In 1540 he , together with his chaplain , a Wiltshire clergyman named William Bird , Rector of Fittleton and Vicar of Bradford , who was suspected of sympathising with the pilgrims of grace of the north of England , was attainted by act of parliament . Hungerford was charged with employing Bird in his house as chaplain , knowing him to be a traitor ; with ordering another chaplain , Hugh Wood , and one Dr. Maudlin to practise conjuring to determine the king 's length of life , and his chances of victory over the northern rebels ; and finally with committing offences forbidden by the Buggery Act 1533 . He was beheaded at Tower Hill on 28 July 1540 , along with his patron Cromwell . It has been stated that before his execution Hungerford " seemed so unquiet that many judged him rather in a frenzy than otherwise . " Hungerford married firstly Susan Danvers , daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey , Wiltshire , and Anne Stradling , by whom he had a son and heir , Sir Walter Hungerford
pilgrims of grace of the north of England
Pilgrimage of Grace
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury