William Stourton (speaker)

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

William Stourton (died 1413) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons from May 1413 to June 1413 when he was serving as MP for Dorset.^[1]

Origins

He was the son and heir of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire. His younger half-brother was John Stourton (died 1438) of Preston Plucknett in Somerset, 7 times MP for Somerset, in 1419, 1420, December 1421, 1423, 1426, 1429 and 1435.^[2]

Career

He was knight of the shire in Parliament for Somerset in 1401, 1402 and Jan 1404, for Wiltshire in 1407 and for Dorset in 1410 and again in May 1413, when he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

Marriage & progeny

He married Elizabeth Moigne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Moigne of Ower Moigne, Dorset,^[3] by whom he had progeny:

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (1400-1462), elevated to the peerage in 1448.
daughter.

Death & burial

He died in 1413 and was buried in Witham Priory.

References

↑ http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/notes/snpc-04637.pdf
↑ History of Parliament biog.
↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stourton-william-1413

History of Parliament STOURTON, William (d. 1413) of Stourton, Wilts

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Chaucer	Speaker of the House of Commons 1414–1415	Succeeded by Walter Hungerford

Speakers of the House of Commons

House of Commons
of England

14th century	Hungerford De la Mare Pickering Guildesborough Waldegrave Pickering Bussy Cheney Doreward Savage Redford

15th century	Esturmy Tiptoft Chaucer Stourton Hungerford Chaucer Redman Beauchamp Flower Hunt Chaucer Baynard Russell Walton Vernon Tyrell Alington Bowes Burley Tresham Say Popham Oldhall Thorpe Charlton Wenlock Tresham Green Strangeways Wood Catesby Lovell Mordaunt Fitzwilliam Empson Drury Englefield

16th century	Dudley Sheffield Nevill More Audley Wingfield Rich Hare Moyle Baker Dyer Pollard Broke Higham Cordell Gargrave Williams Onslow Wray Bell Popham Puckering Snagge Coke Yelverton

17th century	Croke Phelips Crewe Richardson Crewe Finch Finch Glanville Lenthall Pelham Rous (Barebones Parliament) Widdrington (2nd Protectorate Parliament) Chute (3rd Protectorate Parliament) Long (3rd Protectorate Parliament) Bampfield (3rd Protectorate Parliament) Grimston Turnour Charlton Seymour Sawyer Gregory Williams Trevor Powle Foley Littleton

18th century	Harley Smith

House of Commons
of Great Britain

18th century	Smith R. Onslow Bromley Hanmer Compton A. Onslow Cust Norton Cornwall Grenville Addington

House of Commons
of the United Kingdom

19th century	Addington Mitford Abbot Manners-Sutton Abercromby Shaw-Lefevre Denison Brand Peel Gully

20th century	Lowther Whitley FitzRoy Brown Morrison Hylton-Foster King Lloyd Thomas Weatherill Boothroyd

21st century	Martin Bercow

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