Thomas Hungerford of Rowden
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Sir Thomas Hungerford of Rowden was an English nobleman. He supported the Lancastrian cause in the War of the Roses and was executed for supporting a conspiracy to restore Henry VI.
Farleigh Hungerford Castle wall painting in chapel
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was an English magnate.
Thomas Hungerford of Rowden
…Thomas Hungerford was buried in the chapel of Farleigh Castle. Before 16 October 1460, still at a very early age, he married Anne Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. His wife survived him until 5 July 1522 and was buried in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. She remarried twice, to Sir Lawrence Raynsford in 1470…
Seal of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461). Inscribed: Sigillum Henrici Percy comitis Northumbr (...) + (et) d (omin)i de Cokermouth ("seal of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland and lord of Cockermouth"). On the escutcheon are shown arms quarterly of 4: 1&4 :Or, a lion rampant azure (Brabant (Percy)); 2&3: Gules, three lucies hauriant argent (Lucy). Crest above: On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a lion statant the tail extended azure (Percy)
Arms of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland impaling Poynings, his wife's family. Detail from the 16th century stained glass Percy Window at Petworth House, Sussex
The remains of Berwick Castle today
John Quartley's 19th-century depiction of the Battle of Towton