Family and Education
b. c. 1533, ?s. of Robert Stokes of Prestwold. m. (1) 1 Mar. 1555, Lady Frances Brandon (d. 21 Nov. 1559), da. of Charles, 1st Duke of Suffolk, wid. of Henry, Duke of Suffolk by a new creation, 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 20 Apr. 1572, Anne, da. of Sir Nicholas Carew, wid. of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, s.p.CP, iv. 422; C142/128/91; Nichols, Leics. iii. 145; C1/1468/64-7; Harl. 760, f. 203.
Offices Held
J.p. Leics. from c. 1564, commr. subsidy 1565, musters 1573, 1577, 1583, recusants 1577; keeper of Brigstock park by 1577.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Beaumanor, Leics.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
STOKES, Adrian (c.1533-85)
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Oxford 1644
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