Arthur Stourton, MP

• Arthur Stourton
• M, #60830
• Last Edited=21 Nov 2004
• Arthur Stourton is the son of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton and Elizabeth Dudley.
• He lived at Over Moigne, Dorset, England.
• Child of Arthur Stourton and Anne Mackwilliams
  • 1.Philip Stourton+
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p6083.htm#i60830
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• Arthur STOURTON (M.P.)
• Born: ABT 1524, Stourton, Wiltshire, England
• Acceded: Over Moigne, Dorset
• Died: 1558
• Notes: See his Biography.
• Father: William STOURTON (7º B. Stourton of Stourton)
• Mother: Elizabeth DUDLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
• Married: Anne McWILLIAMS ABT 1545, Stourton, Wiltshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Phillip STOURTON
  • 2. Son STOURTON
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STOURTON.htm#Arthur STOURTON (M.P.)1
• Born by 1525, third son of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, by Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss.; brother of William and Charles. Married Anne, dau. of Henry Macwilliam of Stambourne, Essex, by whom he had two sons. Jt. (with Richard Cupper) bailiff, manor of Kenilworth, Warws. 1546; jt. (with Sir Andrew Dudley) keeper of jewels and robes at Westminster 5 Jan 1551-3; keeper of palace of Westminster 1553-d.
• Arthur Stourton was a nephew of John Dudley, successively Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland. It was doubtless to this relationship that he owed his appointment in Jan 1551, with his uncle Sir Andrew Dudley, as keeper of the jewels and robes in the palace of Westminster, and both kinship and office would have helped to procure him one of the city's seats in the Parliament of Mar 1553, to which Andrew Dudley was returned as a knight for Oxfordshire. Yet Stourton, like his fellow-Member Sir Robert Southwell, was to avoid implication in the succession crisis which followed. We do not know whether he obeyed the warrant directed to him by Jane Grey on 10 Jul 1553, the day on which she was proclaimed Queen, for the delivery of 20 yards of crimson velvet, but a month later he received one for velvet for Queen Mary's coronation and it is clear from the patent of 12 Dec 1554 appointing him keeper of the palace for life that there had been no break in his discharge of his previous office: the new fees and allowances, just over £100 a year, were made payable from 25 Mar 1553, Dudley's patent evidently being held to have lapsed on the demise of the crown. On 28 Mar 1555 Stourton was granted an annuity of 100 marks also dated from Mar 1553.
• It was with a fellow-official in Westminster, Richard Hodges, that Stourton was elected to Mary's fourth Parliament. Despite his dependence on the crown he may have been the ‘Mr. Sturton’ who appears on the list of Members voting against one of the government's bills; his brother William Stourton, who sat for Newport, was a catholic and unlikely to have taken this line. That neither was to be elected to the next Parliament may reflect the disgrace of their brother the 8th Baron Stourton's execution for murder in Mar 1557, but Arthur Stourton himself barely survived its opening. His burial at St. Martin in the Fields on 11 Feb 1558, two days after he had made his will, may indicate that he was a victim of the epidemic then at its height. He named William Stourton an executor and left all the goods remaining after the payment of his debts to his two sons.
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ArthurStourton.htm
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• STOURTON, Arthur (by 1525-58), of Westminster, Mdx.
• b. by 1525, 3rd s. of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, by Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss.; bro. of William. m. Anne, da. of Henry Macwilliam of Stambourne, Essex, 2s.1
• Offices Held
  • Jt. (with Richard Cupper) bailiff, manor of Kenilworth, Warws. 1546; jt. (with Sir Andrew Dudley) keeper of jewels and robes at Westminster 5 Jan. 1551-3; keeper of palace of Westminster 1553-d.2
• Arthur Stourton was a nephew of John Dudley, successively Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland. It was doubtless to this relationship that he owed his appointment in January 1551, with his uncle Sir Andrew Dudley, as keeper of the jewels and robes in the palace of Westminster, and both kinship and office would have helped to procure him one of the city’s seats in the Parliament of March 1553, to which Andrew Dudley was returned as a knight for Oxfordshire. Yet Stourton, like his fellow-Member Sir Robert Southwell, was to avoid implication in the succession crisis which followed. We do not know whether he obeyed the warrant directed to him by Jane Grey on 10 July 1553, the day on which she was proclaimed Queen, for the delivery of 20 yards of crimson velvet, but a month later he received one for velvet for Queen Mary’s coronation and it is clear from the patent of 12 Dec.1554 appointing him keeper of the palace for life that there had been no break in his discharge of his previous office: the new fees and allowances, just over £100 a year, were made payable from 25 Mar.1553, Dudley’s patent evidently being held to have lapsed on the demise of the crown. On 28 Mar. 1555 Stourton was granted an annuity of 100 marks also dated from March 1553.3
• It was with a fellow-official in Westminster, Richard Hodges, that Stourton was elected to Mary’s fourth Parliament. Despite his dependence on the crown he may have been the ‘Mr. Sturton’ who appears on the list of Members voting against one of the government’s bills; his brother William Stourton, who sat for Newport, was a catholic and unlikely to have taken this line. That neither was to be elected to the next Parliament may reflect the disgrace of their brother the 8th Baron Stourton’s execution for murder in March 1557, but Arthur Stourton himself barely survived its opening. His burial at St. Martin in the Fields on 11 Feb. 1558, two days after he had made his will, may indicate that he was a victim of the epidemic then at its height. He named William Stourton an executor and left all the goods remaining after the payment of his debts to his two sons.4
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/st...
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• Edward [Stourton], 6th Baron Stourton
• born c. 1463
• mar. Agnes Fauntleroy (d. bef. 1 Jun 1541; bur. at Stourton, co. Wiltshire), dau. of John Fauntleroy, of Marsh, nr. Sherborne, co. Dorset, by his wife Joane Walsh, dau. and cohrss. of John Walsh, of Purbeck, co. Dorset
• children
  • 1. Hon William Stourton, later 7th Baron Stourton
  • 2. Hon Roger Stourton, of Ruston (dsp.), mar. Joan Bures
  • 3. Hon Christopher Stourton, of Little Langford, mar. Elizabeth Dennis, and had issue
  • 4. Hon Peter Stourton (dsp.)
