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in 1524. 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. He married Agnes Fauntleroy, daughter of John Fauntleroy of Fauntleroy Marsh, Alweston and Joan, daughter and co-heiress of John Walsh of Purbeck, Dorset. They had three sons: *Peter was intended to marry a daughter of

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, but died unmarried in his father's lifetime. *

William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton (c. 1505 – 1548) was the eldest son of Edward Stourton, 6th Baron Stourton, and his wife Agnes Fauntleroy, daughter of John Fauntleroy of Dorset. He succeeded his father as Baron Stourton in 1535. His wife ...

(c1505-1548) * Roger Stourton (by 1509-1551) to whom his father transferred the manor and advowson of

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, Dorset in 1530. In December 1531 William, his son and heir, asked that his father be excused attendance at the

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in view of his age and infirmity. However, he remained active in the county, as his letters to

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show. He died on 13 December 1535 and was buried at Stourton. He was survived by his wife Agnes, who lived as a widow at

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, Dorset.

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1463 births 15th-century English people 16th-century English nobility