John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

Sir John Stourton sat on the Privy Council of Henry VI. He was appointed November 13, 1437 at a council held at the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, London.

On Feb. 14, 1436 Henry had issued writs to the Priviy council for men and funds from the peers to send an army into France under the Duke of York . John Stourton was specifically named to serve under the king in the wars in France with four men at arms and 111 archers.

On April 18, 1437 he was sent to France by Henry as an ambassador to treat for peace.

Lord Stourton was appointed in the 19 year of Henry VI as one of the Pleniptentaries to treat at Calais with those of France for peace and about the release of the Duke of Orleans. He was appointed keeper of the Duke of Orleans during the time his release was being negotiated in 1439 at Calais. In 1442 he is found still sitting at the Privy Council. He continues sitting in Council meeting in 1443-1444. John was in great favor with the king throughout this time, being given various lands and incomes.

Robert Stourton, great uncle of Lord Stourton, was a Canon and Prior of the town of Bruton (income from which had been given to Lord Stourton). Robert's brother Roger, of Horningsham, had the grant in chief custody as the bailiwick and steward of the Forest of Selwood.

From June 11, 1449 John appeared in Council as Baron Stourton, thereafter sitting in Pariliament as a lord and peer. Lord Stourton had served under Richard Duke of York for many years in the wars with France, as well as sitting on the Privy Council with Cromwell and working with Cardinal Beaufort. He is again present when Richard Duke of York hold Parliament in the king's absence in November 1455.

He was there in on Nov. 11, 1460 when Henry VI ordered the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchquer to pay the costs and expenses of Master George Holland who had to arrange certain matters beyond the sea.

He witnessed the creation of Edmund Tudor as Earl of Richmond, and Japser Tudor as Earl of Pembroke. John's aunt, Edith Stourton, was grandmother to Margaret, wife of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. He was once of the witnesses when Henry created his son Edward Prince of Wales. He acted on business for the king regarding Owen Glendower, Prince of Wales with his brother in law William Carent.

It is written that Margery, his only wife, and underage in 1411, dau. of Sir John Wadham, one of the Puisne Justices of the Court of Common Please and his wife Joan Wrottesley had:

1. William who succeeded his father as 2nd Baron

2. Sir Reginald Stourton, knight, who took Margaret, widow of Sir Alexander Hody (died May 16, 14610, as his wife) she held considerable estates in her own right) The Warre and Hody families intermarried.

3.) Joan, sister of Reginald, married Richard Warre

4.) John (disputed) died young no children; the dispute was over whether these boys were Reginald's.

5.) Nicholas (disputed) died young no children;

6. Margaret married Sir John Darell, kt. of LIttlecote, Wilts., Sheriff of Wilts33 Henri VI; I, 5, 9 Edward IV. George was Keeper of the Great Wardrobe Edward IV.

Sisters of John Stourton: All sisters of John Stourton except Margery must have been dead by 1444, as per a statement made by Margery's husband William Carent, regarding the lineage of Robert Warre, stating that Margery was the only sister of Lord John.

Primary Sources

Proof of age for John Stourton son and heir of Willam Stourton, Writ 14 June 1421.
John was 21 years old on 19 May 1420 [sic, ?recte 1421] and was born at Stourton on 19 May 1400 and was baptized in the font of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Stourton.

He ws created a peer, Baron Stoughton of Wilts. on May 13, 1448.

He was mobilized with his son Reginald and other knights in 1462 to aid in defense of the kingdom against an invasion by the French and Scots and to muster their liegemen in Wiltshire. In 1447 he was described as Treasurer of the Royal Household.

John, Lord Stoughton, died on St. Catherine's Day, November 25, 1452, and the Inquisition taken after his death showed he died seized of many manors and advowsons, tenements, lands, and hereditaments in the Counties of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucester, Southhampton, Essex, London and Wilts, leaving his son William age 32, second Lord Stoughton.

Other Sources

Biography from History of Parliament online with multiple sources.

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/s...

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (19 May 1400 / c. 1404 – 25 November 1462) was an English soldier and politician.

He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton (abt 1373-18 Sep 1413), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.

Stourton served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1426, 1433 and 1437, Somerset and Dorset in 1428 and of Gloucestershire in 1439. He was returned to Parliament as knight of the shire for Wiltshire in Dec 1421, 1425 and 1432 and for Dorset in 1423. He was knighted c.1430.

He was also Treasurer of the Household from 1445 to 1453 and fought for five years in the wars in France and Normandy, acting as Lieutenant of Calais from 1450 to 1451. In 1448 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stourton, of Stourton in the County of Wiltshire.

Lord Stourton married Margery or Marjory, daughter of Sir John Wadham, about 1431. They had:

• William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton (1432-abt 1477), married Margaret Chidiock (Bef 1428-12 Mar 1502/03), daughter of Sir John Chidiock and Catherine Lumley.
• Margaret Stourton (b. 1433), married Sir George Darell. Their daughter, Elizabeth would marry Sir John Seymour, Warden of Savernake Forest, grandfather of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Elizabeth Seymour, Marchioness of Winchester, and Sir John Seymour, and grandfather of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI of England.
• Sir Reginald Stourton of Stourton (b. 1434), High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1455-1456 and 1462-1463.
• Nicholas Stourton
• John Stourton
• Joan Stourton (b. 1446), married Richard De La Warr.

