Nicholas Stukeley Esq. (abt. 1451 - 1488)

Born about 1451 in Affeton, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Pomeroy) Stukeley — married about 1479 in England

Descendants

Died 27 May 1488 at about age 37 in Affeton, Devon, England

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Biography

Nicholas Stukeley was the son and heir of Hugh Stukeley, Esq., and Katherine Affeton.^[1]

Birth

Born: About 1451.^[1]

Age 16 in 1467 in the IPM of his mother.^[2]

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - before 24 June 1475 (birthdate of son) to Thomasine Cockworthy, widow of Robert Chudleigh and daughter of John Cockworthy, Gent., of Yarnscombe and Thomasine Chichester.^[1]

Children of Nicholas Stukeley and Thomasine Cockworthy:

1. Thomas Stukeley, Knt.^[1] Born 24 June 1475 at Affeton.^[3]
2. Joan Stukeley.^[1] She is stated to have been born 1 year and more after her brother Thomas in the Proof of Age of Thomas in 1496.^[3] She married Philip Baynard of Lackham, Wiltshire.^[1]
3. Margaret Stukeley. She is stated to have been born 1 year and more after her sister Joan in the Proof of Age of their brother Thomas.^[3] Not named by Richardson.

Thomasine died 29 November 1477.^[1]

Married: 2nd - Anne Pomeroy (or Agnes) about 1478/9. Anne was the widow of Robert Budockshide and daughter of Henry Pomeroy by Alice, daughter of John Raleigh.^[1]

Said to have been married 18 years in the Proof of Age of their son Thomas in 1496.^[3]

Children of Nicholas Stukeley and Anne Pomeroy:

1. William Stukeley.^[1] Born about 1479. He is stated to be aged 17 years in Proof of Age of Thomas in 1496.
2. Ann Stukeley. She married William Dennis.^[1] Anne was born about 1481 (rough estimate based on birth of older brother).

Lands

Nicholas held lands at Affeton, East and West Wolrington, Bradford Tracy, Huntshaw and Meshaw, Devon; Chilton Cantelowe and Trent Somerset; Halfhyde, Preston and St. Mary Blanford, Dorset.^[1]

Death

Died: 27 May 1488.^[1]

Date from his IPM.^[4]

Inquisition Post Mortem: NICHOLAS STUCLE, esq.

403. Writ 27 May, 3 Henry VII; inq. the last day but one of October, 4 Hen. VII.

One Thomas Dourish the younger, and John More, being seised of the under-mentioned manors of Wolryngton in fee, gave them to one Hugh Stucle, and Katharine his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the heirs of her body, with remainder to the heirs of the body of Thomas Affeton, with remainder in default to the right heirs of the said Hugh. The manors descended to the said Nicholas Stucle, as son and heir of the said Hugh and Katharine; and being seised thereof accordingly in fee tail, per formam donacionis, he enfeoffed one John Denys of Orlegh and Richard Pree thereof, who in turn demised them to the said Nicholas, and the heirs male of his body by Thomasine his late wife, with remainder in default to the heirs of his body.

The said John Denys and Richard Pree likewise demised the under-mentioned manor of Hunshaue, and lands in Chilmelegh, Ratclif, and Henstill, whereof they were seised in fee, to the said Nicholas, with the same remainders over.

The said Nicholas enfeoffed the said John Denys and Richard Pree of the under-mentioned manor of Bradford, which he held of the duchy of Cornwall, to the use of his will; and whereas one William Willesdon, who held the under-mentioned land in Churne of the said Nicholas as of the said manor of Bradford, never attorned to the said feoffees, therefore at his death the said Nicholas held the said land of the said duchy.

One Robert Spurwey held the under-mentioned land in Okeford parish, by service of half a knight-fee, of the said Nicholas, who held the same of the King’s mother.

By deed dated 23rd July, 2 Ric. III, the said John Denys and Richard Pree gave the under-mentioned manors of Affeton and Mewshaue, whereof they were seised in fee, to the said Nicholas Stucle, and Anne his wife, who survives, and the heirs of his body, with remainder in default to his right heirs; also, by deed dated 10 Feb., 2 Hen. VII, they gave the under-mentioned land and rent in Queyntys and Hakyngton to the said Nicholas and Anne, with the same remainders over.

He died 27 May last. Thomas Stucle, aged 13 and more, is his son and heir by the said Thomasine his late wife.

