STOURTON, William (by 1529-90), of Worminster, Som. and Marsh, nr. Sherborne, Dorset.

b. by 1529, 4th s. of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, by Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss.; bro. of Arthur. m. (1) by 1550, Thomasin, da. of Sir John Fitzjames of Redlynch, Som., s.p.; (2) Mary, da. and coh. of John Wogan of Silvinch, Som., wid. of Robert Morgan of Mapperton, nr. Beaminster, Dorset, s.p.Date of birth estimated from first land transaction. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 158; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 106; HMC Wells, ii. 251, 270; Charles, Lord Mowbray, Noble House of Stourton, 321.