He died in November 1462 and was succeeded in the barony by his son William.

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• STOURTON, John II (1400-62), of Stourton, Wilts.
• b. Stourton 19 May 1400, s. and h. of William Stourton*. m. aft. 1413 and bef. 1425, Margery, da. of Sir John Wadham* j.c.p. of Merrifield, Som. by his 2nd w. Joan, 4s. inc. Sir William Wadham†, 2da. Kntd. by Feb. 1431; cr. Baron Stourton of Stourton 13 May 1448.1
• Commr. of array, Wilts. June 1421, Jan. 1436, Mar. 1443, Wilts., Som., Dorset Sept. 1457, Wilts., Som. Sept. 1458, Hants, Dorset Feb. 1459, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Dec. 1459, Apr. 1460, Aug. 1461; inquiry, Dorset Aug. 1426 (necromancy), Wilts., Dorset duly 1433 (intrusions, Ivychurch priory), Wilts. Sept. 1440 (arson), Dorset Jan. 1444 (ownership of land), Sept. 1444 (franchises at Gillingham), Hants June 1447 (treason), Calais Apr. 1451 (murder), Devon, Cornw., Som., Dorset, Wilts. Aug. 1455 (insurrection), Dec. 1460 (treason), Som., Dorset July 1461 (felonies), June 1462 (Hungerford estates), Som. Sept. 1462 (Luttrell estates); oyer and terminer, Som. June 1436, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent, Surr. Oct. 1441, London Mar. 1450, south-west Eng., Wales and the marches July 1452, East Anglia, s. Midlands Sept. 1452, Jan. 1453, Wilts. June 1459, Welsh marches Sept. 1461, 26 counties Feb. 1462, Wilts., Som., Dorset May 1462; gaol delivery, Ilchester Feb., Mar. 1438, Old Sarum Nov. 1452, Dorchester Feb. 1462; to take musters, Poole May 1438, of the duke of York’s army May 1441, of the garrison of Calais Sept. 1451; raise royal loans, Wilts. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1446, Dorset, Wilts. Sept. 1449, Kent Jan. 1452, Wilts., Som., Dorset June 1453, Devon Apr. 1454; treat for payment of subsidies, Wilts. Feb. 1441; distribute tax allowances Aug. 1449, June 1453; raise an income tax, Wilts., Dorset Aug. 1450; assign archers, Wilts. Dec. 1457; distribute compensation for losses at sea, Bristol July 1459, July 1461; of arrest, Som. Sept. 1459, Hants, Oxon., Berks. Dec. 1460, Wilts. July 1461, Hants Nov. 1461, Som., Dorset, Wilts. Jan. 1462; to raise men to relieve Guernsey, May 1461; set watches, Poole Jan. 1462.
• Sheriff, Wilts. 12 Dec. 1426-7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1433-3 Nov. 1434, 7 Nov. 1437-3 Nov. 1438, Som. and Dorset 4 Nov. 1428-10 Feb. 1430, Glos. 5 Nov. 1432-3, 5 Nov. 1439-4 Nov. 1441.
• J.p. Wilts. 5 Dec. 1427-d., Som. 27 Mar. 1453-d., Dorset 14 July 1461-d.
• Tax assessor, Dorset Jan. 1436.
• Member of the King’s Council 13 Nov. 1437-c. Nov. 1460.
• Ambassador to treat with France and Burgundy May-Oct. 1439, Burgundy Jan., Aug. 1451.
• Dep. constable of England July 1440.
• Treasurer of the King’s household 15 Nov. 1446-27 Mar. 1453
• Surveyor of the royal parks, forests and chases, Wilts. 17 Mar. 1447-d.
• Jt. governor of Ivychurch priory, Wilts. 13 Nov. 1447-c.1452.
• Lt. of Calais 2 Apr. Sept. 1451; capt. of Rysbank Apr. 1450-c. Feb. 1455.
• Jt. keeper of the seas Mar. 1454-July 1455.
• Parlty. cttees. on Calais and Berwick-upon-Tweed July 1455, Calais 1461.
• Trier of parliamentary petitions 1461.
• During John’s minority the wardship of his estates was placed in the hands of his father’s executors: Sir William Hankford, c.j.KB, and his uncle, John Stourton I* of Preston Plucknett. It was no doubt these two who arranged his marriage to a daughter of Hankford’s former colleague on the judiciary, Sir John Wadham. John proved his age on 1 July 1421 and duly obtained seisin of his patrimony in Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset and Essex. He had already served on his first royal commission, and was to enter the House of Commons for the first time only five months later. His uncle, sitting at the same time for Somerset, no doubt familiarized him with parliamentary procedure.2 That Stourton was elected to Parliament so young may be attributed to the size of his inheritance, which in 1412 had been estimated to be worth £200 a year. To these estates were added, in 1429, the bulk of the substantial landed holdings of his maternal grandfather Sir John Moigne; and in 1436 he admitted to receiving an annual income of £600 from land and annuities. By the time of his death he was in possession of over 20 manors in 11 counties, as well as property in London, and Fulham Hall in Middlesex.3
• During the early years of his career, John was frequently associated with his uncle, in particular with regard to leases issued at the Exchequer, and when John senior made his will in 1438 he received from him a psalter which had once belonged to his father, as well as vestments and ornaments for his chapel. It was in accordance with his uncle’s instructions that he subsequently conveyed the manor of Thorn Coffin to Stavordale priory. Other close associates in his youth included his brother-in-law, William Carent* of Toomer, and John Hody*, the future chief justice. The record of his royal commissions and shrievalties over the 20 years after he attained his majority is some indication of his growing influence in the localities, and in 1434 his name appeared second only to the sons of Sir Walter (now Lord) Hungerford*, on the list of those gentry of Wiltshire required to take the oath to keep the laws against maintenance. Stourton attended the Wiltshire elections to the Parliaments of 1422, 1426, 1433, 1435, 1442 and 1447, in the meantime representing that county in two more Parliaments and Dorset in one.4
