He was the eldest of Walter Hungerford of Cadenham manor, Foxham, Wiltshire and his wife Frances, daughter of John Cock of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.
[3] In 1604 he was chosen to represent Chippenham,[4] following a Court of Chancery case that had decided in favour of the town's freemen.
[4] He married Elizabeth (d. 1650), the daughter of Sir Thomas Estcourt of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire around 1596.
His heir Edward was the father of George Hungerford (MP)[4] and his daughter Frances married Francis Keate of East Lockinge, Berkshire.
[1] He died 29th March 1636 at Cadenham, leaving more than 1,500 acres of land in Wiltshire and Berkshire to his heir.