Lady Anne Stourton

Anne Stanley was the daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd earl of Derby (May 10, 1508-October 24, 1572) and Dorothy Howard (d. before 1547). On February 10, 1549, she married Charles, 8th baron Stourton (c.1521-x.March 6, 1556/7). Early in her marriage, she was thrust into her husband's feud with his neighbors, the Hartgills, and with his father's mistress, Agnes Rhys. Agnes, who was in possession of Stourton House, also took possession of some of the livestock at Stourton. Anne tried to stop her, but was unsuccessful. Anne and Charles were the parents of John, 9th baron (c.1552-October 13, 1588), Edward, 10th baron (c.1555-May 7, 1633), Charles, Mary (d.1622+), Anne, and Catherine. After a little more than eight years of marriage, Stourton was executed for murdering two of the Hartgills. Anne may have been the Lady Stourton at court in 1558/9, although this seems unlikely. Not only was she a prominent recusant, but with her husband's conviction the family was stripped of both lands and title. The other possibility, perhaps more likely even at age seventy, is her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Dudley. Two months after Charles's execution, Anne was allowed to purchase back the goods the Crown had confiscated. The wardship of the four-year-old heir was sold to Sir Hugh Paulet for £340. Anne petitioned Queen Mary, asking that she be allowed to supervise her son's education and keep him with her until he was ten, and also choose his wife. She told the queen that she had lost a loving, true, and faithful husband, her greatest comfort in the world. The queen granted her request and also an annuity of £40 from the Stourton lands. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth succeeded her sister, Anne remarried, taking as her second husband Sir John Arundell of Lanherne (c. 1530-November 17, 1590). The wardship and marriage of John Stourton were then granted to the earl of Derby. Anne's children by Arundell were Dorothy (c.1560-1613), Elizabeth, Cecily, Margaret, Gertrude (b.1574), and John (d.1633). She continued to be known as Lady Stourton after her second marriage. Sir John was in prison in 1581 for recusancy. From 1583, Father John Cornelius was the Arundell family priest. In March 1588, Anne was living at Muswell Hill, London. Arundell's will left her £100 and all the plate and household stuff he received from her on their marriage. Anne lived at Chideock Castle in Dorset after her second husband’s death, but maintained contact with Catholics in London, including Father Cornelius. In 1594, an informant’s report led to Cornelius’s arrest and that of all those who had harbored him. The men were executed, but Lady Stourton was only detained briefly and then released. Roland Connelly, in Women of the Catholic Resistance in England 1540-1680, confuses Lady Stourton with her daughter, Dorothy, incorrectly gives the date of Sir John Arundell's death as January 17, 1591, and does not seem to know that Sir John's wife had previously been married to Lord Stourton, even though his book also includes a chapter on her daughter, Mary Stourton. I believe it is Dorothy Arundell who spoke up in court for Father Cornelius and the others, not her mother, especially since she apparently made reference in the speech to having a mother still living. Whoever spoke on the prisoners' behalf, it was to no avail. They were all executed on July 4, 1594. In 1601, Lady Stourton was indicted at the Dorset assizes. She petitioned the queen and Elizabeth Tudor ordered the case against her dismissed. Two of her daughters, meanwhile, Dorothy and Gertrude Arundell, went abroad to become nuns and were co-founders of the English Benedictine convent in Brussels.

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Anne STANLEY (AFN: 15CF-XT9) Pedigree

Sex:  F  Family  

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Event(s)

Birth:   1527     Of, Lathom, Lancashire, England   

Death:   22 Sep 1602     Lathom, Lancashire, Engl   

Burial:   2 Oct 1602     Church, Saint Colomb Major, Cornwall, England   

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Parents

Father:  Edward STANLEY (AFN: FBZZ-FC)  Family  

Mother:  Dorothy HOWARD (AFN: 95KW-NK) 

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Marriage(s)

Spouse:  John ARUNDELL (AFN: 95KW-QW)  Family  

Marriage:  1560    Of, Stourton, Chestershire, England  

Spouse:  Charles STOURTON (AFN: 15CF-X6C)  Family  

Marriage:  10 Feb 1548/1549    , , Derbyshire, England          

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Husband's Name

John ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-QW)  Pedigree  

Born:  1530  Place:  Of Lanherne, Cornwall, England, England   

Died:  17 Nov 1590  Place:     

