Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton

Arms of Stourton: Sable, a bend or between six fountains
Tomb chest in St Peter's Church, Stourton, Wiltshire

Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton (1463–1535) was a younger son of William, the second Baron Stourton and Margaret Chidiock, daughter of Sir John Chidiock, sometimes called Lord FitzPayne.[1]

He succeeded his elder brother William in 1524.[2] He inherited land spread over several counties and was a justice of the peace in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and in 1514 was entrusted with the task of collecting £163,000 by poll-tax.[2]

He married Agnes Fauntleroy, daughter of John Fauntleroy of Fauntleroy Marsh, Alweston and Joan, daughter and co-heiress of John Walsh of Purbeck, Dorset.[3] They had three sons:

In December 1531 William, his son and heir, asked that his father be excused attendance at the House of Lords in view of his age and infirmity.[6] However, he remained active in the county, as his letters to Thomas Cromwell show.[7] He died on 13 December 1535 and was buried at Stourton.[4] He was survived by his wife Agnes, who lived as a widow at Stourton Caundle, Dorset.[8]

Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Stourton
1523–1535 		Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ Stourton, Charles Botolph Joseph (1899). The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts. Vol. 1. p. 272.
  2. ^ a b Stourton 1899, p. 292.
  3. ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. Vol. 7. p. 254.
  4. ^ a b Stourton 1899, p. 299.
  5. ^ "STOURTON, Roger (by 1509-51), of Rushton, Dorset". History of Parliament. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ^ Stourton 1899, p. 294.
  7. ^ Stourton 1899, pp. 294–5.
  8. ^ Stourton 1899, p. 293.