The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Edward Hungerford (1632 - 1711)

Merchant and politician. He inherited land in Chippenham and was a commissioner for assessment and the militia in Wiltshire in 1659 and Somerset in 1660.

Possibly the Edward Hungerford named as a donor of tesselated pavement found in his grounds in Somerset (575). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/14174 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hungerford_(spendthrift) References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 21 Pavimentum tesselatum in terris Dni Edwardi Hungerford in Com. Somerset repertum. Tesselated pavement found in grounds belonging to Mr Edward Hungerford in Somerset.