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Elizabeth Hungerford, 1406–1476?> (aged 70 years)
- Name
- Elizabeth /Hungerford/
- Surname
- Hungerford
- Given names
- Elizabeth
father |
1378–1449
Birth: 22 June 1378
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— Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England Death: 9 August 1449 |
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mother |
1382–1439
Birth: about 1382
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— Penhale, Cornwall, England Death: 8 May 1439 |
Marriage | Marriage — before 18 September 1402 — |
4 years
herself |
1406–1476
Birth: about 1406
27
24
— Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England Death: 14 December 1476 |
partner |
1404–1463
Birth: 1404
20
18
— Powderham, Devon, England Death: 16 December 1463 — Powderham, Devon, England |
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herself |
1406–1476
Birth: about 1406
27
24
— Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England Death: 14 December 1476 |
son |
Birth
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Address: Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England |
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Birth of a son
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Address: Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devon, England. |
Death of a mother
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Death of a father
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Death of a husband
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Address: Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devon, England. |
Death
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Burial
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Address: Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devon, England. |
Unique identifier
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0246F1D4817A4C44A7D61E672F6D53931CD7
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Last change
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Author of last change: Danny |
Note
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Pole's History of Devon: Devon 4, p 256; The Complete Peerage,G.E.C., Eng. V, v.6, p 613-616; Visitations of Devon: Devon 2, p 246;Burke's Peerage, 1892, Eng. p.411; Collins's Peerage, Eng. Z-1, v.6,p.260-2 |
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Media object
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Eastern gatehouse of Farleigh Hungerford Castle.
Note: Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England. The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford, who made his fortune working as a steward to John of Gaunt. The castle was built to a quadrangular design, already slightly old-fashioned, on the site of an existing manor house overlooking the River Frome. A park was attached to the castle, requiring the destruction of a local village. His son, Sir Walter Hungerford, a successful knight and courtier to Henry V, became rich during the Hundred Years War with France and extended the castle with an additional, outer court, enclosing the parish church in the process. By Walter's death in 1397, the substantial castle was richly appointed and its chapel decorated with murals. Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England. The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford, who made his fortune working as a steward to John of Gaunt. The castle was built to a quadrangular design, already slightly old-fashioned, on the site of an existing manor house overlooking the River Frome. A park was attached to the castle, requiring the destruction of a local village. His son, Sir Walter Hungerford, a successful knight and courtier to Henry V, became rich during the Hundred Years War with France and extended the castle with an additional, outer court, enclosing the parish church in the process. By Walter's death in 1397, the substantial castle was richly appointed and its chapel decorated with murals. The castle largely remained in the hands of the Hungerford family over the next two centuries, despite periods during the War of the Roses in which it was held by the Crown following the attainder and execution of members of the family. At the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the castle, modernized to the latest Tudor and Stuart fashions, was held by Sir Edward Hungerford. Edward declared his support for Parliament, becoming a leader of the Roundheads in Wiltshire. Farleigh Hungerford was seized by Royalist forces in 1643, but recaptured by Parliament without a fight near the end of the conflict in 1645. As a result it escaped slighting following the war, unlike many other castles in the south-west of England. The last member of the Hungerford family to hold the castle, Sir Edward Hungerford, inherited it in 1657, but his gambling and expensive living forced him to sell the property in 1686. By the 18th century the castle was no longer lived in by its owners and fell into disrepair; in 1730 it was bought by the Houlton family, when much of it was broken up for salvage. Antiquarian and tourist interest in the now ruined castle increased through the 18th and 19th centuries. The castle chapel was repaired in 1779 and became a museum of curiosities, complete with the murals rediscovered on its walls in 1844 and a number of rare lead anthropomorphic coffins from the mid-17th century. In the 1915 Farleigh Hungerford Castle was sold to the Office of Works and a controversial restoration programme began. It is now owned by English Heritage, who operate it as a tourist attraction, and the castle is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. |
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Media object
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Powderham Castle, Devon, England.
Note: Powderham Castle is situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, within the former hundred of Exminster, Devon, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the city of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. It is situated on flat, formerly marshy ground on the west bank of the River Exe estuary where it is joined by its tributary the River Kenn. On the opposite side of the Exe is the small village of Lympstone. At some time after 1390 the mediaeval core of the present structure was built by Sir Philip Courtenay (d.1406), the 5th or 6th son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (d.1377). The Earls of Devon were seated at Tiverton Castle until 1556, and their cousins of this cadet line known as "Courtenay of Powderham" continued to exist in parallel, not always on amicable terms, as prominent county gentry, arguably the leading and most prestigious gentry family of Devon, actively engaged in the local administration of Devon as JP's, sheriffs and MP's. From 1556 on the extinction of the senior line of Courtenay of Tiverton, the Courtenays of Powderham had become retrospectively, as was decided by law in 1831, de jure Earls of Devon, and became de facto Earls from 1831 when the title was confirmed to them in law. They had however shortly before obtained the right to sit in the House of Lords when created Viscounts. The Castle remains in 2013 the seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. The castle was expanded and altered extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries, most notably by James Wyatt in the 1790s. |