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John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff 1400–1462 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1400

Birth Location: Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 25 Nov 1462

Death Location: Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England

Father: William Lord

Mother: Elizabeth Moyne

Spouse(s): Margery Baroness

Children(s): William Baron

In 1400, John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff entered the world in Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England, born to William Stourton Lord And Elizabeth Moyne. John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff married Margery Wadham Lady Baroness, and had children including William Villers Baron. John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff passed away in 1462 in Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1400, John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff entered the world in Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England, born to William Stourton Lord And Elizabeth Moyne.
  • John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff married Margery Wadham Lady Baroness, and had children including William Villers Baron.
  • John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff passed away in 1462 in Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Lord
1375–1413
Birth Location: Stourton, Wiltshire, England
WL
Elizabeth Moyne
1375–1429
Birth Location: Maddington, Wiltshire, England
EM

Spouses(s)

Margery Baroness
1405–1432
Birth Location: Merrifield, Somerset, England
MB

Children(s)

William Baron
1432–1478
Birth Location: Stourton, Wiltshire, England
WB

John Sheriff's Ancestors

Self
John Sheriff
1400–1462
Birth Place: Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England
Parents
William Stourton Lord
1375–1413
Stourton, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Moyne
1375–1429
Maddington, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Sheriff's Descendants

1.
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John (Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and) Sheriff (19 May 1400–25 Nov 1462) m. Margery (Wadham Lady) Baroness (1405–1432)
  1. 1. William (Villers) Baron 1432–1478 m. Margaret Chidiocke 1432–1503
    1. 1. Amy Stourton 1450–1471 m. Henry FitzRoger 1448–1507
      1. 1. John FitzRoger 1468–1547 m. Elizabeth Courtenay 1470–1518
        1. 1. John FitzRoger 1510–1565 m. Catherine Weston 1514–1570
    2. 2. Margaret Stourton 1448–1481 m. James (Chudleigh) Sir 1455–1482
      1. 1. Petronilla Chudleigh 1480–1515 m. Richard (Pollard Sir) Knight 1480–1545
        1. 1. George Pollard 1515–1563 m. Alice Sedington 1515–1604

John Sheriff's Timeline

2 Records

1400
19 May 1400
Birth of John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff in Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England
Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England
1462
25 Nov 1462
Age 62
Death of John Stourton Sir Knight of the Garter, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff in Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England
Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1400
    Event Place: Stourhead Manor, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Nov 1462
    Event Place: Brimpton Preston, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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