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Family and Education
s. and h. of John Stourton II*, Lord Stourton. m. by Apr. 1441, C139/139/26. Margaret (d. 12 Mar. 1503), er. da. and coh. of Sir John Chideock*, 6s. (inc. Lords John, William and Edward), 7da. C.B.J. Stourton, Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton, Noble House of Stourton, i. 239-43. Kntd. by Aug. 1450; suc. fa. as Lord Stourton Nov. 1462; summ. 1469, 1470, [1472, 1478]. Reps. Lords’ Cttees. ii. 969-70, 973-4, 976-7, 980-1. There is no evidence for summonses to the Parls. of 1472 and 1478.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1442, 1447.

Commr. to assess income tax, Dorset Aug. 1450; of oyer and terminer, Wilts. Oct. 1450, Dorset, Som., Wilts. May 1462, Berks., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol, Southampton July 1466, Devon, Hants, Wilts., Salisbury, Southampton Dec. 1468; inquiry, Dorset Dec. 1452 (killing of Henry Wareyn, yeoman of the chamber), Apr. 1457 (concealments), Jan. 1463 (Chancery suit between John Hall II* and certain merchants of Brittany), June 1468 (forfeited estates of James, late earl of Wiltshire), Som. May 1475 (complaint of Elizabeth, wid. of James Luttrell), Dorset, Wilts. Dec. 1475 (treasons, heresies); gaol delivery, Dorchester Jan. 1453, Mar., Apr. 1459, Old Sarum castle Dec. 1462, Dec. 1463, Mar. 1464, Aug. 1470, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Fisherton Dec. 1475; C66/476, m. 2d; 486, mm. 4d, 11d; 500, m. 18d; 506, mm. 1d, 11d; 526, m. 6d; 537, m. 10d. to treat for loans for the defence of Calais, Dorset May 1455; PPC, vi. 241. hold assizes of novel disseisin May 1455, Som. Aug. 1472; CP40/779, rot. 609; C66/479, m. 16d; 530, m. 31d. assign archers, Dorset Dec. 1457; of array Sept. 1458, Dorset, Hants Feb. 1459, Dorset Dec. 1459, Aug. 1461, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Oct. 1469, Mar., June 1470, Apr. 1471, Mar. 1472; arrest, Dorset, Som. Dec. 1460, Jan., July 1461 (Robert Tanfeld†); to set watches near Poole for coastal defence Jan. 1462; take muster of force under John Audley*, Lord Audley, Cornw., Dorset June 1475.

J.p. Dorset 26 Nov. 1451 – d., Som. 20 Feb. 1466 – d., Wilts. 20 Feb. 1466 – d., Hants 30 Apr. –Dec. 1470, 12 July 1474 – d.

Jt. keeper (with his son John) of royal forest of Petherton by Bridgwater, Som. 12 Oct. 1472 – d.

Member of Edw. IV’s Council by July 1473.

Steward of Gillingham, Dorset, for Queen Elizabeth Mich. 1474–5. DL29/736/12059.

Parlimentarian
STOURTON, William (d.1478), of Tarrant Rushton, Dorset and Stourton, Wilts.
Main residences: Tarrant Rushton, Dorset; Stourton, Wilts.
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L.S.C.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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