Buried:  6 Dec 1590  Place:  Church, St Columb, Cornwall, England   

Married:  1560  Place:  Of, Stourton, Chestershire, England   

Father:  John ARUNDELL (AFN:95KX-7G)  Family  

Mother:  Elizabeth DANET (AFN:95KX-69)   

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Wife's Name

Anne STANLEY (AFN:15CF-XT9)  Pedigree  

Born:  1527  Place:  Of, Lathom, Lancashire, England   

Died:  22 Sep 1602  Place:  Lathom, Lancashire, Engl   

Buried:  2 Oct 1602  Place:  Church, Saint Colomb Major, Cornwall, England   

Married:  1560  Place:  Of, Stourton, Chestershire, England   

Father:  Edward STANLEY (AFN:FBZZ-FC)  Family  

Mother:  Dorothy HOWARD (AFN:95KW-NK)   

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1.  Sex  Name    

 F Dorothy ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-R3)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1566   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

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2.  Sex  Name    

 F Margaret ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-TF)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1569   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

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3.  Sex  Name    

 M Thomas ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-VL)  Pedigree  

   Born:  Abt 1570   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

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4.  Sex  Name    

 F Cecelia ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-WR)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1572   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

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5.  Sex  Name    

 F Gertrude ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-XX)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1574   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

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6.  Sex  Name    

 M George ARUNDELL (AFN:95KM-NG)  Pedigree   

   Born:  1559?   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

   Died:  Nov 1636   Place:    

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7.  Sex  Name    

 M John ARUNDELL (AFN:95KV-RX)  Pedigree 

   Born:  1564   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England   

   Died:  22 Jul 1633   Place:    

   Buried:    Place:  , St Columb Major, Cornwall, England   

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8.  Sex  Name    

 F Elizabeth ARUNDELL (AFN:95KW-S8)  Pedigree   

   Born:  1568   Place:  Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England  

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Husband's Name

Charles STOURTON (AFN:15CF-X6C)  Pedigree  

Born:  Abt 1521  Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

Died:  6 Mar 1557  Place:  Market-Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   

Buried:    Place:  Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   

Married:  10 Feb 1548/1549  Place:  , , Derbyshire, England   

Father:  William STOURTON (AFN:9GW4-80)  Family  

Mother:  Elizabeth DUDLEY (AFN:97B1-75)   

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Wife's Name

Anne STANLEY (AFN:15CF-XT9)  Pedigree  

Born:  1527  Place:  Of, Lathom, Lancashire, England   

Died:  22 Sep 1602  Place:  Lathom, Lancashire, Engl   

Buried:  2 Oct 1602  Place:  Church, Saint Colomb Major, Cornwall, England   

Married:  10 Feb 1548/1549  Place:  , , Derbyshire, England   

Father:  Edward STANLEY (AFN:FBZZ-FC)  Family  

Mother:  Dorothy HOWARD (AFN:95KW-NK)   

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Children

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1.  Sex  Name    

 F Mary STOURTON (AFN:15CF-XM2)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1549   Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

   Died:  1608   Place:  (sp)   

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2.  Sex  Name    

 M Charles STOURTON (AFN:15CF-W8L)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1551   Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

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3.  Sex  Name    

 F Ann STOURTON (AFN:15CF-WC7)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1557   Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

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4.  Sex  Name    

 F Catherine STOURTON (AFN:15CF-XRV)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1559   Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

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5.  Sex  Name    

 M Son STOURTON (AFN:15CF-WFM)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1559   Place:  Of, Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

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6.  Sex  Name    

 M Edward STOURTON (AFN:V9LB-N6)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Abt 1580   Place:  Of, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England   

   Died:  7 May 1632/1633   Place:  , London, Middlesex, England   

   Buried:  25 May 1632/1633   Place:  , Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

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7.  Sex  Name    

 M John STOURTON (AFN:9G6R-R1)  Pedigree   

   Born:  Jan 1552/1553 (   Place:  , Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

   Died:  13 Oct 1588   Place:  Stourton, Wiltshire, England   

   Buried:  25 Nov 1588   Place:  , Stourton, Wiltshire, England  

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