Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford
Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (c.1429 – 17 May 1464) was an English nobleman. He supported the Lancastrian cause in the War of the Roses. In the late 1440s and early 1450s he was a member of successive parliaments. He was a prisoner of the French for much of the 1450s until his mother arranged a payment of a 7,966l ransom. In 1461, after defeat on the Towton battlefield on 29 March, he fled with Henry VI to Scotland. In 1461 he was attainted in Edward IV's first parliament, and executed in Newcastle soon after he was captured at the Battle of Hexham.
Robert Hungerford | |
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| Baron Hungerford | |
Arms of Hungerford: Sable, two bars argent in chief three plates | |
| Tenure | 1459–1469 |
| Successor | Mary, 4th Baroness Hungerford |
| Other titles | Baron Moleyns |
| Born | c. 1429 England |
| Died | 17 May 1464 (aged c. 35) Newcastle, Northumberland |
| Buried | Salisbury Cathedral 51°03′53″N 1°47′51″W |
| Wars and battles | Wars of the Roses Battle of Towton (1461) Battle of Hexham (1464) |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Moleyns |
| Issue | Thomas of Rowden Walter of Farleigh |
| Parents | Robert, 2nd Baron Hungerford Margaret Botreaux |
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