• Stourton soon came to the attention of the royal council of regency, which in June 1428 granted him a licence to turn 1,000 acres of land into a park at his seat in Wiltshire. His subsequent preferment may have owed something to the then treasurer of England, Lord Hungerford, on whose behalf he was to be involved in many business transactions as a feoffee of estates and a witness to deeds. On 18 Feb. 1430 Stourton was retained to serve in the war in France with a modest personal contingent of three men-at-arms and 12 mounted archers, and thus provided part of the large entourage which accompanied the young King across the Channel for his coronation in Paris. It may even have been in the course of the celebrations that he was knighted. He was overseas again in the summer of 1436 on the defence of Calais, this time with a much larger following of five men-at-arms and 112 archers.5 He had appeared in the minutes of the Council in February that year, as being asked to contribute £40 towards the war-effort. On 10 Apr. 1437 he was nominated to go on an embassy to treat with the French (although it seems unlikely that negotiations ever took place), and in October he was present at a great council at Sheen. Then, on 13 Nov., King Henry formally appointed him to be one of his regular councillors, with a salary of £40 a year for life. Stourton was now of sufficient standing to take over from the earl of Suffolk custody of the duke of Orleans, a prisoner of war since Agincourt, who had become an important pawn in Anglo-French diplomacy. Sir John kept charge of the duke at Stourton from 9 July 1438 until 8 May following, when, having been appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate with the French and Burgundians, he escorted his prisoner to Calais, where he continued to be responsible for him throughout the envoys’ protracted stay. After their return on 13 Oct. Orléans remained at Stourton until 10 Feb. 1440, a few months before his release.6 Stourton clearly owed much for his position at Court to the Beauforts, whose most senior member, Cardinal Beaufort, had headed the embassy to Calais. In the previous year he had held the muster of the army of the cardinal’s nephew, Edmund, earl of Dorset, before its departure for France, and ‘de sa grand naturesse et propre vouloir’ had made a loan of £20 to help finance the expedition. Sir John’s connexion with the Beauforts was strengthened by the marriage of his cousin, Margaret Beauchamp (daughter of his aunt Edith), to Dorset’s elder brother, John, duke of Somerset, and in July 1443, shortly before his death, the duke named him as one of the trustees of his estates for the execution of his will and for the performance of entails.7
• During the 1440s Stourton’s political importance steadily increased. In September 1440 he was one of the nine men suggested as suitable councillors for the duke of York in the latter’s capacity as King’s lieutenant in France, and two months later he was instructed to go to Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon, to take from him a recognizance in 2,000 marks as guarantee that he would keep the peace towards Sir William Bonville II*. He had recently obtained confirmation of a charter of Henry III, relating to rights in the New Forest, and in May following he was granted another, permitting him to make deer-leaps in his park at Stourton, to hold a yearly fair, and to have free warren in all his demesnes there. After his promotion as treasurer of the Household, he naturally became involved in the desperate measures undertaken to deal with the crisis in the royal finances. He was a member of a group of five men, including the chancellor and the treasurer of the Exchequer, who, in July 1447, were granted for five years all wardships, escheats, forfeitures and fines due to the Crown, the revenues from which were to be used to meet household expenses, and in the same month he alone was granted, from the customs, £5,000 for the same purpose. Meanwhile, in March he had been awarded in tail the decayed castle of Old Sarum and the office of surveyor of the royal parks in Wiltshire, and in September his estate in the bailiwick of the bedelry of Somerset on the western side of the river Parret was formally ratified. Sir John was now moving among the highest in the land, and his status was given weight by his creation in May 1448 as Lord Stourton. In order to help him maintain this new dignity, Henry VI bestowed on him all the crown lands within Grovely forest, Wiltshire, together with other properties in Somerset and Dorset.8
• Stourton often attended council meetings, but only on one occasion was his opinion recorded: at a session at Winchester in the summer of 1449 he held that before any attempt was made to relieve Guyenne it was essential to establish law and order at home in England. As treasurer of the Household he had to work in close association with the chamberlain, William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, and outside their official duties the two men also acted together as co-feoffees of certain premises in Bristol. Even so, Stourton does not seem to have been particularly friendly with the duke, and although his name figured in some of the popular rhymes issued in criticism of the government at the time of Cade’s rebellion, he did not share the opprobrium heaped on Suffolk and his allies. For a time, by Act of Resumption passed in the Parliament of November 1449, Stourton lost the lands given to him with the barony, but his letters patent were renewed in March 1451. He had in the meantime encountered ‘great charges’ while serving in Calais and, furthermore, had made the King a gift of the manor of Brixton Deverill, so that it might form part of the endowment of King’s college, Cambridge.9
