Family and Education
b. c.1369, s. of Sir Matthew Stawell (1340-76) of Cothelstone by Eleanor, 1st da. and coh. of Sir Richard Merton of Merton, Devon. m. (1) c.1392, Joan, da. of Sir John Berkeley I; (2) bef. Apr. 1396, Joan, da. of Walter Frampton of Buckland Ripers, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (3) Margaret, da. of Henry Burton and ?wid. of — Trumpington. Kntd. by Mar. 1416.J. Collinson, Hist. Som. iii. 250; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 107; J. Hutchins, Dorset, i. 398; CIPM, xvi. 967; CPR, 1436-41, p. 321; G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Fam. 38-44, app. ix. n. 8.
Offices Held
Commr. of inquiry, Som. Nov. 1395 (Fichet estates), Oct. 1421 (piracy), Feb. 1435 (evasion of customs), June 1436 (treasons and felonies); to raise royal loans Apr. 1422; of sewers Nov. 1423; gaol delivery, Ilchester May 1430, Dec 1433, Aug., Sept. 1434, May 1435; to assess contributions to a tax, Som. Apr. 1431, Jan. 1436; of oyer and terminer June 1432, June 1436; array Jan. 1436.
Sheriff, Devon 3 Nov. 1434–7 Nov. 1435.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Cothelstone, Som.
Stauwelle, Stouwelle, Stowell
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
STAWELL, Sir Thomas (c.1369-1439)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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