  • 1. Hon Mary Stourton (d. unm.)
• died 13 Dec 1535 (bur. at Stourton, co. Wiltshire)
• suc. by son
• note
• knighted bef. 1502/3; Commissioner to collect the subsidy in Dorset 1512-15; signed the address to the Pope 1530 praying him to consent to the King's divorce
• William [Stourton], 7th Baron Stourton
• born in or bef. 1505
• mar. Elizabeth Dudley (mar. (2) bef. 4 Jul 1550 Edward Ludlow; d. bef. 19 Aug 1560), half-sister of John [Dudley], 1st Duke of Northumberland, and dau. of Edmund Dudley, Minister of King Henry VIII (by his first wife Anne Windsor, sister of Andrews [Windsor], 1st Baron Windsor, and dau. of Thomas Windsor, of Stanwell, co. Middlesex), son of John Sutton later Dudley (by his wife Elizabeth Bramshot, dau. and hrss. of John Bramshot, of Bramshot), 2nd son of John [Sutton], 1st Baron Dudley
• children
  • 1. Hon Charles Stourton, later 8th Baron Stourton
  • 2. Hon Andrew Stourton (dsp.)
  • 3. Hon Arthur Stourton, of Over Moigne, co. Dorset, Member of Parliament for Westminster 1555, Master of the King's Jewels and Keeper of Westminster Palace, mar. Anne Macwilliams, dau. of Henry Macwilliams, and had issue
  • 4. Hon William Stourton, of Warminster, co. Somerset, and Fauntleroy's Marsh, co. Dorset, Steward of Maiden Bradley Castle (dsp.)
  • 5. Hon John Stourton
  • 6. Hon George Stourton
  • 7. Hon Giles Stourton
  • 1. Hon Ursula Stourton (d. 4 Sep 1551), mar. bef. 15 Jun 1541 as his second wife Edward [Clinton], 1st Earl of Lincoln, and had issue
  • 2. Hon Dorothy Stourton, mar. Sir Richard Brent
• died 16 Sep 1548
• suc. by son
• note
• took part in the Duke of Suffolk's campaign in France 1523, where he was knighted by the Duke; Member of Parliament for Somerset 1529-35; personal attendant to the King during the Northern rebellion of 1536; accompanied King Henry VIII to meet Anne of Cleves at Blackheath 1539/40; served in the Earl of Hertford's Scottish campaign 1544 and 1545, being left in command at Leith in 1544 and at Berwick in 1545; Commissioner of Musters for Wiltshire 1545/6; Deputy Governor of Ambleteuse (Newhaven) 1546-48
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stourton1448.htm
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• History of the noble house of Stourton, of Stourton, in the county of Wilts; (1899)
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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 : — .... 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) .... 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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• William, Lord Stourton, died on the 18th February, 1477-8, 17 Edward IV., and was buried in the parish church of Mere, dedicated to the honour of St. Michael the Archangel, probably in the Chantry Chapel of the blessed Virgin Mary, .... etc.
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• The Right Honourable John, Lord Stourton, eldest son and heir of William, 2nd Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock,) Lady Stourton. his only wife. He succeeded his father on the 18th February, 1477-8, as the 3rd Baron of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the peerage of England, when of the age of 24 years.
• He was born circa 1453-4, was of Stourton, Co. Wilts, and Fulham, Co. Middlesex, was as the Lord Sturtons son and heir among those who were inhanced to the honour of knighthood, as knight a of the Bath, by Edward IV., on Whit-sunday, the 18th April, after the custom of England in the time of peace, 1475, and had livery and seizen of his father's possessions the year following his father's death, but his homage was then respited.
• Lord Stourton married Katherine(*), only daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley, (who died in 1474(t),) of Beverston, Co. Gloucester, knight of the body of Edward IV., by Ann, his wife, daughter of Reginald West, Lord de la Warr, ancestor of the Earls Delawarr.
• Lady Stourton, after Lord Stourton's death, remarried to Sir John Brereton, knight, and as sole sister .... etc.
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• The Right Honourable William, 5th Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the peerage of England, was the second son of William, second Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock) Lady Stourton, his wife. He succeeded as fifth Lord Stourton at the death (February iSth, 14S7,) of his nephew Francis, fourth Lord Stourton, whose uncle and heir he was then found to be.
• William, 5th Lord Stourton, must have been born about the year 1457, being described as "aged 30 years and upwards" in the inquisitions taken after the death of his infant nephew.
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• William, 5th Lord Stourton, married (firstly) Katherine, eldest daughter of John de la Pole(*), Duke of Suffolk, K.G., by Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, his wife, second daughter of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and sister of Edward IV. and Richard III(f). The Duke was made Constable of Wallingford Castle 1
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• Henry VII. He died in 1491 and was buried(*), with his Duchess, under a table monument in the Collegiate Church of St. Andrew in Wingfield, Co. Suffolk, of which he was lord and owner by inheritance from his ancestor. Sir John Wingfield, of Wingfield Castle. ....
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• Lord Stourton married (secondly) Thomasine, daughter of Sir Walter Wrottesley, knight, who adhered to the Earl of Warwick, the King Maker, and was proclaimed a traitor in 1470, when a price was set on his head. He escaped with Warwick to Calais(*). Sir Walter Wrottesley was Lord of Perton 9 Edward IV., was buried in the Grey Friars Church, now Christ Church, London, in 1471. He came of an ancient family long seated at Wrottesley, co. Stafford, (where the present Lord Wrottesley, his descendant, now resides,) by Jane, his wife, daughter and heir of William Baron, Esquire, of Reading, Co. Berks, one of the Tellers of the Court of Exchequer temp. Henry VI. and Edward IV. This William Baron (or his father), is mentioned in Fullers Worthies as one of those bearing arms from their ancestors. ....
