Augustine Steward MP (1491 - 1571)

Born 1491 in Norwich St George Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, England

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Died 1571 at about age 80 in Norwich St Peter Hungate, Norwich, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Augustine Steward, or Austen Styward, has a page on the History of Parliament website. ^[1]. He was Mayor of Norwich in 1540, 1543 and 1556 and Deputy Mayor in 1549.

"He made his Will on 9 Oct. 1570, asking to be buried in St. Peter’s Hungate ‘where my well-beloved wives are buried’. After bequests to churches and to St. Giles’s hospital, Norwich, he divided his property between his children. He appointed as executors two sons and as supervisors six ‘sons-in-law’, including John Aldrich, Thomas Layer†, and Thomas Sotherton. He attended his last meeting of the Norwich assembly early in 1571, but he was replaced as one of the aldermen in April of that year and his will was proved in the following November".

PCC will for him in 1571: Austen Styward or Stywarde, Alderman of Norwich. It mentions his two wifes already buried in St Peter Hungate, and that he was born in St George Tombleland, Norwich. He mentions the church of Swarston, where his manor of Gowldethorpe (Or Cowthorpe) hall is, and he also mentions his manor of Wellbourne. Instead of only small amounts for the poor, he makes big donations for the reparations of a wide range of churchs. Son and main heir is William. Another son is Thomas. Edward is a son under 21. Elizabeth and Faith are unmarried daughters. He also treats Thomas Parker a bit like his younger children. He names sons-in-law: Thomas Sotherton, alderman, Robert Woode, alderman, Raphe Shelton, esquier, Thomas Layer, alderman, John Sotherton and John Aldriche. William and Edward to be executors.

Research Notes

Douglas Richardson names Cecily Steward as the second wife of Ralph Shelton, Esq., whom he married after his first wife died in October 1562. Richardson says that Ralph and Cecily had two sons, but does not name them.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/steward-augustine-1491-1571
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, page 391 CALTHORPE 12.

See Also:

• https://archive.org/stream/visitationnorfo00dashgoog#page/n26/mode/2up The Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563

• The visitacion [i.e., visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitacion [sic] made by Clarenceux Cook : with many other descents, and also the vissitation [sic] made by Rye, Walter, 1843-1927; Hervey, William; Cooke, Clarenceux; Raven, John Page 319: Wood]