• Stourton’s military service in Calais had followed after his appointment in April 1450, for a period of five years, as one of the wardens there. In fact, effective responsibility for Calais lay with him, as lieutenant of the town and captain of Rysbank, and with Ralph Lord Sudeley, as captain of the castle of Calais. Their tenure of office lasted until Edmund, duke of Somerset, took over the latter captaincy in September 1451, although Rysbank may have remained in Stourton’s keeping until 1455. At Calais in January 1451 he had been assigned to treat with the Burgundians concerning an infraction of the truce, and in August he negotiated with the same regarding sums of money due to the merchants of the Staple. His efforts in raising loans in Kent to help support the garrison won him a reward of £20 a few months later.10
• Despite his connexions with the Beauforts, Stourton seems to have avoided becoming overtly partizan in the quarrels between the duke of Somerset and Richard, duke of York. In February 1452 he was among those sent by the King to Duke Richard and the earl of Devon, commanding them to desist from rebellion, and his replacement as treasurer of the Household in March 1453 did not prevent him continuing to be a councillor throughout the period of the King’s mental illness and during York’s first protectorate. In March 1454 he was a member of the delegation sent to Windsor by Parliament to ascertain whether the King might be fit for affairs of State, and in the following month he appeared among the prelates and Lords appointed to invest Henry’s son, Edward, as prince of Wales and earl of Chester. During the same Parliament, having been formally given joint responsibility for naval defence, he indented to serve in this capacity for three years (although in the event he was discharged after just one). York’s protectorate came to an end early in 1455 and Stourton was present at the Council in February when the King ordered Somerset’s release from the Tower. He was a trustee of the duke’s estates in Dorset, and a co-feoffee with him of property in Salisbury, and it may have been for this reason that he was chosen a month later to be an arbitrator in the vain attempt to settle by peaceful compromise the differences between him and York. There is no record that he took any part in the battle of St. Albans, where Somerset lost his life. In the Parliament which assembled in July following he sat on committees nominated to discuss the problems associated with the strongholds of Calais and Berwick-upon-Tweed, and along with other members of the House of Lords he took an oath of allegiance to Henry VI. In the November session he was one of the eight noblemen who negotiated with the duke of York concerning the terms of his second protectorate.11
• After January 1456 Stourton attended few Council meetings, and it would appear that his connexions with such staunch Lancastrians as Leo, Lord Welles (the husband of his cousin Margaret, dowager duchess of Somerset), and Robert, Lord Hungerford, failed to persuade him to lend whole-hearted support to the party growing up around Margaret of Anjou. Similarly, his association with Humphrey, duke of Buckingham (for whom he acted, certainly from 1448 until 1458 and perhaps longer, as steward of estates in Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire), did not lead to closer ties with Henry VI, despite the duke’s unwavering support for the monarch. Although he was summoned to great councils in 1457 and 1458 and put on some important commissions in the south-west in this period, it may be that he was beginning to entertain some sympathy for the opposing party. However, in August 1459 he contributed towards a loan of £2,000 to the King, specifically designated to pay for an embassy to the Pope, and he swore his allegiance once more in the Coventry Parliament. That he was considered loyal is clear from his appointment to raise forces to resist the invasion of the Yorkist earls in the summer of 1460. Yet, following their success, he not only served on many of their commissions, but also attended councils controlled by them. Furthermore, in a curious transaction dated that August, his name was linked with those of York, Salisbury, Warwick and March as a feoffee of land in Chicklade, Wiltshire, and in November he was associated with Archbishop Bourgchier, Viscount Bourgchier and other prominent Yorkists in making a settlement of the estates of Sir Thomas Browne†, who had been executed by their faction a few months earlier.12
• After the accession of Edward IV, Stourton continued to serve as a commissioner, but there is no record that he ever sat on the new King’s Council. The comparatively few rewards that came his way suggest that he had been no more than a moderate supporter of the Yorkist cause: in May 1461 he was granted the farm of the castle and lordship of Mere and the keepership of the park there; in December he obtained assurances of fresh assignments for the payment of old crown debts for his services at Calais and in the following spring he was appointed as keeper of the Hungerford estates, his appointment being backdated to the previous Michaelmas. During Edward’s first Parliament Stourton’s experience of the administration of Calais was put to good use, following his nomination to the committee authorized to have discussions with the merchants of the Staple about the future funding of the garrison. Stourton was active on the new King’s behalf in the south and west, raising forces to resist an anticipated invasion from France, and holding important sessions of oyer and terminer. In the autumn of 1462 he journeyed north with Edward’s army, and it was probably while at Durham that he died on 25 Nov.13
• In the course of his career, Stourton had established close links with several men of influence in Church and State. Besides his connexions with the Beauforts, the Hungerfords and the duke of Buckingham, he also acted as a feoffee of the estates of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, and William, earl of Arundel, and in 1453 and 1456 he had appeared as one of the parliamentary proxies of Bishop Bekynton of Bath and Wells. That he himself dispensed patronage and exerted influence goes without doubt, and his ’good lordship’ may well have been behind the grant to his chaplain, John Hert, a canon of Christchurch, of a papal dispensation to hold benefices, and the return of a servant of his, Giles Dacre, as representative for Wilton in the Parliaments of 1455 and 1460.14 The extent of his territorial holdings alone would have been sufficient to enable him to wield considerable authority in Wiltshire and Somerset, but he had also supplemented his large income from land with the perquisites of high office, the profits of overseas trade in Brittany and France, and the substantial sums made from ransoming prisoners-of-war. According to Leland, a significant part of the house at Stourton, which contained two courts (the front of the inner one being ’magnificent and high embatelid castelle lyke’) was built ‘ex spoliis Gallorum’. It is remarkable that Stourton used none of his wealth for the endowment of religious foundations.15
• Lord Stourton was succeeded by his eldest son William, who by then had sat in the Commons for Dorset on at least two occasions. His wife survived him.16
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/st...
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• Sir John Stourton, Lord of Preston, Co. Somerset. Called John, Lord Stourton in the Visitation of Beds., and Constable of Corfe Castle 1st March, 4 Richard II. Witnessed Robert, Lord Fitz Payne's charter of the Manor and Advowson of Stourton, Co. Wilts, 40 Edward III. Described by his son, John Stourton, of Preston, as sometime Lord of Stourton, Co. Wilts. Sheriff of Counties Dorset and Wilts., 1377. Buried in the Abby of Stavordale, Co. Somerset. = Catherine, daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont, confirmed by Hoare's copy of the College of Arms pedigree and by Edmonson.; ch: (Pg.98 Sir William (m. Elizabeth Moygne) Stourton); = Jane, daughter of Ralph, Lord Basset, confirmed by Hoare's copy of the College of Arms pedigree, by Edmondson, and by Brydes' Collins' Peerage.; ch: (Pg.98 Edith (m. Sir John Beauchamp & Sir Robert Shottesbroke) Stourton.
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• Sir William Stourton, Lord of Stourton, Co. Wilts., son and heir. Speaker of the House of Commons. Steward of the Principality of Wwales. Died on Monday after the feast of St. Lambert, 1 Henry V., 1413, and buried in the Priory of Witham, Co. Somerset. Will proved 22nd Sept., 1413, Ad. cum Test. granted 23rd Sept., 1413. = Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Sir John Maygne, of Maddington, Co., Wilts., and Estaines, Co. Essex, knight. Married 22 Richard II. Buried with her husband in the Priory of Witham, Co. Somerset.; ch: Sir John (m. Margery Wadham) Stourton.
• Sir John Stourton, ceated Baron of Stourton, Co. Wilts. Lord and Patron of Strouton. Sheriff of Co. Wilts., Sheriff of Co. Gloucester, Treasurer of the Household. Served in the wars of France and Normandy. Died on St. Catherine's day, 1462. = Margery Wadham, dau. of Sir John Waldham, of Merryfield, Co. Somerset, knight. The Wadhams had long been connected with the Stourton family, see under John Stourton of Preston, Co. Somerset.; ch: Margaret (m. Sir George Darell) Stourton.
• Margaret Stourton, who is shewn by Hoare, Edmondson and Collins as a daughter of John, first Lord Stourton, as well as by Harl. MS. 1074. = Sir George Darell, of Little, Co. Wilts., knight. Keeper of the great wardrobe to Edward IV. Sheriff of Co. Wilts. 33 Henry VI., and 1, 5, and 9 Edward IV.; ch: Elizabeth Darell First wife. Besides her eldest son, she had a numerous family, her daughter, Margaret Seymour, having married Sir Nicholas Wadham. = John Seymour, who seated himself at Wolthall, Co. Wilts., aged 14 years in 1464, 4 Edward IV., at the death of his grandfather.
