254 STOURTON. He m. Agnes da. of John FArNTLEROY, of Fanntleroy Marsh, co. Dorset, by Joanc, da. and coheir of John Walsh, of Purbeck, in that county. Will dat. 26 Nov. 1535, directing his burial to be at Stourton, pr. 17 Jan. 1535/6, His wife living Nov. 1535' VII. 1535. 7. Wir.LiAM (Stourton), Baron Stourton, 3d but 1st siirv. s. and h.,(") was knighted by the Karl of Suffolk, at lioye in France, on Allhallows 1523, si<r. to the peerage in 1535, and was Bum. to pari. (1536-37) 28 Hen. VIII. He was Deputy Gen, of Uewbaven and the marches ad jacent. He m. [firstly ;] Elizabeth, widow of his br. Peter STOCHTCVN (who 4. a.p. 1496-97), sister (of the half-blood) of John, Dt'KK OF NORTHl IttBSBUWD, da. o[ Edmund Didley, Councillor to Hen. VII., by bis secoz)d wife, Maud, da of Tliunwj (Clifford), Lord Clifford. She was alive at his death in 1548 and it. 1560. Not- withstanding this, he is said to have m.{^l secondly, 6 Jan. (1545/6) 37 Hen. VIII., or possibly, but a few days or weeks before his death, Anne, or Agnes, da. of Sir like AS Thomas, ICG (1506), by Katharine afterward* Countess nc Bridokwater), da. of Thomas (Howard), 2d Dtke of Norfolk. Hi- d. " absent " 16 Sep. 154*. Will dat. 8 to 10 Sep., pr. 25 Nov. 1518 and 15 July 1557. Inq. p. mortem, 22 Nov. 1548. The said Aune, or Agnes, by whom he had no male issue,(°) hi. after July 1557, Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham, and H. 19 Aug. 1574, being bur. at Bromhnm. VIII. 1548. 8. Charles (Stourton), Baron Stourton, 1st s. ami h., b. about 1524, ,l ) was knighted by the Duke of Somerset, near Roxburgh in 1547 ; was aged 24 at his Father's death in Sep. 1548, when he sue. to the peerage. Hem. (Lie. Fac. 10 Feb. 1548/9), Anne, 1st da. of Edward (Stanley), 3d Earl of Derby, by his first wife, Dorothy, da. of Thomas -Howard . Dckb or Norfolk. Having been long at variance with one Hartgill (sometimes written Argyll), who had been Land-Steward to his father, he with four of his servants, murdered him and his son, and having bur. their bodies 15 feet deep, hoped thereby to escape detection, but was convicted, f ) at Westm Hall, of the murder, 26 Fid., and was hung " with an halter of silk,">', 6 March 155A/7, at Salisbury, being bur, in the cathedral there. His widow m. about 1560, Sir John Ahlndkll. of l.anherne, co. Cornwall, who d. 17 Nov. 1590. Her monument is in the church of St- Columl.. ( a ) Of the two elder brothers (1) Hoger Stourton. 1st s. and h. up, M. Jane or Joanna, da. of (— ) Birch, of co. Essex and d. s.p. and v. p. (2) Peter Stourton, 2d*. in. Elizabeth Dudley, and also (/. s.p. and v.p., when his widow m. his br. William, as in the text. ( b ) This marriage is very doubtful— the date 6 Jan. 1545/6 (as in the text) has been assigned to it, but Lord Stourton in his will of Sep. 1548, speaks of hera« "Mrs. Agnes Ryse, da. of the Countess of Bridgewater," leaving to her all his silver plate at Newhaven. She however, as "Agnes Stourton," indole, administers to his will in July 1557. See Jackson's article on the Stourton murder as in note " e 11 below. ( c ) Mary the only child of this marriage (or alleged marriage) m. Richard Gore, of Wilts, according to apedigree recorded (I. ix, p. 83) in the Coll. of Arms. Her legitimacy, however, seems di ubtful. tho' no suggestion of bastardy is there made. ( rt ) His father dealt with giving him in marriage when quite a baby, ri;., 4 April (1528)19 Hen. VIII. See indenture of that date whereby Wm. Stourton, Kilt., s. and b. ap. of Edward, Lord Stourton, agrees with Walter Hungerford, Esquire of the body to the king Is. and h. of Sir Edward H., deed.) for the marriage of Charles, or, failing him, of Andrew, his 1st and 2d sons, with one of the three daughters (Elyun, Mm? or Anne) of the said Walter, he paying the said Walter £800. [Grose's Ant. Hep-"} Neither match however took effect. ( e ) A full account of this murder is given by Canon Jackson in an article in the Wilts " Areh. Mag.." vol. viii, pp 212-236. "it appears that Hartgill had taken the part of the widow (or so called widow) of the late Lord, against this Charles, and Was, moreover, suspected of having (in his capacity of Steward) possessed himself of property, rightly belonging to the Stourton family. (<) His violence had previously brought him into trouble with the Privy Conned. See the minutes thereof, 17, 21 and 28 July 1551. (E) "Dngdale;" but the silken halter seems discredited by Canon Jackson see note "e" above.
