Thomas Hungerford (speaker)

Effigies of Sir Thomas de Hungerford (1330-1398) and his second wife Joan Hussey (d. 1412), in the Chapel of St Anne (north transept chapel) of St Leonard's Chapel, Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Stained glass window of Sir Thomas Hungerford, Farley Church.
Arms of Hungerford: Sable, two bars argent in chief three plates

Sir Thomas de Hungerford (died 3 December 1397)[1] of Farleigh Castle in Somerset, was the first person to be recorded in the rolls of the Parliament of England as holding the office of Speaker of the House of Commons of England,[2][3] although that office had existed before his tenure.

  1. ^ Year of death 1397 per History of Parliament biography
  2. ^ d'Ewes, Simonds (1682). "Journal of the House of Commons: January 1559". The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Shannon, Ireland. p. 37-44 – via British History Online.
  3. ^ Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258.

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