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• Sir William Stourton, Lord of the Manor of Stourton, Co. Wilts., son and heir of Sir John Stourton, of Preston, Co. Somerset, and of Stourton, Co. Wilts., by Catherine, his wife, daughter of Henry, Lord Beaumont, confirmed by Hoare's copy of the College of Arms pedigree and by Edmondson. Collins placed him as eldest son of Sir John Stourton, by his second wife, Jane, daughter of Ralph, Lord Basset. Harleian MS. 1074 shewed him as eldest son of John Stourton without giving his mother's name. John Stourton, of Preston, senior, described himself in his will as brother of William Stourton, son and heir of John Stourton, sometime Lord of Stourton. In the inscription to Edith Stourton's memory she is called "Editha Soror' Will'i Storton." He appears to have been one of her trustees of the Manor of Ashmore, Co. Dorset. Sir William Dugdale started his pedigree of the Stourton family with this Sir William Stourton, stating that the family was of great antiquity in Wiltshire, taking its denomination from the town of Stourton, and it from the river Stoure, on the bank whereof it was situated.
• He had a remainder in his father's Preston Pluckenet property in tail, contingent on failure of issue of his father by Alice, his wife.
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• Sir William Stourton married, 21 Richard II., Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir John Moyne, of Maddington, Co. Wilts., Buckhorn Weston, Co. Dorset, and Estaine, Co. Essex, knight(*), Lardiner at the Coronation of Henry V. Testa de Nevile stated in effect that the Manor of Owre Moyne was held by Ralph Moyne, of the Lord the King, by serjeanty of his kitchen, as his ancestors had done from the time of Henry I., and also by serjeanty of purveying that which belonged to the kitchen of the Lord the King(t). Sir John Moigne claimed to hold the Manors of Ogres or Owres, Co. Dorset, Maddington, Co. Wilts., and Eyston, Co. Essex, per .... etc.
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• It was found by the Inquisition taken after the death of Sir William Stourton, in 1 Henry V., at Dunmow, Co. Essex, that Sir John Moigne, knight, had been seised of the Manor of Estanes ad Montem, Co. Essex, with the advowson of the church there, in his demesne as of fee, as being settled to him and his heirs for ever, and being so seised, he had granted that Lordship, Manor and Advowson to Elizabeth, his daughter, then wife of Sir William Stourton, to hold of the said Elizabeth and the heirs of her body lawfully issuing by her husband, William Stourton, and that on the 20th May, 21 Richard II., a license had been obtained from the King confirming the said grant, and the Inquisition proved that John Stourton was son and next heir of the said Elizabeth by Sir William Stourton. .... etc.
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• .... that his son, John Stourton, called "Junior" (afterwards Lord Stourton), presented on the 5th of January, 1427. The fact that in this entry John Stourton is called "Junior," supports our contention that John Stourton, of Preston and Brimpton, his uncle, described himself as "Senior" to distinguish himself from his nephew, John, 1st Lord Stourton.(*) .... etc. William, 2nd Lord Stourton, presented on the 29th of March, 1477, but his son, John, 3rd Lord Stourton (called by Newcourt a knight only), never presented. Of him, Newcourt stated that he, "dying about 1484, leaving Katherine, his widow, who, afterwards, marrying with John Brereton, Esq., together, with him, presented to the same in 1486," which was on the 21st July, 1486, when "John Brereton, Ar', and Dom' Katherina Sturton. uxor sua ratione custodise Franc', Dom' Sturton," by "virtue of the guardianship of Francis, (4th) Lord Stourton, his (Sir John, 3rd Lord Stourton's) son and heir (by the said Katherine, Lady Stourton), who dying in his minority, or, at least, without issue, Sir William, afterwards (5th) L[ord] Stourton, his (Sir John, 3rd Lord Stourton's) brother, became his heir," who, "whilst a kt. granted the advowson hereof, for two Turns, to the Abby of Titley near adjoyning, by virtue whereof, John Fan, and others, presented two of the Abbots thereof successively thereto, A. 1504(23rd Dec.) and 1520 (5th Dec.)," when, after a lapse, whereupon the Bishop of London presented 18th July, 1531, we find William, 7th Lord Stourton, presented, as the last of his family, 1st August, 1536, for he disposed of the Manor and Advowson by sale to Sir Ralph Warren, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London in 1536 and 1543.(+)
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• Sir William Stourton had issue by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir (or sole heir) of Sir John Moigne, knight, two children only, as confirmed by every historian and evidenced by his will, in which he mentioned them, viz., one son and heir, who was created a Baron in the peerage oi England, and one daughter, as follows : —
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  • i. — Sir John Stourton, only son and heir, who was created by the Letters Patent of Henry VI., on the 13th May, 1448, Baron Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts., in the peerage of England, and of whom afterwards.
  • ii. — Margaret Stourton, only other child and daughter, married according to Edmondson "Sir William Carrant, of Tomber, (in the parish of Henstridge,) Co. Somerset, knight." Confirmed by Sir R. C. Hoare's copy of the College of Arms pedigree, and by Collin's pedigree, who says her husband's name was "William Clarent, or Carrent, of Tomber, Co. Somerset." We have already read of him previously as William Carent, in which form of name we continue to describe him. .... etc.
