STAWELL, Ralph (1640-89)

bap. 10 Sept. 1640, E. Dwelly, Dwelly’s Parish Records, i (High Ham, Som.). 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir John Stawell^‡, KB, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Hext^‡, of Low Ham, Som., wid. of Sir Joseph Killigrew^‡, of Lothbury, London. m. (1) settlement 8 Apr. 1667 (with £3,000), Anne (d. 1670), da. of John Ryves of Ranston, Dorset, 1s. 1da.; (2) 2 July 1672, Soc. Gen. St. Peter le Poer par. reg. Abigail (d. 27 Sept. 1692), da. and h. of William Pitt of Hartley Wespall, Hants, 2s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Collins Peerage (1812), vii. 278–9; G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Family 493. suc. bro. George Stawell 25 Oct. 1669. CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 560. d. 8 Aug. 1689; will 19 July 1688; pr. 3 Dec. 1689. TNA, PROB 11/397.