STURMY (ESTURMY), Sir William (c.1356-1427), of Wolf Hall in Great Bedwyn, Wilts. and Elvetham, Hants.

Family and Education

b. c.1356, s. of Geoffrey Sturmy and nephew and h. of Sir Henry Sturmy of Wolf Hall. m. 1382, Joan Crawthorne (d. 20 Feb. 1429), wid. of Sir John Beaumont of Saunton and Sherwell, Devon, 2da.; 1s. John Sturmy illegit.CIPM, xv. 492, 998; Trans. Devon Assoc. xlv. 265; CCR, 1422-9, pp. 349, 362, 414; C139/40/44. Kntd. by Oct. 1388.

Offices Held

Warden of Savernake forest 28 June 1381–1417, Oct. 1420–d.VCH Wilts. iv. 439.

Commr. to inspect Marlborough castle Sept. 1386, May 1390; of arrest, Hants, Wilts., Surr., Berks. June 1387, Wilts. May 1402; inquiry, Devon Nov. 1389 (salmon fishing), Berks. Feb. 1390 (wastes at Stratfield Saye priory), Lundy Island Feb. 1392 (poaching), Devon Jan. 1393 (illegal seizure of manor of Bigley),RP, iii. 302. Feb. 1394 (bribery of a jury), Wilts. Mar. 1400 (maladministration of Amesbury priory), Berks. Aug. 1401 (murder and assaults), Wilts. Nov. 1402 (lands of St. Thomas’s hospital, Marlborough), May 1409 (lands of William Worfton), Oct. 1410 (lands of John Dun), Oxon. July 1412 (wastes in the queen’s forest of Wychwood), Hants Oct. 1412 (bounds of Frinkley wood), Glos. June 1414 (concealments), Wilts. July 1418 (lands of Sir John Oldcastle), Devizes park July 1421 (wastes of vert and venison); array, Wilts. Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Wilts., Hants July 1402, Hants Aug. 1403, Wilts. Sept. 1403, May 1415, Wilts., Hants June 1421; to receive recognizances, Salisbury July 1395; of weirs, Hants June 1398; oyer and terminer, Devon Sept. 1398; to determine appeals in the constable’s ct. Feb. 1401, Nov. 1403, May 1411, in the admiral’s ct. Aug. 1402, Apr. 1412; raise royal loans, Wilts. Nov. 1419.

Ambassador to Avignon and Rome 11 Apr. – 8 Nov. 1397, the duke of Guelders 12 May – 9 Aug. 1401, the Emperor 12 Sept. – 5 Dec. 1401, 16 Feb. – 23 July 1402, Flanders 1404, Prussia and the Hanseatic towns 13 May 1405 – Feb. 1406, 24 Feb.-July, Aug. – Oct. 1407, Holland 3 Mar. 1418.

J.p. Wilts. 28 Nov. 1399 – May 1404, Feb. 1405–7, 1412 – Nov. 1415, Feb. 1422 – July 1425, Hants 16 May 1401–4.

Member of the King’s Council 12 Mar. 1401 – July 1402.

Steward of the household of Princess Blanche 1401–2.J.H. Wylie, Hen. IV, i. 166, 253.

Speaker 1404 (Oct.).

Chief steward of the estates of Queen Joan by Mich. 1409–d.SC6/1051/16–18, 1062/26, 1295/1, 2.

Forester of Pewsham, Melksham and Chippenham 1416–17.

Sheriff, Wilts. 4 Nov. 1418–24 Nov. 1419.

Parlimentarian

STURMY, Sir William

Main residences: Wolf Hall in Great Bedwyn, Wilts.; Elvetham, Hants.

Notes

Date of Birth/Date of Death: For fuller accounts of Sturmy’s career see Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxxix. 78-92, and Wilts. Arch. Mag. li. 328-38.

Author

J.S.R.

C.K.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

STURMY (ESTURMY), Sir William

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