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  • We find William Carent was son and heir of William Carent, of Henstridge and Fayroke, Co. Somerset, and of Carent-Court, in the Isle of Purbeck, Co. Dorset, Esquire, by Alice, his wife, daughter of John Toomer, of Toomer, in the parish of Henstridge, and through her being heir of her nephew and niece, John and Edith Toomer, infant children of her brother, Richard Toomer, she brought the .... etc.
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• The Right Honourable Sir John Stourton, knight, P.C., Treasurer of the Royal Household, created Baron and Lord Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts., in the Peerage of England, only son and heir of Sir William Stourton, knight, Speaker of the House of Commons, knight in Parliament for the shires of Somerset, Wilts., and Dorset, and Lord of Stourton, Co. Wilts., Great Easton, Co. Essex, Sopley, Co. Hants and of several other Manors, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and coheir (or sole heir) of Sir John Moigne, knight, by Catherine (Belvale,) his wife. He was born in 1399 and was aged 14 years on the death of his father in 1413. .... etc.
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• Lord Stourton, by Margery, his only wife (who was under age in 1411), daughter of Sir John Wadham,(*) knight, of Merefield, Co. Somerset, one of the Puisne Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, 1388-1397, by Joan Wrottesley, his wife, had issue :(f)
  • i. — The Right Honourable William, Lord Stourton, who succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the Peerage of England, and of whom afterwards.
  • ii. — Sir Reginald Stourton, knight, who married Margaret, widow(+) of Sir Alexander Hody, of Bower, Co. Somerset, knight, M.P. for that county in 1443, 1448, 1449, 1454. .... etc, It will be seen later that Joan Stourton, sister of Sir Reginald Stourton, married Richard Warre of Hestercomb. On the iifh of February, 1445, .... etc. Collins, Edmondson, and others, asserted that Margaret, (||) wife of Sir Reginald Stourton, was widow, not daughter, of Alexander Hody. Sir Reginald Stourton was appointed .... etc.
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  • Hoare ascribed to him two sons, John and Nicholas Stourton, who died young and sine prole, whom Edmondson and Collins said were his brothers. But Harleian MS. 1074 shewed William, 2nd Lord Stourton, and Sir Reginald Stourton as the only two sons of John, 1st Lord Stourton, although the other authorities alleged there were (with John and Nicholas Stourton) four sons. They all agreed that Sir Reginald Stourton had a daughter, who married Oliver Calminow, alias Carminow. Sir Reginald Stourton is also mentioned under William, 2nd Lord Stourton.
  • iii.- — John Stourton, who obiit sine prole, and a son (with his brother Nicholas) of John, 1st Lord Stourton, according to Edmondson and Collins, but son (with his brother Nicholas,) of Sir Reginald Stourton, in Hoare's copy of the College of Arms pedigree.
  • iv. — Nicholas Stourton, obiit sine prole, confirmed as in the case of his brother, John Stourton, but neither he nor his brother John, were shewn as sons of John, 1st Lord Stourton, in Harl. MS. 1074.
  • v. — Margaret Stourton, married Sir George Darell, of Littlecote, Co. Wilts, knight. Sheriff of Wilts 33 Henry VI., and 1, 5 and 9 Edward IV. Heir of his mother, Elizabeth Darell, wife of William Darell, Esquire, and daughter of Thomas Calston, Esquire, of Littlecote, and thus acquired that estate, which was sold by his descendant to Sir John Popham. His mother died 18th June, 4 Edward IV., seised of Podriggebury Manor, then held of Elizabeth Venour, as of her Manor of Westbury in Offeley, Sir George Darell being then 36 years and upwards, and seised in fee thereof, which he granted by charter 14th February, 13 Edward IV., to Thomas, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury, and others, in fee simple, and died on Monday before the Feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary then last. With his brother-in-law, Sir Reginald Stourton, he was appointed by the king on the 20th October, 1462, a commissioner to array and muster the king's liege subjects of Co. Wilts, in consequence of notice having then been received of an intended invasion by the Scots and French at the instigation of the great rebels of his kingdom. Sir George Darell was keeper of the great wardrobe to King Edward IV. Their daughter :— .... etc.
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  • vi. — Jane (or Joan) Stourton, married Richard Warre, of Hestercombe, Co. Somerset, Esquire(*). .... etc.
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• John, Lord Stourton, died on St. Catherine's day, the 25th day of November, 1462, and the Inquisitions taken after his death shew he died seized of considerable manors, advowsons, lands, tenements and hereditaments in the Counties of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucester, Southampton, Essex, London, Middlesex and Wilts, leaving William Stourton, his son and next heir, aged 32 years, who succeeded his father in the peerage as William, 2nd Lord Stourton.
