Hugh Stukeley Esq. (aft. 1398 - bef. 1457)

Born after 1398 in Trent, Somerset, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Affeton) Bourchier — married before 19 Dec 1437 in England

Descendants

Died before 13 Dec 1457 before age 59 in Affeton, Devon, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Name: Hugh Stukeley, Esq.^[1][2]

Orthographic variations: Stukeley, Stukley, Stukle, Stucley, Stucly, Stuckley, Stucle, Stewkley, Stewekley, Stuckleigh, Stukleghe, Stuclegh, Styvecle, Styuecle, Stuklay

Sheriff of Devonshire 1448-9.^[2][3]

Coat of arms

Stukeley: Azure, three pears pendant or. ^[4]

Azure, three pears pendant or.

The primary color is sometimes argent.^[5] In the right of his mother, Hugh Stukeley would have quartered the arms of FitzRoger.

Birth and Parents

Born: After 1398, the second son of Richard Stukeley, Esq., and Elizabeth FitzRoger.^[2] He is often said to have been born in Trent, Somerset, England as his father was called "of Trent" in the Visitations, but this is not known with certainty. The date is based on the fact that he was the second son of parents who were married after 6 December 1396.^[6]

Marriage and Children

Married: Katherine Affeton, daughter of John Affeton, Esq. and Joan Bratton, before 19 December 1437^[2] on which date he presented at Thelbridge in the right of his wife.^[7][8] Katherine was the sole heir of her father John Affeton. In her right he held Affeton in West Worlington, East and West Worlington, Bradford Tracy, Bridgerule, etc. co. Devon; Trent and Chilton Cantelowe, Somerset; Preston, Halfhyde, St. Mary Blanford, co. Dorset inter alia.^[2]

Children of Hugh Stukeley and Katherine Affeton:^[9]

1. Nicholas Stukeley, Esq.
2. Alice Stukeley. Wife of Sir Thomas Beaumont.
3. Elizabeth Stukeley. Wife of Sir John Wadham.

Death

Died: Shortly before 13 December 1457 when his estate was administered.^[2] His primary residence of Affeton is being used as his place of death, but this is not actually known with certainty.

His widow, Katherine, remarried to Sir William Bourgchier, 9th Lord Fitz Warin. Katherine died 26 March 1467, leaving a will dated 13 February 1466/7, proved 1 September 1467.^[2]

Notes

• Presented at West Worlington on 31 January 1437/8, 4 March 1439/40, 23 April 1444, 16 March 1447 and 2 August 1452.^[10][11]
• Presented at East Worlington on 20 December 1437, 17 March 1437/8, 4 March 1439/40 and 11 May 1453.^[12][13]
• Presented at Thelbridge on 19 December 1437, 14 February 1437/8, 16 January 1450 and 18 August 1452.^[14][15]
• Presented at Affeton on 4 February 1454/5 and 24 May 1455.^[16][17]
• Presented at Dodbrooke on 17 May 1449 and 16 July 1450.^[18][19]
• Presented at Stokenham on 17 December 1447.^[20]
• In 1443, Hugh Stukeley and his wife sued William Bonville, Thomas Beaumnot, John Boef and William Boef to recover the manors of Halvehide, Preston, Blaneford and Mersshe which was part of the inheritance of Katherine.^[21]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ Several references refer to him as a knight. This needs to be confirmed by contemporary documents as Richardson says he was only an Esq. He was called esquire in the Bishops Records as late as 1455 so it is likely he was never knighted.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. V pages 82-83 STUKELEY 11.
3. ↑ Great Britain PRO, Maxwell Lyte ed. List of Sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, compiled from documents in the Public Record Office. (London, 1898: page 35.
4. ↑ Colby. Visitation of the County of Devon. (1881): page 193.
5. ↑ Vivian. Visitations of the County of Devon. (1895): page 721.
6. ↑ Date of the marriage agreement of his parents. They were married between December 1396 and December 1398. His older brother was aged 16 in 1414.
7. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 232, 256 and 378.
8. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): page 72.
9. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 282-283.
10. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 230, 256, 284, 313 and 370.
11. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): pages 73, 313.
12. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 232, 256 and 378.
13. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): page 72.
14. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 231, 356 and 370.
15. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): page 72.
16. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 393, and 395.
17. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): page 147.
18. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 339, and 354.
19. ↑ Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. III (1966): page 34f.
20. ↑ Hingeston-Randolph. Register of Edmund Lacy part I. (1909): page 329.
21. ↑ Wrottesley. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls (1905): page 377.

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

• Colby, Frederic Thomas ed. Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620. (London: Harleian Society Visitation Series vol 6, 1872).

• Hingeston-Randolph, Rev. Francis Charles. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455) part I. (1909): page 230, 256, 284, 313 and 370.

• Dunstan, G.R. ed. Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455), Registrum Commune vol. II (1966): page 72. Available on Ancestry.com

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999. Page: 261-38

• Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. Page: 2749

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed by Joe Cochoit in 2019 and reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 26 June 2021.

Hugh 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.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".