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b. by 1538,Aged calculated from date of university admiss. 3rd s. of Thomas Stepneth of St. Albans, Herts. and his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. and h. of John Wynde of Ramsey, Hunts., comptroller of the York Mint. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1552. m. (1) 1565, Katherine, da. and coh. of Thomas Cathern† of Prendergast, ?s.p.; (2) by 1573, Mary, da. and coh. of William Philipps† of Picton, Pemb. 3s. 2da. Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. comp. J. Peile, i. 51 (Al. Cant. mistakenly dates his entry to 1562); H.C. Andrews, ‘Stepneth Fam. of St. Albans’, St. Albans and Herts. Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. iv. 318-19; F. Green, ‘The Stepneys of Prendergast’, W. Wales Historical Recs. vii. 114-15, 118, 120. The peds. err in making him the 2nd son: Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 180; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 603-4. His 1st w. is mistakenly named Margaret in Thomas Cathern’s ipm: C142/148/47. d. by 19 Nov. 1611. sig. Albane Stepneth.
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Recvr. and registrar, St. David’s dioc. 1561–81. Green, 118; HMC Hatfield, iv. 280.

Freeman, Haverfordwest, Pemb. by 1571; STAC 5/S79/34, ff. 2v-3. commr. i.p.m. Pemb. 1571, 1575, 1578, 1580, 1582–3; CPR, 1569–72, pp. 248, 431; 1572–5, p. 443; 1575–8, p. 453; 1578–80, p. 256; 1580–2, p. 133; C66/1209, m. 17d; 66/1229, mm. 3d, 6d. sheriff, Pemb. 1572 – 73, 1589 – 90, 1604 – 06, Carm. 1596–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 245, 266. commr. tanneries, Pemb. 1574; Cal. Reg. Council in Marches of Wales ed. R. Flenley (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. viii), 126. j.p. Pemb. ?1575, 1584–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 206–7, 211. escheator, Pemb. 1582–3; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 240. commr. subsidy, Pemb. 1576, 1581, 1584, 1586, 1589, 1593, 1597, STAC 8/290/5, ff. 7, 13v, 15v. 1608, Haverfordwest 1608, SP14/31/1. piracy, Card., Carm., Pemb. 1589, 1598, Pemb. 1608, HCA 14/26/38; G. Owen, Description of Penbrokshire ed. H. Owen (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. i), pt. i. 163; HCA 14/39/217. to survey boundaries 1591, Cal. Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest ed. B.G. Charles (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs., Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 39. to discover goods of Sir John Perrot†, S. Wales 1592-at least 1602; ‘Notes on Perrot Fam.’, Arch. Camb. (ser. 3), xi. 123; SP46/42, f. 17; Lansd. 156, f. 364. steward (for Sir John Perrot), manors of Walwyn’s Castle and Syke, Nolton and Robeston, Pemb. 1592, LR2/260, ff. 55, 62, 70. (for the Crown) St. Dogmael’s manor, Pemb. c.1592; M. Gray, ‘Power, Patronage and Pols.’, Estates of English Crown ed. R. Hoyle, 154. commr. to make an inventory of the goods of Marmaduke, former bp. of St. David’s, Pemb. 1594, survey lordship of Rosemarket 1594, investigate spoil of woods 1594, 1601, examine William Warren regarding debt owed to Sir John Perrot 1598, establish boundary bet. Crown forest of Narberth and Barlow lands 1602; E178/3482; 178/3484–6; 178/3492. dep. woodward, Canaston Wood, Pemb. by 1603; Exchequer Procs. Concerning Wales ed. E.G. Jones (Univ. of Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs. Hist. and Law Ser. iv), 309. collector, Privy Seal loan, Pemb. 1604–5, E401/2585, f. 70. dep. lt. by 1607-at least 1608. SP14/28/48; 14/33, f. 4v.

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STEPNETH, Alban (by 1538-1611), of Prendergast, Pemb.
Main residence: Prendergast, Pemb.
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Commons 1604-1629
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STEPNETH, Alban (by 1538-1611)

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