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• The exact date of the death of this Lord Stourton is stated to be February 17th in the various Inquisitions taken after his death. His will was proved in March, 1523. He left no issue whatever and consequently his lands and honours passed to his brother Edward, who thereupon succeeded as 6th Lord Stourton.
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• The Right Honourable Edward, sixth Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, Co. Wilts, third son of William, second Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock) Lady Stourton, his wife, succeeded as sixth Lord Stourton at the death of his brother William, fifth Lord Stourton. He was probably born about the year 1462. .... etc.
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• Edward, 6th Lord Stourton married Agnes, daughter of John Fauntleroy, of Marsh, near Sherborne, Co. Dorset, by Joane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Walsh of Purbeck in that county. On the 2nd January, 21 Henry VIII., Lord and Lady Stourton granted the Manor and Advowson of Upcerne, and lands, tenements and hereditaments there, with one moiety of Melbury-Osmund, to their son, Roger Stourton and Joan, his wife, and the heirs male of Roger Stourton, under the yearly rent of L20, payable to the grantors during their respective lives ; and Lord and Lady Stourton released the reversion in the same premises to Roger Stourton and his heirs on 1st January. 26 Henry VIII(*). ....
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• Lord Stourton died on the 13th of December, 27th of Henry VIII., and William Stourton was found to be his son and next heir, then aged 30 years and more, and he accordingly succeeded. Lord Stourton, as will be seen from the foregoing copy of his will, bequeathed his body to be buried in the north aisle of St. Peter's Church at Stourton, in which church a tomb was raised showing the sepulchral effigies of Lord and Lady Stourton, on which were impaled the respective arms of Stourton and Fauntleroy, the accompanying illustration of the figures on the tomb being reproduced from the work of Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Lord Stourton, by his wife, Agnes (Fauntleroy), Lady Stourton, had issue : .... etc.
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• The Right Honourable William, seventh Baron and Lord Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the Peerage of England, and of Stourton House, in Tothill Fields, Westminster,(*) was Knighted the 1st of November, 1523, and was Deputy-General of Newhaven and the Marches adjacent in France. He was by birth the second, but was the eldest surviving son and heir of Edward, 6th Lord Stourton, by Agnes (Fauntleroy), Lady Stourton, his wife. .... etc.
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• Lord Stourton married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Dudley, Esquire, one of the Privy Council to King Henry VII.(*) Elizabeth Dudley(t) was half-sister of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.(+) The contention that Lord Stourton married a second wife in the person of Agnes Ryse, the daughter of the Countess of Bridgewater, seems untenable, and is disputed by the actual facts. Nevertheless, the marriage is said to have taken place January 6th, 1545-46. Lord Stourton, in leaving her a legacy under his Will (as will be seen later), describes her, however, as "Mrs.
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• Agnes Ryse, dau. of the Countess of Bridgewater."(*) Lady Stourton was then (in 1548, when the will was made) living, and, in fact, survived Lord Stourton, not dying until 1560. Agnes Ryce (or Ryse) sued Lord Stourton's son in her maiden name after the death of Lord Stourton, and continued to so use it in all the proceedings. It has been stated, however, that, as "Agnes Stourton," widow, she administered to the will of William, 7th Lord Stourton, in July, 1557. It will, however, be shortly seen from the will itself that probate was granted of this same will on two occasions, viz., November 25th, 1548, immediately following upon the death of William, 7th Lord Stourton, and again on July 15th, 1557, after the execution and attainder of Charles, 8th Lord Stourton. Anne (not Agnes) Stourton, named in the later act of probate, was the widow of Charles, Lord Stourton, not of his predecessor. When Agnes Ryse married Sir Edward Baynton after Lord Stourton's death, she married him in her maiden name. The assertion in Collins's " Peerage " (taken from the Gentleman's Magazine) that she married Lord Stourton is certainly not proved by the evidence he brought forward to substantiate his contention. The allegation in the deed of 9th October, 1573, of Richard Gore, who had married Mary, daughter of Agnes Ryse, is hardly evidence admissible in law. There was nothing to prevent Richard Gore describing his wife Mary as a daughter of William, Lord Stourton, by Agnes Ryse, his wife. And although under the deed he appointed (nearly thirty years afterwards) Richard Askew as his lawful attorney, to enter on the lands of Lord Stourton and take possession for Mary Gore as the alleged daughter and sole heir of the 7th Lord, it is known that this had no effect. This Mary was the only issue of Lord Stourton and Agnes Ryse, and it is worthy of note that, in a pedigree recorded in the College of Arms (I., ix., p. 83), in which she appears as the wife of Richard Gore, no suggestion of bastardy is made, though her legitimacy is almost impossible. Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, moreover, undoubtedly succeeded his father as son and heir, inheriting the Peerage and all Lord Stourton's estates. The mere fact that the Court of Probate granted the 8th Lord Stourton Letters of Administration, with his father's will annexed, would seem to be prima facie evidence that Lord Stourton must have been the "natural and lawful son" of the testator. When Charles, Lord Stourton, sued Agnes Ryse, witnesses tried, but failed in the attempt, to prove that she was the legal wife of Lord Stourton. In the Inquisition Post Mortem of William, 7th Lord Stourton, Sir Charles Stourton, Knight (afterwards 8th Lord Stourton), was found to be the next heir. This was a complete answer in support of the validity of
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• the marriage with Elizabeth Dudley, and it also disproves completely Mary Gore's claim of heirship by blood. By Elizabeth Dudley, his wife, William, 7th Lord Stourton, had issue :
  • I. — The Right Honourable Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, of whom hereafter.
