Reginald Stourton

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Sir Reginald Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire (born c. 1434) was an English knight.

Life

Stourton was the second son of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton and Margery or Marjory Wadham.

Stourton was knighted and became High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1455–1456 and 1462–1463.

In the spring of 1470, he was arrested on the orders of King Edward IV as one of the Lancastrian supporters of the Earl of Warwick. [1]

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References

  1. Members of Parliament for the County of Somerset (PDF). The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 104. Retrieved 24 November 2024.