DEVON. Manors of Est Wolryngton and West Wolryngton, worth respectively 5l., and 8 marks, held of the Countess of Richemond, the King’s mother, service unknown.

Manor of Hunshaue, worth 5 marks, held of the Abbot of Forde, service unknown.

A toft in Chilmelegh, worth 23s. 8d., held of Edward, Earl of Devon, service unknown.

One hundred acres of land in Ratclif.

A messuage in Henstill.

Manor of Bradford Tracy, held of the King, as of the manor of Bradenynch, parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, by service of 1/8 of a knight’s fee.

Thirty acres of land in Churne, within the parish of Witherigge, held of the said Nicholas Stucle, as of the said manor of Bradford Tracy, by service of 1/4 of a knight’s fee, and 3s. 1d. rent.

A messuage called ‘Spurwey,’ in the parish of Okeford, held of the said Nicholas Stucle, who held the same of the said Countess, the King’s mother, as of the honor of Barnestaple.

Manor of Affeton, worth 5 marks, held of Otho Ghilberd and Richard Wode, as of the manor of North Tauton, service unknown.

Manor of Mewshaue, worth 40s., held of William Huddesfeld, knt., service unknown.

A messuage, 200a. land, 4a. meadow, and 5a. wood in Queyntys, worth 40s., held of Richard Yerde, service unknown.

A rent of 4l. issuing out of a messuage and 400a. land in Est Hakyngton.

C. Series II. Vol. 4. (27.)

421. NICHOLAS STUCLE, esq. Writ 27 May, 3 Hen. VII; inq. 20 Oct., 4 Hen. VII.

One John Denys of Orleigh, and Richard Pree, gave the under-mentioned manors to him, and the heirs male of his body by Thomasine his late wife, with remainder to the heirs of his body.

Death and heir as in No. 403.

SOMERS. Manor of Trente, worth 6l., held of Cicely, Duchess of York, service unknown.

Manor of Chilton Cantelowe, worth 7l., held of Henry Rogers, as of the hundred of Berwyke, service unknown.

C. Series II. Vol. 4. (46.) E. Series II. File 891. (5.)

427. NICHOLAS STUCLE, esq. Writ 27 May, 3 Hen. VII; inq. 20 Oct., 4 Hen. VII.

Findings as in No. 421.

DORSET. Manor of Preston, worth 8l. 9s., held of the Abbess of Shaftesbury, service unknown.

Manor of Halfhyde, worth 3l., 6s. 8d., held of the Abbot of Milton, service unknown.

Manor of Seynt Mary Blanford, worth 100s., held of the Prioress of Clerkenwell, service unknown.

C. Series II. Vol. 4. (52.) E. Series II. File 891. (6.)

Research Notes

Mother of Joan

Vivian's Visitation of Devon gives the mother of Joan as being Ann Pomeroy. However, the Proof of Age of Thomas tells us directly that her mother was Nicholas' Stukeley's first wife, Thomasine Cockworthy.^[3]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol. V, page 83, STUKELEY 12.
2. ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp eds. Visitation of England and Wales: Notes, volume 4. (1902): page 125.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Great Britain, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 1, 1-11 Henry VII: 1485-1496. (London, 1898): pages 558-559.
4. ↑ Great Britain, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 1, 1-11 Henry VII: 1485-1496. (London, 1898): pages 173, 178, 181

Source list:

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. 1 page 268 BAYNARD; vol. 2 page 666 FITZWARIN; vol. V pages 82-83 STUKELEY.

• Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls (1905): page 377.

• Westcote, Thomas, George Oliver ed. A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a Pedigree of Most of its Gentry. (1845): pages 271, 470, 585. Archive.org Link

• Vivian, John Lambrick. Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620. (1895): page 721. Google Books Link

• Colby, Frederic Thomas ed. Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier Visitation of 1531. (Exeter, 1881): page 193. HathiTrust.org Link

• Great Britain, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 1, 1-11 Henry VII: 1485-1496. (London, 1898): pages 173, 178, 181, 558-559.

• Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp eds. Visitation of England and Wales: Notes, volume 4. (1902): page 125.

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This profile was developed by Joe Cochoit and reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 26 June 2021.

Nicholas Stukeley Esq. is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet in a badged Richardson-documented trail to Gateway Ancestor John Baynard (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 126-128). This profile is also in a badged trail to surety baron Saher de Quincy. See the Magna Carta Trails on John Baynard's profile to view the profiles in these trails.

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