Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.
Background
Hungerford was the eldest son of Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney and Margaret, daughter of Edward Blount of Mangotsfield. After succeeding to his inheritance on the death of his father in 1524, he took a prominent part in court ceremonial occasions.
Career
He was also a soldier, a sheriff, and a courtier during the reign of Henry VIII of England. He may have had some training in law. He was knighted after the siege of Tournai in October 1513.
Hungerford was active in acquiring land.
In 1536 he wrote to Thomas Cromwell requesting that he be granted lands formerly belonging to a priory in Wiltshire and he purchased four manors in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire for £1,935. Hungerford was sheriff of three counties: Sheriff of Wiltshire 1527-1528, 1538-1539 1544-1545, and 1556-1557.
Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire 1536-1537 and Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1553-1554. As well as his civic duties he continued his military careerer.
He joined the army in the north in 1536.
He was with the army in France in 1544 under Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk with the army for France in 1544 and late the same year on the Scottish border as a captain with 100 men under the Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. In 1550 he was brought before the Court of the Star Chamber. lieutenant may have been his close association with the Brydges that helped secure him election to Parliament as a knight of the shire for Gloucestershire to Queen May"s first Parliament (1553).
He was appointed Sheriff of Gloucestershire during the Parliament"s second session.
He made his will on 31 August about three months before he died on 18 November 1558. Hungerford married twice.
They had five sons including Anthony (died 1589), Edward (died 1572) and John (died 1582) and possibly a daughter.