  • II. — Andrew Stourton, who died unmarried and without issue. The Privy Council wrote from Westminster on 11th March, 1550, to Lord Stourton, that he might well enough help his brother Andrew with money towards his return into England without the offence of the King's Majesty, notwithstanding the offence of the said Andrew being then pardoned by His Majesty upon the said Andrew's submission.
  • III. — Arthur Stourton, of Moyne, Co. Dorset, was Master of the King's Jewels, was M.P. for Westminster, 1555, and one of the keepers of the Palace at Westminster. .... etc.
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  • He married Anne, daughter of Henry MacWilliams, Esquire,(t) of the County of Dorset, by whom he had issue :
    • 1. — Edward Stourton, of Over Moigne, Co. Dorset. William Stourton, of Wormister and Fauntleroy's Marsh, gave to his "cousins,(+) Edward and Philip Stourton," all his household stuff in Over Moigne. (§) It is not known whom he married. He had issue three daughters : .... etc.
    • 2. — Philip Stourton, of Over Moigne, Co. Dorset. As stated above, he, with his brother, is mentioned in the will of his uncle William Stourton.
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    • Philip Stourton married Joan St. John,* by whom he had : .... etc.
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  • IV. William Stourton, of Wormister, Co. Somerset, and Fauntleroy's Marsh, Co. Dorset. Appointed steward by patent of Maidenbradley in succession to William Hartgill.(*) He married firstly Thomasine FitzJames.(f) .... etc. He married secondly Mary, daughter of John Wogan, of Silving in White Lackington, Co. Somerset, Esquire, who made his will .... etc.
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  • V. — John Stourton, who was presumably the John Stourton who was buried at Stourton, 22nd April, 1581. He had 40/- and a gelding under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston.
  • VI. — George Stourton, who had a black mare under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston.
  • VII.. — Giles Stourton of Over Moigne, gent., who married there 22nd August, 1569, Joan Gifford. He had a roan mare and six lambs under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston, and L20 under the will of his brother, William Stourton.
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  • VIII. — Ursula Stourton, who married as his second wife, in 1541, Edward Clinton, Lord Say and Clinton, created Earl of Lincoln 4th May, 1572. Lord High Admiral of England, who died 16th January, 1585, and was buried under a stately monument in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. On the 17th July, 1550, he had a licence to go into Lincolnshire "and because he desired the companie of the Lord Stourton therefore licence was given him also for his absence for xl days. Ursula Clinton was ancestor by her husband, the Earl of Lincoln, of the Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and died in 1551.
  • IX.— Dorothy Stourton, who married Sir Richard Brent, kt.(*)
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• Lord Stourton died on the 16th of September, 1548, and on the 15th November I'ollowing, Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, having renounced the executorship, had grant of ad. cum test. (Populwell 17). Charles, Lord Stourton, being dead before the completion of the Administration, Letters of Administration de Bonis non were granted on the 15th of July, 1557, to Anne, Lady Stourton, widow of Charles, Lord Stourton, deceased, (Wrastley 24). .... etc.
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• The Right Honourable Charles, eighth Baron and Lord Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the Peerage of England, was the eldest son and heir of William, 7th Lord Stourton, by his wife Elizabeth Dudley, and succeeded his father at the death of the latter 16th September, 1548. According to the inquisition taken after the death of his father he was then aged 24 years and more, but according to the Particulars of Liveries he was aged 30 years when his father died. He must consequently have been born between 1518 and 1524, .... etc.
• His father dealt with giving him in marriage when he was quite an infant, viz., 4th April (1528), 19 Henry VIII. Under an indenture quoted at length later, William Stourton, Knight (his father), son and heir apparent of Edward, Lord Stourton (his grandfather), agreed with Walter Hungerford, Esquire of the Body to the King (son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, deceased), for the marriage of Charles, or failing him of Andrew, (the first and second sons of the said Sir William Stourton), with one of the three daughters (Elynn, Mary or Anne) of the said Walter(*). Neither of these marriages however, ever took place or were further proceeded with, and Charles, Lord Stourton, eventually married by license (granted 10th February, 1548) Anne, daughter of Edward Stanley (t), third Earl of Derby, K.G., K.B., Viscount Kynton, Lord Stanley and Strange, Lord of Knokyn, Mohun, Bassett, Burnal and Lacy, Lord of Man and the Isles, by Dorothy his first wife, daughter of Thomas (Howard) second Duke of .... etc.
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• 'Stourton02'
• Families covered: Stourton of Over Moigne, Stourton of Stourton
• William Stourton, 7th Lord (b c1505, d 16.09.1548)
• m. Elizabeth Dudley (dau of Edmund Dudley, Councillor to King Henry VII)
  • 1. Charles Stourton, 8th Lord (b c1520, d 16.03.1556-7)
  • m. (1548) Anne Stanley (dau of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby)
    • A. .... etc.
  • 2. Andrew Stourton (dsp)
  • 3. Arthur Stourton of Over Moigne (a 1555, MP)
  • m. Anne Mackwilliams (dau of Henry Mackwilliams)
    • A. Edward Stourton of Over Moigne
      • i. daughter
    • B. Philip Stourton of Over Moigne
    • m. Joan St. John
      • i. .... etc.
