Elizabeth (Luttrell) Stratton (abt. 1388 - aft. 1439)

Born about 1388 in Dunster, Williton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Harleston Esq. — married after 24 Apr 1406 in England

Descendants

Died after 4 Aug 1439 after about age 51 in England

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Biography

Elizabeth Luttrell was the daughter of Sir Hugh Luttrell and Katherine Beaumont,^[1][2] She was perhaps born at Dunster, Somerset (home of her parents), about 1388 (seemingly based on her first marriage in 1406).^[3]

Marriages and Children

Elizabeth married first, William Harleston, Esq., at Dunster, after 24 April 1406.^[1][4][3][5] They had one son:

• William^[1] married Philippa Stonor;^[6] died 4 November 1480; no issue.^[4]

Her husband, William, died between 1418 and 1423, and Elizabeth married second, John Stratton, Esq. sometime after 1423.^[1] They had two daughters:

• Elizabeth born about 1425; married John Andrews, Esq., about 1439; died before 11 December 1474; issue.^[7]
• Alice married (1) William Holt, (2) Sir Hugh Wyche; died before 26 November 1474 (proof of will); no issue.^[8][9]

Richardson does not include Alice. See the research note below for evidence of her.

Death

Richardson and Colket note Elizabeth was living 4 October 1438 when she was made executor of the will of Peter Maudby, Armiger, of Sperham,^[1][4] but it appears she was living as late as 4 August 1439 (17 Henry VI, 1 September 1438 - 31 August 1439) when she and her husband made a deed to John Heydon.^[10]

Research Notes

Parents

The Luttrell pedigree in the Visitation of Somerset makes Elizabeth the sister of her father, rather than his daughter.^[11]

Alice Stratton

The wills of Thomas Windsor, his wife Elizabeth, and that of Lady Alice Wyche show that Alice was Elizabeth's sister.

• In her will, dated 18 October and proved 11 December 1474, Dame Elizabeth Andrews named as her overseer, her sister, Lady Wyche [no given name], and her daughter Elizabeth Wyndesor and her husband Thomas Windsor.^[12]

• In her will, dated 16 June and proved 16 November 1474, Dame Alice Wyche identified her late husbands, William Holt and Sir Hugh Wyche, "cousin" Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wyndesore and their son, Andrews Wyndesor, and "cousin" Thomas Wyndesore, executor.^[8]

• In his will, dated 13 August 1479 and proved 15 February 1485[/6?], Thomas Wyndesor mentions unfinished articles from the will of Dame Alice Wyche regarding debts still owing to her. He does not mention the relationship to Dame Alice, but does leave money for prayers for her soul.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., Kimball G. Everingham ed., (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), 3: 661, LUDLOW 10.
2. ↑ John Tuckett, Devonshire Pedigrees: Recorded in the Herald's Visitation of 1620; With Additions from the Harleian Manuscripts, and the Printed Collections of Westcote and Pole, (London: John Russell Smith, [1859]), 49, 51, Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Being the Ancestry and Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, 5 vols. (Chevy Chase, Maryland: the author, 1958), vol 5, pt 1, 2341, FamilySearch catalog entry.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Meredith B. Colket, Jr., "The Royal Ancestry of the Ludlows," The American Genealogist 15 (January 1939): 129-143 at 134, Internet Archive.
5. ↑ H. C. Maxwell Lyte, A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell, (London: St. Catherine Press, 1909), 1: 106-107, Internet Archive.
6. ↑ Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, The Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483, 2 vols. (London: Royal Historical Society, 1919), 2: 97-98, Google Books.
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, 3: 661-662 LUDLOW 11.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta: Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &C. as Well as of the Descents and Possessions of Many Distinguished Families ; From the Reign of Henry the Second to the Accession of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols. (London: Nichols and Son, 1826), 1: 336-337, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, vol 5, pt 1, 2337-2339.
10. ↑ Francis Blomefield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, (London: William Miller, 1808), 3: 287, Internet Archive.
11. ↑ Frederic William Weaver, editor, The Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 and 1573, 42-43, Internet Archive.
12. ↑ Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta, 1: 329-331, Internet Archive.
13. ↑ Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta, 1: 352-356, Internet Archive.

See also:

• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., Kimball G. Everingham, ed., (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), 3: 71-72, LUDLOW 9, partial snippet on Google Books.

Acknowledgement

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Magna Carta Project

Elizabeth (Luttrell) Stratton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from the Ludlow Gateway Ancestors (Gabriel, Sarah, and Roger) to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 70-77 LUDLOW). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Project. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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