Family and Education
s. and h. of Robert Stonham (d.1397) of Stonham Aspall, Suff. by Katherine (d. aft. 1436), da. and coh. of Sir William Burgate† of Burgate, Suff. m. by Trin. 1415, Mary (1406-1464), Mary’s proof of age found that she reached the age of 15 on 8 Sept. 1421, indicating that she was born in 1406, not ‘c.1403’ as suggested in the previous biography: CIPM, xxi. 758. da. and coh. of Sir John Bernak (d.1408) of Saxlingham, Norf. by Anne, da. of Sir Edmund Noon† of Tilney, Norf. 1da. Dist. 1439.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Essex 1422, Hunts. 1437.
Tax collector, Hunts. Dec. 1429.
Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 5 Nov. 1432–3, 8 Nov. 1436 – 7 Nov. 1437.
Commr. Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. Feb. 1434 – June 1453; to treat for loans, Hunts. May, Aug. 1442; of gaol delivery, Huntingdon castle Mar. 1451, Huntingdon Sept. 1452.
J.p. Hunts. 18 May 1437 – June 1443, 30 Jan. 1450 – d.
Surveyor of the royal forests of Sapley and Weybridge, Hunts. Mich. 1438–9.
Parlty. proxy for the abbot of Ramsey 1447.
Main residences: Stonhams in Rattlesden, Suff.; Dillington, Hunts.
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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