Sir Thomas (de) Hungerford (circa 1330 - 3 December 1397) was the first person to be recorded in the rolls of the English parliament as holding the (pre-existing) office of Speaker of the House of Commons^[1]. Events The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and red—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ...

Biography

Sir Thomas was the son of Thomas Hungerford and Elizabeth Fitzjohn and was born in Farleigh in Somerset county. This page is about the county of Somerset in the United Kingdom. ...

In 1355, he became sheriff and escheator for Wiltshire. He also served as steward of the household of John of Guant and bailiff for the Bishop of Salisbury. Events January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war. ... Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Escheat is an obstruction of the course of descent and the consequent reversion of property to the original grantor. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... The terms steward or stewardess can refer to a number of different professional roles. ... Bailiff (from Late Latin bajulivus, adjectival form of bajulus) is a governor or custodian (cf. ... Arms of the Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ...

Hungerford bought Farliegh Monford house in Somerset in 1369 and transformed it into Farleigh Hungerford Castle. Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ...

He was knighted in 1377 and became Speaker of the "Bad Parliament" through the patronage of his friend John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... // Events January 17 – Pope Gregory XI enters Rome. ... John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 – February 3, 1399) was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. ...

He married in 1376 Joan Hussey, with whom he had seven children, Grace de Hungerford, Ralph, Robert, Peter, Thomas, John and Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford who would also serve as Speaker of the House of Commons. // Events March – The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377. ... Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Sir Walter Hungerford was the son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford. ...

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References

1. ^ Journal of the House of Commons: January 1559