  • 4. Ursula Stourton (d 04.09.1551)
  • m. (before 15.06.1541) Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b 1512, d 16.01.1585, Admiral)
  • 5. Dorothy Stourton
  • m. Sir Richard Brent
  • 6.+ William of Warminster (dsp), John, George, Giles
• Main sources: BP1934 (Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton)
• From: Stirnet.com
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Arthur Stourton M, #60830 Last Edited=21 Nov 2004 Arthur Stourton is the son of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton and Elizabeth Dudley. He lived at Over Moigne, Dorset, England. Child of Arthur Stourton and Anne Mackwilliams 1.Philip Stourton+ From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p6083.htm#i60830 ________________________ Arthur STOURTON (M.P.) Born: ABT 1524, Stourton, Wiltshire, England Acceded: Over Moigne, Dorset Died: 1558 Notes: See his Biography. Father: William STOURTON (7º B. Stourton of Stourton) Mother: Elizabeth DUDLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton) Married: Anne McWILLIAMS ABT 1545, Stourton, Wiltshire, England Children: 1. Phillip STOURTON 2. Son STOURTON From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STOURTON.htm#Arthur STOURTON (M.P.)1 Born by 1525, third son of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, by Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss.; brother of William and Charles. Married Anne, dau. of Henry Macwilliam of Stambourne, Essex, by whom he had two sons. Jt. (with Richard Cupper) bailiff, manor of Kenilworth, Warws. 1546; jt. (with Sir Andrew Dudley) keeper of jewels and robes at Westminster 5 Jan 1551-3; keeper of palace of Westminster 1553-d. Arthur Stourton was a nephew of John Dudley, successively Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland. It was doubtless to this relationship that he owed his appointment in Jan 1551, with his uncle Sir Andrew Dudley, as keeper of the jewels and robes in the palace of Westminster, and both kinship and office would have helped to procure him one of the city's seats in the Parliament of Mar 1553, to which Andrew Dudley was returned as a knight for Oxfordshire. Yet Stourton, like his fellow-Member Sir Robert Southwell, was to avoid implication in the succession crisis which followed. We do not know whether he obeyed the warrant directed to him by Jane Grey on 10 Jul 1553, the day on which she was proclaimed Queen, for the delivery of 20 yards of crimson velvet, but a month later he received one for velvet for Queen Mary's coronation and it is clear from the patent of 12 Dec 1554 appointing him keeper of the palace for life that there had been no break in his discharge of his previous office: the new fees and allowances, just over £100 a year, were made payable from 25 Mar 1553, Dudley's patent evidently being held to have lapsed on the demise of the crown. On 28 Mar 1555 Stourton was granted an annuity of 100 marks also dated from Mar 1553. It was with a fellow-official in Westminster, Richard Hodges, that Stourton was elected to Mary's fourth Parliament. Despite his dependence on the crown he may have been the ‘Mr. Sturton’ who appears on the list of Members voting against one of the government's bills; his brother William Stourton, who sat for Newport, was a catholic and unlikely to have taken this line. That neither was to be elected to the next Parliament may reflect the disgrace of their brother the 8th Baron Stourton's execution for murder in Mar 1557, but Arthur Stourton himself barely survived its opening. His burial at St. Martin in the Fields on 11 Feb 1558, two days after he had made his will, may indicate that he was a victim of the epidemic then at its height. He named William Stourton an executor and left all the goods remaining after the payment of his debts to his two sons. From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ArthurStourton.htm ______________________ STOURTON, Arthur (by 1525-58), of Westminster, Mdx. b. by 1525, 3rd s. of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, by Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss.; bro. of William. m. Anne, da. of Henry Macwilliam of Stambourne, Essex, 2s.1 Offices Held Jt. (with Richard Cupper) bailiff, manor of Kenilworth, Warws. 1546; jt. (with Sir Andrew Dudley) keeper of jewels and robes at Westminster 5 Jan. 1551-3; keeper of palace of Westminster 1553-d.2 Arthur Stourton was a nephew of John Dudley, successively Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland. It was doubtless to this relationship that he owed his appointment in January 1551, with his uncle Sir Andrew Dudley, as keeper of the jewels and robes in the palace of Westminster, and both kinship and office would have helped to procure him one of the city’s seats in the Parliament of March 1553, to which Andrew Dudley was returned as a knight for Oxfordshire. Yet Stourton, like his fellow-Member Sir Robert Southwell, was to avoid implication in the succession crisis which followed. We do not know whether he obeyed the warrant directed to him by Jane Grey on 10 July 1553, the day on which she was proclaimed Queen, for the delivery of 20 yards of crimson velvet, but a month later he received one for velvet for Queen Mary’s coronation and it is clear from the patent of 12 Dec.1554 appointing him keeper of the palace for life that there had been no break in his discharge of his previous office: the new fees and allowances, just over £100 a year, were made payable from 25 Mar.1553, Dudley’s patent evidently being held to have lapsed on the demise of the crown. On 28 Mar. 1555 Stourton was granted an annuity of 100 marks also dated from March 1553.3 It was with a fellow-official in Westminster, Richard Hodges, that Stourton was elected to Mary’s fourth Parliament. Despite his dependence on the crown he may have been the ‘Mr. Sturton’ who appears on the list of Members voting against one of the government’s bills; his brother William Stourton, who sat for Newport, was a catholic and unlikely to have taken this line. That neither was to be elected to the next Parliament may reflect the disgrace of their brother the 8th Baron Stourton’s execution for murder in March 1557, but Arthur Stourton himself barely survived its opening. His burial at St. Martin in the Fields on 11 Feb. 1558, two days after he had made his will, may indicate that he was a victim of the epidemic then at its height. He named William Stourton an executor and left all the goods remaining after the payment of his debts to his two sons.4 From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/st... _________________________ Edward [Stourton], 6th Baron Stourton born c. 1463 mar. Agnes Fauntleroy (d. bef. 1 Jun 1541; bur. at Stourton, co. Wiltshire), dau. of John Fauntleroy, of Marsh, nr. Sherborne, co. Dorset, by his wife Joane Walsh, dau. and cohrss. of John Walsh, of Purbeck, co. Dorset children 1. Hon William