Lady Joan Stourton

Joan Stourton and Richard Warre had no children.

AKA Joan de la Warre She married Richard de la Warre aka Richard Warre of Hestercombe, co. Somerset, Esq Hestercombe being of the family who built the 16th century house. She is called Johan, the name of her ancestress, in the Inquisition taken at Bridgewater, Oct. 30, 1465, after the death of Robert Warre, Lord of the Manor of Hestercombe who had died July 8, 1465. Richard was the son of Robert, and was 40 years or more old at his father's death.Joan and Richard had no children together, and Richard's nephew became his heir. William Carent, Margery Stoughton's husband, put his lineage forth.

https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/209/mode/1up

from page 209 ".History of the noble house of Stourton, of Stourton, in the county of Wilts;"

Her father was John, Baron Stourton:

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. https://archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/209/mode/1up Pg.209 vi. — Jane (or Joan) Stourton, married Richard Warre, of Hestercombe, Co. Somerset, Esquire(*). .... etc.

Connection to the Welles family:

Edward Stourton II 1400-1462

"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."It is remarkable that Stourton used none of his wealth for the endowment of religious foundations.* From BHO

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In the 11th century Hestercombe was owned by Glastonbury Abbey. Sir John Meriet founded a chantry in the 14th century and in 1392 it passed to John La Ware by marriage and stayed in his family for almost four hundred years.[1] The current house is a Grade II* listed[7] country house which was originally built in the 16th century for the Warre family. Sir Richard Warre (d. 1601) bequeathed it to his son Roger who married Elinor, daughter of Sir John Popham.[8]

The interior of the church includes a font from the 16th century,[4] and the pulpit from 1742. The carved bench ends date from the 1520s.[5] The tomb of John de la Warre the 4th Earl De La Warr, who fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, is made from Purbeck Marble and dominates the south aisle.[6] It includes a wide selection of stained glass.[7]

The churchyard includes tombs of the Warre family who owned nearby Hestercombe House