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The accompanying- portrait of Sir Walter 

 Hungerford, Knight, of Farley Castle, 

 Heytesbury, is engraved from a picture in 

 the possession of Sir R. Hungerford Pollen, 

 Bart., at Rodbourne, Malmesbury. Sir 

 Walter was the eldest son of Baron Hun- 

 gerford, who was beheaded July 28th, 1541. 

 Upon the accession of Queen Mary, Walter 

 Hungerford obtained a reversal of the 

 attainder imposed on his father, and re- 

 covered the family estates ; but the peerage 

 was not revived. Sir Walter retired from 

 political life and court intrigue, and, choos- 

 ing for his motto, Aniicis Aniicissiinus, 

 devoted himself entirely to country pursuits. 

 He became widely known for the excellence 

 of his stud ; and the picture here engraved 

 bears the following inscription, " Sir Walter 

 Hungerford, Knight, had in Oueene Eliza- 

 beth's tyme, the Second of her Raine, for 

 foure yere together, a baye horse, a blacke 

 greyhounde, a lanerett.^ This offer was for 

 foure yere together, to all Eynglande, not 

 above his betters, he that shoulde showe 

 the best horse for a man of armes, a grey- 

 hounde for a hare, a haucke for the reyver, 

 to wine HI hundred poundes, that was a 



• The falconer's term for the male Lanner — a small hawk. 