Stourton, later 7th Baron Stourton 2. Hon Roger Stourton, of Ruston (dsp.), mar. Joan Bures 3. Hon Christopher Stourton, of Little Langford, mar. Elizabeth Dennis, and had issue 4. Hon Peter Stourton (dsp.) 1. Hon Mary Stourton (d. unm.) died 13 Dec 1535 (bur. at Stourton, co. Wiltshire) suc. by son note knighted bef. 1502/3; Commissioner to collect the subsidy in Dorset 1512-15; signed the address to the Pope 1530 praying him to consent to the King's divorce William [Stourton], 7th Baron Stourton born in or bef. 1505 mar. Elizabeth Dudley (mar. (2) bef. 4 Jul 1550 Edward Ludlow; d. bef. 19 Aug 1560), half-sister of John [Dudley], 1st Duke of Northumberland, and dau. of Edmund Dudley, Minister of King Henry VIII (by his first wife Anne Windsor, sister of Andrews [Windsor], 1st Baron Windsor, and dau. of Thomas Windsor, of Stanwell, co. Middlesex), son of John Sutton later Dudley (by his wife Elizabeth Bramshot, dau. and hrss. of John Bramshot, of Bramshot), 2nd son of John [Sutton], 1st Baron Dudley children 1. Hon Charles Stourton, later 8th Baron Stourton 2. Hon Andrew Stourton (dsp.) 3. Hon Arthur Stourton, of Over Moigne, co. Dorset, Member of Parliament for Westminster 1555, Master of the King's Jewels and Keeper of Westminster Palace, mar. Anne Macwilliams, dau. of Henry Macwilliams, and had issue 4. Hon William Stourton, of Warminster, co. Somerset, and Fauntleroy's Marsh, co. Dorset, Steward of Maiden Bradley Castle (dsp.) 5. Hon John Stourton 6. Hon George Stourton 7. Hon Giles Stourton 1. Hon Ursula Stourton (d. 4 Sep 1551), mar. bef. 15 Jun 1541 as his second wife Edward [Clinton], 1st Earl of Lincoln, and had issue 2. Hon Dorothy Stourton, mar. Sir Richard Brent died 16 Sep 1548 suc. by son note took part in the Duke of Suffolk's campaign in France 1523, where he was knighted by the Duke; Member of Parliament for Somerset 1529-35; personal attendant to the King during the Northern rebellion of 1536; accompanied King Henry VIII to meet Anne of Cleves at Blackheath 1539/40; served in the Earl of Hertford's Scottish campaign 1544 and 1545, being left in command at Leith in 1544 and at Berwick in 1545; Commissioner of Musters for Wiltshire 1545/6; Deputy Governor of Ambleteuse (Newhaven) 1546-48 From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stourton1448.htm _______________________________ History of the noble house of Stourton, of Stourton, in the county of Wilts; (1899) https://archive.org/details/historyofnobleho01mowb https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/100/mode/1up Pg.100 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/103/mode/1up Pg.103 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/105/mode/1up Pg.105 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/106/mode/1up Pg.106 .... 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.(+) https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/155/mode/1up Pg.155 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 : — .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/167/mode/1up Pg.167 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/206/mode/1up Pg.206 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) .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/211/mode/1up Pg.211 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/226/mode/1up Pg.226 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/227/mode/1up Pg.227 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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/228/mode/1up Pg.228 He married Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of Sir John Chidiock, knight, of Chidiock and Caundle, Co. Dorset, .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/242/mode/1up Pg.242 William, Lord Stourton, died on the 18th February, 1477-8, 17 Edward IV., and was buried in the parish church of Mere, dedicated to the honour of St. Michael the Archangel, probably in the Chantry Chapel of the blessed Virgin Mary, .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/251/mode/1up Pg.251 The Right Honourable John, Lord Stourton, eldest son and heir of William, 2nd Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock,) Lady Stourton. his only wife. He succeeded his father on the 18th February, 1477-8, as the 3rd Baron of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the peerage of England, when of the age of 24 years. He was born circa 1453-4, was of Stourton, Co. Wilts, and Fulham, Co. Middlesex, was as the Lord Sturtons son and heir among those who were inhanced to the honour of knighthood, as knight a of the Bath, by Edward IV., on Whit-sunday, the 18th April, after the custom of England in the time of peace, 1475, and had livery and seizen of his father's possessions the year following his father's death, but his homage was then respited. Lord Stourton married Katherine(*), only daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley, (who died in 1474(t),) of Beverston, Co. Gloucester, knight of the body of Edward IV., by Ann, his wife, daughter of Reginald West, Lord de la Warr, ancestor of the Earls Delawarr. Lady Stourton, after Lord Stourton's death, remarried to Sir John Brereton, knight, and as sole sister .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/273/mode/1up Pg.273 The Right Honourable William, 5th Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the peerage of England, was the second son of William, second Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock) Lady Stourton, his wife. He succeeded as fifth Lord Stourton at the death (February iSth, 14S7,) of his nephew Francis, fourth Lord Stourton, whose uncle and heir he was then found to be. William, 5th Lord Stourton, must have been born about the year 1457, being described as "aged 30 years and upwards" in the inquisitions taken after the death of his infant nephew. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/274/mode/1up Pg.274 William, 5th Lord Stourton, married (firstly) Katherine, eldest daughter of John de la Pole(*), Duke of Suffolk, K.G., by Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, his wife, second daughter of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and sister of Edward IV. and Richard III(f). The Duke was made Constable of Wallingford Castle 1 https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/275/mode/1up Pg.275 Henry VII. He died in 1491 and was buried(*), with his Duchess, under a table monument in the Collegiate Church of St. Andrew in Wingfield, Co. Suffolk, of which he was lord and owner by inheritance from his ancestor. Sir John Wingfield, of Wingfield Castle. .... https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/276/mode/1up Pg.276 Lord Stourton married (secondly) Thomasine, daughter of Sir Walter Wrottesley, knight, who adhered to the Earl of Warwick, the King Maker, and was proclaimed a traitor in 1470, when a price was set on his head. He escaped with Warwick to Calais(*). Sir Walter Wrottesley was Lord of Perton 9 Edward IV., was buried in the Grey Friars Church, now Christ Church, London, in 1471. He came of an ancient family long seated at Wrottesley, co. Stafford, (where the present Lord Wrottesley, his descendant, now resides,) by Jane, his wife, daughter and heir of William Baron, Esquire, of Reading, Co. Berks, one of the Tellers of the Court of Exchequer temp. Henry VI. and Edward IV. This William Baron (or his father), is mentioned in Fullers Worthies as one of those bearing arms from their ancestors. .... https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/279/mode/1up Pg.279 The exact date of the death of this Lord Stourton is stated to be February 17th in the various Inquisitions taken after his death. His will was proved in March, 1523. He left no issue whatever and consequently his lands and honours passed to his brother Edward, who thereupon succeeded as 6th Lord Stourton. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/292/mode/1up Pg.292 The Right Honourable Edward, sixth Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, Co. Wilts, third son of William, second Lord Stourton, by Margaret (Chidiock) Lady Stourton, his wife, succeeded as sixth Lord Stourton at the death of his brother William, fifth Lord Stourton. He was probably born about the year 1462. .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/293/mode/1up Pg.293 Edward, 6th Lord Stourton married Agnes, daughter of John Fauntleroy, of Marsh, near Sherborne, Co. Dorset, by Joane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Walsh of Purbeck in that county. On the 2nd January, 21 Henry VIII., Lord and Lady Stourton granted the Manor and Advowson of Upcerne, and lands, tenements and hereditaments there, with one moiety of Melbury-Osmund, to their son, Roger Stourton and Joan, his wife, and the heirs male of Roger Stourton, under the yearly rent of L20, payable to the grantors during their respective lives ; and Lord and Lady Stourton released the reversion in the same premises to Roger Stourton and his heirs on 1st January. 26 Henry VIII(*). .... https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/n352/mode/1up Pg.299 Lord Stourton died on the 13th of December, 27th of Henry VIII., and William Stourton was found to be his son and next heir, then aged 30 years and more, and he accordingly succeeded. Lord Stourton, as will be seen from the foregoing copy of his will, bequeathed his body to be buried in the north aisle of St. Peter's Church at Stourton, in which church a tomb was raised showing the sepulchral effigies of Lord and Lady Stourton, on which were impaled the respective arms of Stourton and Fauntleroy, the accompanying illustration of the figures on the tomb being reproduced from the work of Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Lord Stourton, by his wife, Agnes (Fauntleroy), Lady Stourton, had issue : .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/304/mode/1up Pg.304 The Right Honourable William, seventh Baron and Lord Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the Peerage of England, and of Stourton House, in Tothill Fields, Westminster,(*) was Knighted the 1st of November, 1523, and was Deputy-General of Newhaven and the Marches adjacent in France. He was by birth the second, but was the eldest surviving son and heir of Edward, 6th Lord Stourton, by Agnes (Fauntleroy), Lady Stourton, his wife. .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/312/mode/1up Pg.312 Lord Stourton married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Dudley, Esquire, one of the Privy Council to King Henry VII.(*) Elizabeth Dudley(t) was half-sister of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.(+) The contention that Lord Stourton married a second wife in the person of Agnes Ryse, the daughter of the Countess of Bridgewater, seems untenable, and is disputed by the actual facts. Nevertheless, the marriage is said to have taken place January 6th, 1545-46. Lord Stourton, in leaving her a legacy under his Will (as will be seen later), describes her, however, as "Mrs. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/313/mode/1up Pg.313 Agnes Ryse, dau. of the Countess of Bridgewater."(*) Lady Stourton was then (in 1548, when the will was made) living, and, in fact, survived Lord Stourton, not dying until 1560. Agnes Ryce (or Ryse) sued Lord Stourton's son in her maiden name after the death of Lord Stourton, and continued to so use it in all the proceedings. It has been stated, however, that, as "Agnes Stourton," widow, she administered to the will of William, 7th Lord Stourton, in July, 1557. It will, however, be shortly seen from the will itself that probate was granted of this same will on two occasions, viz., November 25th, 1548, immediately following upon the death of William, 7th Lord Stourton, and again on July 15th, 1557, after the execution and attainder of Charles, 8th Lord Stourton. Anne (not Agnes) Stourton, named in the later act of probate, was the widow of Charles, Lord Stourton, not of his predecessor. When Agnes Ryse married Sir Edward Baynton after Lord Stourton's death, she married him in her maiden name. The assertion in Collins's " Peerage " (taken from the Gentleman's Magazine) that she married Lord Stourton is certainly not proved by the evidence he brought forward to substantiate his contention. The allegation in the deed of 9th October, 1573, of Richard Gore, who had married Mary, daughter of Agnes Ryse, is hardly evidence admissible in law. There was nothing to prevent Richard Gore describing his wife Mary as a daughter of William, Lord Stourton, by Agnes Ryse, his wife. And although under the deed he appointed (nearly thirty years afterwards) Richard Askew as his lawful attorney, to enter on the lands of Lord Stourton and take possession for Mary Gore as the alleged daughter and sole heir of the 7th Lord, it is known that this had no effect. This Mary was the only issue of Lord Stourton and Agnes Ryse, and it is worthy of note that, in a pedigree recorded in the College of Arms (I., ix., p. 83), in which she appears as the wife of Richard Gore, no suggestion of bastardy is made, though her legitimacy is almost impossible. Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, moreover, undoubtedly succeeded his father as son and heir, inheriting the Peerage and all Lord Stourton's estates. The mere fact that the Court of Probate granted the 8th Lord Stourton Letters of Administration, with his father's will annexed, would seem to be prima facie evidence that Lord Stourton must have been the "natural and lawful son" of the testator. When Charles, Lord Stourton, sued Agnes Ryse, witnesses tried, but failed in the attempt, to prove that she was the legal wife of Lord Stourton. In the Inquisition Post Mortem of William, 7th Lord Stourton, Sir Charles Stourton, Knight (afterwards 8th Lord Stourton), was found to be the next heir. This was a complete answer in support of the validity of https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/314/mode/1up Pg.314 the marriage with Elizabeth Dudley, and it also disproves completely Mary Gore's claim of heirship by blood. By Elizabeth Dudley, his wife, William, 7th Lord Stourton, had issue : I. — The Right Honourable Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, of whom hereafter. II. — Andrew Stourton, who died unmarried and without issue. The Privy Council wrote from Westminster on 11th March, 1550, to Lord Stourton, that he might well enough help his brother Andrew with money towards his return into England without the offence of the King's Majesty, notwithstanding the offence of the said Andrew being then pardoned by His Majesty upon the said Andrew's submission. III. — Arthur Stourton, of Moyne, Co. Dorset, was Master of the King's Jewels, was M.P. for Westminster, 1555, and one of the keepers of the Palace at Westminster. .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/315/mode/1up Pg.315 He married Anne, daughter of Henry MacWilliams, Esquire,(t) of the County of Dorset, by whom he had issue : 1. — Edward Stourton, of Over Moigne, Co. Dorset. William Stourton, of Wormister and Fauntleroy's Marsh, gave to his "cousins,(+) Edward and Philip Stourton," all his household stuff in Over Moigne. (§) It is not known whom he married. He had issue three daughters : .... etc. 2. — Philip Stourton, of Over Moigne, Co. Dorset. As stated above, he, with his brother, is mentioned in the will of his uncle William Stourton. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/317/mode/1up Pg.317 Philip Stourton married Joan St. John,* by whom he had : .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/321/mode/1up Pg.321 IV. William Stourton, of Wormister, Co. Somerset, and Fauntleroy's Marsh, Co. Dorset. Appointed steward by patent of Maidenbradley in succession to William Hartgill.(*) He married firstly Thomasine FitzJames.(f) .... etc. He married secondly Mary, daughter of John Wogan, of Silving in White Lackington, Co. Somerset, Esquire, who made his will .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/322/mode/1up Pg.322 V. — John Stourton, who was presumably the John Stourton who was buried at Stourton, 22nd April, 1581. He had 40/- and a gelding under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston. VI. — George Stourton, who had a black mare under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston. VII.. — Giles Stourton of Over Moigne, gent., who married there 22nd August, 1569, Joan Gifford. He had a roan mare and six lambs under the will of his uncle, Roger Stourton, of Ruston, and L20 under the will of his brother, William Stourton. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/323/mode/1up Pg.323 VIII. — Ursula Stourton, who married as his second wife, in 1541, Edward Clinton, Lord Say and Clinton, created Earl of Lincoln 4th May, 1572. Lord High Admiral of England, who died 16th January, 1585, and was buried under a stately monument in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. On the 17th July, 1550, he had a licence to go into Lincolnshire "and because he desired the companie of the Lord Stourton therefore licence was given him also for his absence for xl days. Ursula Clinton was ancestor by her husband, the Earl of Lincoln, of the Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and died in 1551. IX.— Dorothy Stourton, who married Sir Richard Brent, kt.(*) https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/326/mode/1up Pg.326 Lord Stourton died on the 16th of September, 1548, and on the 15th November I'ollowing, Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, having renounced the executorship, had grant of ad. cum test. (Populwell 17). Charles, Lord Stourton, being dead before the completion of the Administration, Letters of Administration de Bonis non were granted on the 15th of July, 1557, to Anne, Lady Stourton, widow of Charles, Lord Stourton, deceased, (Wrastley 24). .... etc. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/328/mode/1up Pg.328 The Right Honourable Charles, eighth Baron and Lord Stourton, of Stourton, Co. Wilts, in the Peerage of England, was the eldest son and heir of William, 7th Lord Stourton, by his wife Elizabeth Dudley, and succeeded his father at the death of the latter 16th September, 1548. According to the inquisition taken after the death of his father he was then aged 24 years and more, but according to the Particulars of Liveries he was aged 30 years when his father died. He must consequently have been born between 1518 and 1524, .... etc. His father dealt with giving him in marriage when he was quite an infant, viz., 4th April (1528), 19 Henry VIII. Under an indenture quoted at length later, William Stourton, Knight (his father), son and heir apparent of Edward, Lord Stourton (his grandfather), agreed with Walter Hungerford, Esquire of the Body to the King (son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, deceased), for the marriage of Charles, or failing him of Andrew, (the first and second sons of the said Sir William Stourton), with one of the three daughters (Elynn, Mary or Anne) of the said Walter(*). Neither of these marriages however, ever took place or were further proceeded with, and Charles, Lord Stourton, eventually married by license (granted 10th February, 1548) Anne, daughter of Edward Stanley (t), third Earl of Derby, K.G., K.B., Viscount Kynton, Lord Stanley and Strange, Lord of Knokyn, Mohun, Bassett, Burnal and Lacy, Lord of Man and the Isles, by Dorothy his first wife, daughter of Thomas (Howard) second Duke of .... etc. __________________________________ 'Stourton02' Families covered: Stourton of Over Moigne, Stourton of Stourton William Stourton, 7th Lord (b c1505, d 16.09.1548)

m. Elizabeth Dudley (dau of Edmund Dudley, Councillor to King Henry VII) 1. Charles Stourton, 8th Lord (b c1520, d 16.03.1556-7) m. (1548) Anne Stanley (dau of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby) A. .... etc. 2. Andrew Stourton (dsp) 3. Arthur Stourton of Over Moigne (a 1555, MP) m. Anne Mackwilliams (dau of Henry Mackwilliams) A. Edward Stourton of Over Moigne i. daughter B. Philip Stourton of Over Moigne m. Joan St. John i. .... etc. 4. Ursula Stourton (d 04.09.1551) m. (before 15.06.1541) Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b 1512, d 16.01.1585, Admiral) 5. Dorothy Stourton m. Sir Richard Brent 6.+ William of Warminster (dsp), John, George, Giles Main sources: BP1934 (Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton) From: Stirnet.com http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stourton02.php#top _______________________________ Links http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/st... http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/st... _________________ read more