Lordship Title of Pomeroy-la-Slowe

County: Wiltshire
Parish: Wingfield
History from: 1385
History to: 1607

Documented history: Yes

Domesday Book: No
Interesting Facts:

Become the 11th Lord and Lady of Pomeroy-la-Slowe

1st Lord – Sir Thomas de Hungerford who sits as a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire, then Somerset.

2nd Lord – Walter de Hungerford is knighted at the accession of King Henry IV.  Whilst serving with the English army Sir Walter enters a dual with King Charley VI of France and beats the king.  Sir Walter serves terms as High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset.  Sir Walter fights at the Battle of Agincourt.  He is then appointed An Admiral of the Fleet under the Duke of Bedford.  He participates in the Siege of Rouen with King Henry V and is made Steward of the King’s Household.  Sir Walter is made a Knight of the Garter and made Treasurer of England.

4th Lord – Robert de Hungerford was a Lancastrian supporter.  After successive defeats he withdraws to the Tower of London, then after the defeat at the Battle of Northampton he surrenders the Tower.  He is attained (convicted of treason) in the first Parliament of King Edward IV.

6th Lord – Walter de Hungerford is knighted by King Henry VII on the battlefield of the Battle of Bosworth.

8th Lord – Sir Walter de Hungerford is made a Squire of the Body to King Henry VIII.  He is late made High Sheriff of Wiltshire.  Sir Walter is summoned to Parliament as Lord Hungerford of Heytesbury.  He is suspected of sympathising with the Pilgrims of Grace, is attained by act of Parliament and beheaded at Tower Hill.

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