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• The Right Honourable William, Lord Stourton, 2nd Baron of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the peerage of England, son and heir of Sir John Stourton, knight, of Stourton aforesaid, who had been created Baron of Stourton by Letters Patent on the 13th May, 1448, by Margaret, (or Margery) his only wife, daughter of Sir John Wadham, knight, of Merryfield, Co. Somerset, one of the Puisne Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.
• Lord Stourton succeeded his father in the Stourton peerage on St. Catherine's day, 25th November, 1462(*). He inherited the vast estates which his father succeeded to, some of which descended paternally, as coming from Sir William Stourton, and some through his wife, Elizabeth Moigne ; and those which John, Lord Stourton, inherited under the charter of John Hame, and by purchase, as well as by favour of Henry VI. He was born about 1432, and was aged 30 years on the 25th November, 1462, and in the same year he had livery of his fathers estates, but his homage was respited, .... etc.
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• This estate was settled as the jointure of Margaret, Lady Stourton, who after the death of her first husband, William, 2nd Lord Stourton, presented with her second husband. Sir John Cheyne or Cheyney, knight. Lord Cheyney, K.G., who died sine prole on the 30th May, 1499. .... etc.
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• He married Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of Sir John Chidiock, knight, of Chidiock and Caundle, Co. Dorset, .... etc.
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• The Magna charta barons and their American descendants with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna charta of King John (1898) By Charles Henry Browning
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  • PEDIGREE V
• ROGER BIGOD, a Magna Charta Surety, had:
• HUGH BIGOD, a Magna Charta Surety, who had:
• SIR RALPH BIGOD, Knt., third son, who had:
• ISABEL BIGOD, m. JohnFitz-Geoffrey, Chief Justice of Ireland, 1264, and had:
• JOHN FITZ-JOHN, Chief Justice of Ireland, d. 1258, who had:
• MAUD FITZ-JOHN, m. William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and had:
• GUY DE BEAUCHAMP, Earl of Warwick, d. 1315, who had:
• THOMAS DE BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl of Warwick, d. 1369, who had:
• JOAN DE BEAUCHAMP, m. Ralph Bassett, K.B., of Drayton, and had:
• JANE BASSET, m. John de Stourton, of Preston, d. 1364, and had:
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• WILLIAM DE STOURTON, steward of Wales, 1402, who had:
• SIR JOHN DE STOURTON, Baron Stourton, d. 1462, who had:
• WILLIAM DE STOURTON, second Baron Stourton, d. 1478, who had:
• JOAN STOURTON, m. Tristram Fauntleroy, of Mitchell's Marsh, d. 1539, and had:
• JOHN FAUNTLEROY, of Crandall, Hampshire, d. 1598, who had: .... etc.
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• Wadhams genealogy, proceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England.. ([c1913])
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  • after Pg. 4 CHART pedigree of Wadham.
• Sir John Wadham, of Edge, Devon. c. 1360 ; ch: Sir John (m. Joan Wrothesley) Wadham.
• Sir John, Justice of Common Please, 1388-1397, still living in 1411-12. Buried at Branscombe. = Joan Wrothesley. Buried at Ilminster.; ch: William (m. Margaret Cheselden), Thomas, Margery (m. Sir John Stourton) Wadham.
• Margery = Sir John Stourton, created 1st Baron Stourton, died 1463.
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• Collectanea topographica et genealogica (1834)
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  • No. XIII. f. 317, 317b, 318, 319. PEDIGREE CHART
• John Stourton.; ch: William (m. Elizabeth Moyne), Pg.313 John or Jenkyn (m._ & _ Payne & _ Peny), Edith (m. Sir John Beauchamp & Robert Shottesbroke) Stourton
  • William Stourton. = Elizabeth, dau. and one of the heirs of Sir John Moyne, Knt.; ch: John (m. Margery Wadham), Margaret (m. William Carent, Esq.) Stourton.
    • John Lord Stourton. = Margery, dau. of Sir Jhn Wadham, Knt.; ch: William (m. Margaret Chideoke), Sir Reginald (m. Margaret wid. of Alexander Hody), Jane (m. Richard Ware), Margaret (m. Sir George Darell) Stourton.
      • William Lord Stourton, wedded Margaret, dau. and one of the heirs of Sir John Chidoke, Knt.; ch: John, William, Edw. (m. Agnes Flauntleroy), Edith, Elizabeth, Alianor, Ralph, John, Richard, Katherine (m. Sir William Berkeley & Lord Grey), Margaret (m. James Chidley), Alice (m. _ Philpott), Avice (m. Harry Rogers, Esq.) Stourton.
        • Avice, wedded to Harry Rogers, Esq.; ch: John, Alexander, Thomas, Margaret Rogers.
  • John or Jenkyn Stourton, of Preston = . . . . . ch: dau. (m. _ Hill) Stourton; = . ., dau. and hr. of . . . . Payne.; ch: dau. (m. _ Sidenham) Stourton.; = ., dau and hr. of . . . . Peny.; ch: Alice (m. William Daubeney & Robt. Hill) Stourton.
    • A dau. wedd. to . . . Hill of Spakston.; ch: _ (m. _ Cheyney), John (m. _ Rodney) Hill.
    • Alice Stourton. = William Daubeney, 1st husb.; ch: [See No. XIV.]; = Robt. Hill, 2nd husband.; ch: Giles, Margaret (m. Sir Hugh Luttrell), Jane (m. Nicholas Wadham) Hill.
  • Dame Edith. = Sir John Beauchamp, Knt. son & hr. of Sir Roger Beauchamp, Chamberlain to King Edward III.; ch: Margaret, Duchess of Somerset who had My Lady the King's Mother.; = Sir Robert Shottesbroke, Knt. 2nd. husb.; ch: Dame Alianor (m. Sir John Cheyney) Shottesbroke.