John Stourton (died 1438)

Arms of Stourton: Sable, a bend or between six fountains

John Stourton (died 1438) of Preston Plucknett in Somerset was 7 times MP for Somerset, in 1419, 1420, December 1421, 1423, 1426, 1429 and 1435.^[1]

Origins

He was the younger son of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire, by his second wife a certain Alice (d.1407).^[2] His elder half-brother was William Stourton (died 1413) of Stourton, Speaker of the House of Commons and father of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (1400-1462).

Marriages & progeny

He married thrice but left no male progeny, only three daughters and co-heiresses:^[3]

• Firstly before 1403 to Joan Banaster (c.1376-1406), daughter and heiress of William Banaster (d.1395) of East Lydford, Somerset and widow of Robert Affeton, by whom he had progeny:
  • Cecily Stourton, who married firstly John Hill, MP, of Spaxton; secondly Sir Thomas Curiell/Kyriel of Sarrecourt, Isle of Thanet.^[4]
• Secondly before 1416 he married Alice Denys (or Peny), by whom he had progeny:
  • Johanna Stourton, wife of John Sydenham, MP, of Combe Sydenham in Somerset, who inherited from her father the manor of Brympton d'Evercy, Somerset, later the seat of her descendants the Sydenham baronets.^[5]
• Thirdly before 1430 he married Katherine Payne (d. 20 March 1473), daughter of Thomas Payne of Paynshay in Devon by his wife Margery Yeovilton, daughter and heiress of Peter Yeovilton of Speckington, Somerset, by whom he had progeny:
  • Alicia Stourton, who married twice:
    • Firstly to William Daubeney (1424-1460/1), MP, of South Ingilby in Lincolnshire and South Petherton and Barrington Court in Somerset, by whom she was the mother of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451-1508), KG.
    • Secondly she married Robert Hill of Houndstone.

Landholdings

The manors he held included:

• Preston Plucknett, his seat, where he built the manor-house which survives as Abbey Farm.^[6]
• Brympton d'Evercy, Somerset, of which he acquired the reversion.^[7]

Sources

• Biography of Stourton, John I (d.1438), of Preston Plucknett, Som., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993

References

1. History of Parliament biog.
2. History of Parliament
3. History of Parliament
4. History of Parliament
5. Burke, John & Burke, John Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd edition, London, 1841, pp.514-5
6. History of Parliament biog.
7. History of Parliament biog.