STOURTON. 253 receiving that year a grant of the castle r>f 01 1 Sarum. m& was cr. 13 May (1448) 26 Hen. VI. ;(") BARON STOURTON of Btourton, co. Wilts. In 1450 he was a Commissr. fur the defence of Calais. He m. Margaret (mini, and a minor 1511), da. of Sir J"hn Wadham, of Merrifield, co. Somerset. Justice of the Common Pleas, 1388-97. He d. 25 Nov. 14*32. Jnq, post mortem 2 Ed. IV. II. 14G2. :?. William (Stouhton), Baron Stourton, 1st p. and h., b. about 1 432, being aged 30 at his father's death. 25 Nov. 14(2, when rtetue. to the peerage. He was with Ed. IV. in 1468 in the ex|>edition against the Lancastrians in Northumberland. He m. Margaret, da. and coheir of Sir .Iiihu Chidmckk. by Katharine, da. of sir Ralph Limlky. He d. 18 Feb. 1478/9. hu]. post mortem. His wi.low m. John (Ciikvnkv). Lord Chkvney, K.G., who d. s.p. 30 May 1499. III. 1479. 3. John (Stourton), Baron Stourton, 1st s. and h., b. about 1455; was made K.B. (as " the s. and h. to the Lord Stourton") on Whitsunday 1175. He was aged 24 at his father's death, 18 Feb. 1478/3, when he sue. to the peerage, having livery of his lauds next year. He was sum. to the proposed coronation of Ed, V., and was one of the 45 peers present at that of Hie. 111. (i July 1183.( k ) He m. Katharine, da. of Sir Maurice Berkeley, of Bever- stone, co. Clone, Esquire of the body to Ed. IV.(') He d. 0 or 8 Oct. 14S5. /ny. p. mortem at 5 places, viz., Sherborne, Ilchester, Cirencester, Wynton, and in en. Essex, June and Jnly (1480) 1 Hen. VII. Will dat. 8 .Vug. 1484, directing bis burial to be lit Mere, co. Somerset, pr. I July 1493. His widow m. Sir Jofm BreretuN. Her inq.p. mortem (1494-95) 10 Heu. Vll.( d ) IV. 1485. Francis (Stourton), Baron Stourton, only s. and h. ; aged 40 or 45 weeks, or, possibly, 2 years at his father's death 6 or S Oct. 1485, (<) when be sue to the peerage. He d. young 18 Feb. 1480/7. Inn. port mortem, 3 Nov. (1487), 3 Heu. VII. (0 V. 1487. .-7. William (Stourton), Baron Stourton, uncle and h., b. about 1 157, being aged 30 and upwards at the death of his said nephew, 18 Feb. 1486/7, when he sun. to the peerage. He was made K.B. , 29 Nov. 1489. He ».{«) Thomatdne, da. of Sir Walter Wuotheslky, of co. Stafford, by Jane, da. and h. of Hugh Barry. He d. s.p. Will dat. 1522 at Stourton and directing his burial to be at St. 1'eter's, Stourton, pr. 10 March 1523. VI. 1523. 6. Edward (Stourton), Baron Stourton, br. and b., who in (1513-14) 5 Hen. VIII., was one of the collectors of the Poll tax. He sue. to the peerage, 1523, and was sum. to pari. (1529-30) 21 Hen. VIII., subscribing next year the letter to the Pope demanding the divorce of Heu. VIII. (") This is one of the 10 Baronies granted hij patent before the reign of Heu. VIII. See a list of them, vol. Hi, p. 31, note " e," sn& " Danbeny." ( b ) See vol. iii, p. 8, note " c," sub " Dacre," for a list of these Peers. ( c ) Anna, da. of John, Lord Stourton and Catharine, d. 21 March 1533, and was bur. at Fulham, co. Mdx. [Harl. MSS. 0,072 in Brit. Mus. as quoted iu " Collins."] (") Warborough her da. aged 0 years and more was her heir. Five other children by her second, and one son ( Francis) by her first husband had d. infants. (°) In two of the inquisitions on his father's death (0 Oct. 1485) he is said to have been aged 40, and in another two. 45 weeks. In the 5th, that in co. Essex, he is said to have been aged " 2 and more " on his father's death, (there stated as 8 (.let. 148a), hia name being given as • Edward," which last statement, however, is disproved by the in//, p. mortem on himself as " Praneiseue, nuper dominus de Stourton." (0 This Francis has hitherto been always omitted in the list of the Barons Stourton. I») "William, Lord Stourton, m. Catherine, da. of John Delapole, Duke of Suffolk, but she probably d. s.p." [■'Collins"]. This match is not mentioned in the Stourton pedigree recorded [" 4, D. xiv "] in the College of Arms, and, if agreed upon, was probably never consummated.
