Family and Education
illegit. s. of Sir William Sturmy*. m. 1s. William†. The MP has been distinguished from another John Sturmy, a ‘gentleman’ of Watchfield in Berks. who held lands in Wilts. at Fresdon, Eastrop and Mershton. The two men served together as commrs. to levy an aid in Wilts. in 1428: CFR, xv. 221; Feudal Aids, v. 230-76. This other John Sturmy, owner of the manor of Watchfield in Shrivenham, where his family had occupied land since the 12th century, attested the Berks. election of 1427 (C219/13/5). His heir was his da. Isabel, who bef. 1453 Thomas Hannes or Haines, by whom she had a son, William, and (2) bef. 1463, John Cobley: VCH Berks. iv. 536; CP25(1)/293/72/378; C1/27/96; 28/356-7; CPR, 1461-7, p. 274.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1432, 1435.
Attestor, parlty. elections, Wilts. 1432, 1435.
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Main residence: Axford, Wilts.
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