Family and Education
b. by 1505, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton, by Agnes, da. of John Fauntleroy of Marsh, nr. Sherborne, Dorset; bro. of Roger. m. by 1524, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss., 7s. inc. William and Arthur 2da. 1da illegit. Kntd. 1 Nov. 1523; suc. fa. as 7th Baron Stourton 13 Dec. 1535.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., Charles, Lord Mowbray, Noble House of Stourton, 299; CP; C142/87/36; Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 242 et passim.
Offices Held
Servant of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk by 1520; j.p. Dorset 1528 – d., Som., Wilts. 1529 – d.; commr. benevolence, Som., Wilts. 1544/45, musters Wilts. 1546; lt. army in Scotland Oct. 1545; dep. Newhaven (Ambleteuse) June 1546–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Stourton, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
STOURTON, Sir William (by 1505-48)
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