Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 8:53 AM on October 14, 2020.
Did You Know? The History of the Middle Finger...
[Originally placed in the three Hungerford Facebook sites on 13 Oct 2020--this is the narrative that accompanied the article.] Forgive me in advance about this post. It discusses a topic that usually isn't brought up in polite society. The reason I'm forging ahead anyway is the history behind it has Hungerford connections. (Assuming the report is accurate.) Walter Lord Hungerford (EN8) was present at the Battle of Agincourt. Stanley Hungerford reported in his Hungerford genealogy the following: It is reported that Sir Walter, not the Earl of Westmoreland, was the officer who expressed regret that the English did not have 10,000 archers, drawing the famous rebuke from the King recorded by Shakespeare (Henry V, Act IV, Scene iii): "No, my fair cousin; If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more."