug 1449 [his father] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 71) died at Salisbury. He was buried at the Hungerford Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Robert (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Hungerford. [his wife] Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford by marriage Baroness Hungerford.

Before 10 Jun 1451 [his son-in-law] Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West (age 20) and [his daughter] Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West were married. She by marriage Baroness De La Warr, Baroness West. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England.

In 1459 Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (age 59) died. His son [his son] Robert (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baron Hungerford. [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford (age 32) by marriage Baroness Hungerford.

After 1459. Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (deceased). Fluted Period. Lancastrian Esses Collar.

On 07 Feb 1478 [his former wife] Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford died. Her great granddaughter [his great granddaughter] Mary (age 12) succeeded 5th Baroness Botreaux. Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns (age 11) by marriage Baron Botreaux.

Effigy of Robert Lord Hungerford. Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford

WAS descended from an ancient Wiltshire family. He was the son and heir of [his father] Walter Lord Hungerford by his wife [his mother] Catherine, and was born about the year 1409. His father (distinguished by his military services in the reigns of Henry the Fourth and Fifth) was one of the executors of the last-mentioned monarch, and under Henry the Sixth Captain of the Castle of Cherbourg, Steward of the Royal Household, and Treasurer of the Exchequer. He died in 1449, when Robert, his eldest son, the subject of this notice, succeeded him in his estates. Robert served during the lifetime of his father in the wars in France, under John Duke of Bedford; and in 1453 was in that expedition into Guienne which proved so fatal to Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury and his son the Lord Lisle. Robert Lord Hungerford's son^a by his wife, [his former wife] Margaret, daughter of [his former father-in-law] Lord Botreaux, accompanied him, and was taken prisoner in the disastrous affair at Chastillon, which, under the head of Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, we have already detailed. Lord Hungerford died 22d April, 1459, and directed by his last will that he should be buried near the altar of St. Osmund, in the cathedral church of Salisbury [Map], where his father had founded a chantry, and where his own widow, Margaret, also established another.

Note a. This son was styled the Lord Moleyns, in right of his wife. He remained prisoner in France upwards of seven years. Dugdale has detailed the curious items of the "vast charges" his mother, Margaret, incurred to support him and his family during his captivity, to pay his debts, previously contracted, and to procure his ransom. These charges amounted in the aggregate to nearly 20,0001. of which the sum for the ransom was 7,6901. See Baronage, Vo!. II. p. 209.

[his daughter] Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West was born to Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford and Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford.