Margaret (Scrope) Stourton (abt. 1580 - aft. 1638)

Born about 1580 in Ashley, Hampshire, England

Wife of William Stourton Gent. — married about 1610 in Owermoigne, Dorset, England

Descendants

Died after 1638 after about age 58 in Owermoigne, Dorset, England

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Biography

Margaret, daughter of George Crope,^[1] is estimated to have been born about 1580 in Ashley, Hampshire, England. Her death date is unconfirmed. She is known to be living in 1638 when she is named in the will of her husband's uncle, Francis Stourton.

Marriage & Children

William married Margaret Crope, daughter of George Crope of Ashley in Hampshire, about 1610 in Dorset, England. Known children include:^[2]

1. Anne Stourton, b c 1612, buried 18 August 1612 at Owermoigne, Dorset^[3]
2. Philip Stourton, b 1613
3. Charles Stourton, baptized 28 May 1616
4. Margaret Stourton, baptized 16 June 1618
5. Thomas Stourton, b 1621
6. Frances Stourton, b c 1622
7. Dorothy Stourton, born after the Visitation of 1623, died 9 May 1702

Not listed in any pedigree, but this entry occurs in the Owermoigne registers:

1611: Olive (or Olivet) ygt Daughter of William Stourton, gent. and Margaret his wife was buried 18th of August.

William, his wife Margaret and six of the above children -- sons Philip, Charles, and Thomas, daughters Margaret. Frances, and Dorothy -- are named as legatees in the will of William's uncle Francis Stourton, of Owermoigne, who died in 1638. He was the son of Edward Stourton, 10th Lord Stourton, and brother of William, 11th Lord Stourton.^[2]

Research Notes

Lord Henry and Lady Margaret Howard did not have a d. named Margaret.[1]

Margaret's last name at birth is not "Scrope" it is "Crope." She was the daughter of George Crope of Ashley in Hampshire.

Sources

1. ↑ The Visitation of the County of Dorset, taken in the Year 1623, by Henry St. George and Sampson Lennard, Marshals and Deputies to William Camden; Edited by John Paul Rylands, F.S.A.; London: Mitchell and Hughes, printers,1885. Pages 85, 86
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The History of The Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts. Compiled under the supervision of Charles Botolph Joseph, Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton. Vol. I. Privately Printed. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row. 1899. Pages 316-319
3. ↑ "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDH-8QF8 : 9 March 2021), Willm Stourton in entry for Anne Stourton, 1612.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Scrope-65 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol.