STUMPE, Sir James (by 1519-63), of Malmesbury and Bromham, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. by 1519, 1st s. of William Stumpe of Malmesbury by 1st w. Joyce, da. of James Berkeley of Bradley, Glos., bro. of John Stumpe. m. (1) by 1542, Bridget, da. of Sir Edward Baynton of Bromham, 1da., (2) Isabel, da. of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surr., wid. of Sir Edward Baynton (d. 27 Nov. 1544). Kntd. 1549 or later; suc. fa. 22 July 1552.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/95/91. Wilts. N. and Q. viii. 393, 448; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 7.

Offices Held

Keeper, Little Vastern park, Wilts. 1546, Braydon forest, Wilts. by 1563; sheriff, Wilts. Aug. – Nov. 1552, 1560 – 61; commr. oyer and terminer 1554; j.p. 1558/59; steward, Hungerford manor, Berks. 1560–d.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 412; 1553–4, p. 28; 1554–5, p. 52; 1560–3, pp. 443, 491; Somerville, Duchy, i. 627.

Parlimentarian

STUMPE, Sir James (by 1519-63), of Malmesbury and Bromham, Wilts.

Main residences: Malmesbury; Bromham, Wilts.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

STUMPE, Sir James (by 1519-63)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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