Hunt was the second son of John Hunt Esq., of Lyndon, Rutland. > his mother was Amy, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford, Northamptonshire. He was born at Morcott in Rutland, was sent to Eton College, and then to King"s College, Cambridge, where he was admitted a scholar 27 August 1565.
Eton College.
He left the university without taking a degree. In the parliament which met 2 April 1571 a man of this name sat as member for Sudbury. If this is the same John Hunt, then he may have benefitted from the influence of a relation of his mother, Sir Ambrose Cave, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The History of Parliament does not link the Sudbury Member of Parliament to any other identifiable person of the name.
Of the total of £375 raised for the Queen"s government by the landed gentry of Rutland in 1589, the most important proprietor, Sir John Harington, gave £100. Hunt gave £25, an indicator of real wealth.
Hunt settled during the latter part of his life at Newton, Leicestershire.
