Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton (c. 1555 – 7 May 1633) was a Catholic English peer.

Life

He was a younger son of Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton and Lady Anne Stanley, daughter of

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. He was educated at

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, matriculating in 1575. His father was executed for murder in 1557. He succeeded his brother

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in 1588. He made no secret of his adherence to

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. He was a close friend of

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and Catesby's recruitment of

Francis Tresham Francis Tresham ( 1567 – 23 December 1605) was a member of the group of English provincial Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I of England. Tresham joined the Earl of Essex's fail ...

to the

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took place in Stourton's house in

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. He was suspected of deliberately avoiding the opening of parliament, although the conspirators may contrived to delay him without revealing their plans. He was imprisoned in the

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. In 1608 he was transferred to the

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and was fined £6,000, although he paid only £1,000. He may subsequently have occasionally attended Church of England services, but continued to house Catholic priests. He died on 7 May 1633 and was buried at Stourton, Wiltshire.

Family

He married his cousin, Frances Tresham, daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham and Muriel Throckmorton. They had 6 children, who survived infancy: *

William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c. 1594 – 25 April 1672) was the son of Edward Stourton and Frances Tresham. He married Frances More (d. 5 January 1662), daughter of Sir Edward More. William and Frances had five children; *William *M ...

*Thomas (d. 1669), who fought a duel in 1625. He married the twice widowed Elizabeth Cornwallis, a fellow Catholic. He was buried at Stourton. *Francis (1599–1638), who married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Norton of

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, Suffolk. *Edward died unmarried. *Margaret, who married Sir Thomas Sulyard, Knight, of

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, Suffolk. *Mary, who married Walter Norton of

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, Lincolnshire.

Notes

References

* Prob. 11/163/627, testament of 4 July 1632. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stourton, Edward Stourton, 10th Baron 1633 deaths *10

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