John Hungerford (c. 1560 – 1636)
English MP
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John Hungerford (ca. 1560 – 1636) was an English MP.
He was the eldest of Walter Hungerford of Cadenham manor, Foxham, Wiltshire and his wife Frances, daughter of John Cock of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.[1] He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1580.[2]
He was elected MP for the constituency of Wootton Bassett through four successive parliaments between 1584 and 1593.[3] In 1604 he was chosen to represent Chippenham,[4] following a Court of Chancery case that had decided in favour of the town's freemen.[5]
He was a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire by 1594[3] and was appointed sheriff for 1605–06.[4]
He married Elizabeth (d. 1650), the daughter of Sir Thomas Estcourt of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire around 1596.[4] In 1623 they had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His heir Edward was the father of George Hungerford (MP)[4] and his daughter Frances married Francis Keate of East Lockinge, Berkshire.[1]
He died 29 March 1636 at Cadenham, leaving more than 1,500 acres of land in Wiltshire and Berkshire to his heir.[6]