William Stourton (died 1413) of
Stourton, Wiltshire, was Speaker of the
House of Commons
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from May 1413 to June 1413 when he was serving as MP for
Dorset
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.
Biography
He was the son and heir of John Stourton of
Stourton, Wiltshire. His younger half-brother was
John Stourton (died 1438) of
Preston Plucknett
Preston Plucknett is a suburb of Yeovil in Somerset, England. It was once a small village, and a separate civil parish until 1930, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parishes of Yeovil, Brympton and West Coker. It was listed in the Dome ...
in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, 7 times MP for
Somerset
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, in 1419, 1420, December 1421, 1423, 1426, 1429 and 1435.
He was
knight of the shire
Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistributio ...
in Parliament for
Somerset
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in 1401, 1402 and January 1404, for
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
in 1407 and for
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
in 1410 and again in May 1413, when he was elected
Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
The speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker on 4 November 201 ...
.
Stourton married Elizabeth Moigne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Moigne of
Owermoigne
Owermoigne ( ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated south-east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 467. The parish is within an electoral ward with the same name, whic ...
, Dorset,
by whom he had a son,
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (19 May 1400 – 25 November 1462) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was an English soldier and politician, elevated to the peerage in 1448.
Origins
He was born on 19 May 1400 at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir ...
(1400–1462), elevated to the
peerage
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Peerages include:
Australia
* Australian peers
Belgium
* Belgi ...
in 1448; and a daughter.
He died in 1413 and was buried in
Witham Priory
Witham Charterhouse, also Witham Priory, at Witham Friary, Somerset, was established in 1178/79, the earliest of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England. It was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.
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References
History of Parliament STOURTON, William (d. 1413) of Stourton, Wilts
14th-century births
1413 deaths
Speakers of the House of Commons of England
English MPs 1401
English MPs 1402
English MPs January 1404
English MPs 1407
English MPs 1410
English MPs May 1421
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire
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