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STORMSWORTH, Richard (d.1397), of Northampton.

Family and Education
s. of Richard Stormsworth (fl. 1389), of Welford, Northants. m. by Oct. 1391, Katherine, at least 1s.CCR, 1389-92, p. 392; Add. Chs. 5998-9, 6046.
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Tax collector, Northampton Dec. 1380.

Bailiff, Northampton Mich. 1386–7.Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 556.

Main residence: Northampton.
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STORMSWORTH, Richard (-d.1397)

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Oxford 1644
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STORK, John (d.c.1466), of Trent, Som.

Family and Education
m. by 1426, Alice (d. 6 Dec. 1474), wid. of John Petyr of Bagber, Dorset, 1s.J. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 340; C140/48/12. d.v.p.
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Commr. of inquiry, Dorset Aug. 1426 (necromancy), Som. May 1428 (concealments), Dorset Apr. 1435 (seizure of a merchant ship), Feb. 1439 (borough finances at Dorchester), July 1439, Bristol Feb. 1448, Som. Aug. 1449 (concealments); to assess liability to contribute to a parliamentary grant, Dorset Apr. 1431, July 1463; of gaol delivery, Dorchester July 1436, May 1441, Oct. 1447, Jan. 1453, July 1458, Mar. 1459; to raise royal loans, Dorset Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, Apr. 1454; treat for payment of subsidies Feb. 1441; assign responsibility for financing a force of archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, Aug. 1461.

J.p. Dorset 28 June 1431 – July 1444, 12 Apr. 1446 – d.

Escheator, Som. and Dorset 23 Nov. 1437–6 Nov. 1438.

Collector of a tax on landed incomes, Dorset Aug. 1450.

Main residence: Trent, Som.
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STORK, John (-d. c.1466)

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Oxford 1644
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STONOR, Thomas (1394-1431), of Stonor, Oxon.

Family and Education
b. 25 Apr. 1394,C138/10/50. 2nd s. and h. of Sir Ralph Stonor (c.1369-1394) of Stonor by Joan, da. of Sir Robert Bealknap c.j.KB. m. bef. Nov. 1415, Alice (d. 1 Oct. 1468), da. and h. of Thomas Kirby of Horton Kirby, Kent, 2s. inc. Thomas, 6da.
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J.p. Oxon. 7 July 1423–4.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 13 Nov. 1423 – 6 Nov. 1424, 7 Nov. 1427–4 Nov. 1428.

Commr. to take assizes, Berks. May 1425; raise royal loans, Oxon., Berks. Mar. 1430.

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Main residence: Stonor, Oxon.
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STONOR, Thomas (1394-1431)

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Oxford 1644
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STONHAM, Robert (d.1455), of Stonhams in Rattlesden, Suff. and Dillington, Hunts.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Robert Stonham (d.1397) of Stonham Aspall by Katherine (d. aft. 1436), da. and coh. of Sir William Burgate. m. by Trin. 1415, Mary (c.1403-1464), da. and coh. of Sir John Bernak (d.1408) of Saxlingham, Norf. by Anne, da. of Sir Edmund Noon, 1da.C138/18/10, 56/23; C139/156/2; C140/12/9; CP25(1)244/113/22; Norf. and Norwich RO, Reg. Harsyk, f. 238; CP, v. 80; HP ed. Wedgwood, 1439-1509, Biogs. 814. The genealogies of the Bernak and Stonham families given in VCH Hunts. ii. 361, 366, and Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 14, and that of the Burgates essayed by J. Copinger in Suff. Manors, iii. 244-5, are inaccurate in many respects, and present an essentially misleading picture of this Member’s background and connexions.
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Collector of a tax, Hunts. Dec. 1429.

Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 5 Nov. 1432–3, 8 Nov. 1436–7 Nov. 1437.

Commr. to raise royal loans, Hunts. Feb. 1434, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1446; distribute tax allowances Jan. 1436, Apr. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1445, July 1446, June 1453; supervise the felling of trees in the forest of Weybridge Mar. 1439; of inquiry, Hunts., Cambs., Norf., Suff. July 1439 (wastes and evasions), Hunts. Feb. 1447 (wastes and concealments); to treat for the payment of a subsidy Feb. 1441; of oyer and terminer Mar. 1450 (attack on the abbot of Ramsey’s property at St. Ives); to deliver Huntingdon gaol Sept. 1452.

J.p. Hunts. 18 May 1437 – June 1443, 30 Jan. 1450 – d.

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Main residences: Stonhams in Rattlesden, Suff.; Dillington, Hunts.
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STONHAM, Robert (-d.1455)

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Oxford 1644
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