Hungerford Genealogy and Hungerford Family History Information

Project - Hungerford Family

other versions of this surname

• Hugfford
• Hugford
• Huggeford
• Huggerford

Internet Resources and Links

(Apart from online trees)

There are references to Hungerford in the following -

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700
• British History Online
• Burke's Peerage
• The Complete Peerage Volume 2
• The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom extant, extinct, or dormant , edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs
• The dormant and extinct baronage of England: or, An historical and ... By Thomas Christopher Banks
• Family Search/IGI Member submitted record
• A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (ISBN 10: 114334037X / ISBN 13: 9781143340376) By Sir Bernard Burke
• Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Southern England By Anthony Emery
• The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which Has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest ; Being a New Edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England" Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William Courthope
• History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Isles
• The History of Parliament
• Hungerford, Wiltshire
• The Hungerford Family by Dennis Martin (see attached documents)
• Hungerford Virtual Museum
• Hungerford, Wiltshire
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• Many Mini Biographies.
• The Peerage - A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• THE STRIPLING THAMES by Fred S Thacker (1909) (See extract above)
• Visitation of Gloucestershire 1623 - Start page 87. Begins with Walter born about 1230.
• Wiltshire Notes and Queries
• The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 93, Part 2 page 331 repeats that the earliest reference is in 1160

Publications

• A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. England - John Burke (See also link to eBook below)
• The Hungerford Cartulary - Wiltshire Record Society - edited by by J.L. Kirby
• Hungerfordiana: or Memoirs of the family of Hungerford, Author: Richard Colt Hoare, Sir

There was a private printing (100 copies) of 'Hungerfordiana' by Sir Colt Hoare, Bt., Shaftsbury dated 1st January 1823. Our public library has an original copy. There are 149 pages including index, together with a fine etching of the Gatehouse to Down Ampney.
Containing pedigrees and texts on various branches of the family, it names Everard de Hungerford 1160 and William de Hungerford, Abbott of Waverley 1276 as the earliest members found. Descent is given from Walter de Hungerford who was married to Maud of Heytesbury through their son Walter 1308.

Families directly des. from all the royal fams. in Europe (495 to 1932). By Mrs. Eliz. M. Leach Rixford. Burlington, Vt. 1932. (175p.):35

FULL TITLE Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495-1932) and Mayflower Descendants by their Lineal Descendant Mrs. (Oscar Herbert) Elizabeth M.Leach Rixford.

• A Guide to Farleigh-Hungerford, Co. Somerset - John Edward Jackson. British Library series - History of Europe.
• The Hungerford Name in History - Ancestry.co.uk publication

On-line Trees etc.

The following pages have Sources added worth exploring.

• The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest 1st 8 Generations
• The Peerage
• Community Trees

Other Resources of Interest

• Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical and Historical (No Hungerford references)
• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (1910) (No mention of Hungerford)
• Complete Baronetage by Cockayne (No mention of Hungerford)
• The Complete Peerage Vol 1 - (No mention of Hungerford)
• The Complete Peerage Vol 3 – (No mention of Hungerford)
• The Complete Peerage Vol 4 – (No mention of Hungerford)
• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/hungerford01.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/hungerford02.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/hungerford03.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)