The Stukeley Family

The Stukeley Family:

 

First Generation

 

1.  Richard Stukeley¹ was born circa 1367 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.² He died circa 28 Nov 1441 at the age of 74 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.¹ Richard Stukeley [Stucle, Styuecle] was the second husband of Elizabeth FitzRoger. In right of his wife he was of Merston, Sussex and Glen Magna, Leicestershire. Stukeley was King's Esquire, Escheator* of Somerset and Devon. Elizabeth bore him two sons, Roger and Hugh.
It is believed that Richard's father was Geoffrey de Styuecle/Steuecle, who was King's Esquire of Buckinghamshire and London and King's Esquire and chief serjeant of County Cork, Ireland, by his wife, Christine. 
*Official who oversaw the reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.

Richard Stukeley and Elizabeth FitzRoger were married circa 2 Dec 1398 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.¹ Elizabeth FitzRoger¹, daughter of John FitzRoger and Alice [FitzRoger], was born on 15 Aug 1370 in Chewton, Somerset, England.¹ She died on 15 Apr 1414 at the age of 43 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.¹ Elizabeth was first married to John Bonville [c1371-21 October 1396]. Through her great-great-grandparents, Maude la Zouche and Robert de Holland, she was descended from Henry II [mistress Ida] and Edward I [Margaret of France].

 

Richard Stukeley and Elizabeth FitzRoger had the following child:

 

              2              i.   Hugh Stukeley, born aft 1398, Ridgewell, Essex, England; married Katherine Affeton, bef 19 Dec 1437, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; died ca 13 Dec 1457, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.

 

Second Generation

 

2.  Hugh Stukeley³ (Richard-1) was born after 1398 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.^3–4 He died circa 13 Dec 1457 at the age of 59 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Stukeley, in right of his wife, gained the Affeton lands of East and West Wolrington, Bradford Tracy, Bridgerule and others in Devonshire, as well as those in Somerset and Dorset. He was Sheriff of Devonshire in 1448-49. The Stukeleys had three children: Nicholas, Alice and Elizabeth.

Hugh Stukeley and Katherine Affeton were married before 19 Dec 1437 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Katherine Affeton³, daughter of John Affeton and Joan Bratton, was born circa 1422 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.⁵ She died on 26 Mar 1467 at the age of 45 in Little Easton, Essex, England.³ Katherine married 2nd William Bourgchier, Lord FitzWarin, on 9 January 1458/9.

 

Hugh Stukeley and Katherine Affeton had the following child:

 

              3              i.   Nicholas Stukeley, born ca 1451, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; married Thomasine Cockworthy, ca 1474, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; died 27 May 1488, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.

 

Third Generation

 

3.  Nicholas Stukeley³ (Hugh-2, Richard-1) was born circa 1451 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ He died on 27 May 1488 at the age of 37 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Stukeley held lands in East and West Wolrington, Bradford Tracy, Huntshaw and Meshaw in Devon, Chilton Cantelowe and Trent in Somerset, Halfhyde, Preston and St. Mary Blanford in Dorset.
Following the death of Thomasine, by whom he had two children [Thomas and Joan], he married Anne/Agnes Pomeroy about 1479. She was the widow of Robert Budockshide and daughter of Henry Pomeroy. [Issue: William and Anne.]

Nicholas Stukeley and Thomasine Cockworthy were married circa 1474 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Thomasine Cockworthy³ was born circa 1453 in Yarnscombe, Devonshire, England.⁶ She died on 29 Nov 1477 at the age of 24 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Thomasine was the widow of Robert Chudleigh. Her parents were John Cockworthy and Thomasine Chichester.

 

Nicholas Stukeley and Thomasine Cockworthy had the following child:

 

              4              i.   Sir Thomas Stukeley, born 24 Jun 1475, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; married Anne Wood / Wode, ca 1495, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; died 30 jan 1541/2, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.

 

 

Fourth Generation

 

4.  Sir Thomas Stukeley³ (Nicholas-3, Hugh-2, Richard-1) was born on 24 Jun 1475 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ He died 30 jan 1541/2 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.³ Thomas was the eldest son and heir of Nicholas. At the time born of his mother’s Inquisition post mortem in 1478, Thomas was four years old. He held manors of Affeton, East and West Wolrington (both with advowsons*), Mewshaw (with advowson), Bridgerule, Drayford, Huntshaw, Thelbridge (with advowson), Studlegh, Bradford Tracy, and Pyllaven. All were located in Devonshire.  Stukeley was Sheriff of Devonshire in 1520-21. [http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Stuckley/StuckleyRegisterReport.pdf]

*ADVOWSON, or ADVOWZEN (through O. Fr. advouson, from Lat. advocatio, a summons to), the right of presentation to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice, so called because the patron defends or advocates the claims of the person whom he presents. [1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Wiki]

Sir Thomas Stukeley and Anne Wood / Wode were married circa 1495 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.⁷ Anne Wood / Wode, daughter of Thomas Wood / Wode and Isabel [Wood / Wode], was born circa 1476 in Childrey,Berkshire, England?.⁸

 

Thomas Stukeley and Anne Wood / Wode had the following child:

 

              5              i.   Margery Stukeley, born ca 1500, Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England; married Charles Farringdon, ca 1516, Farringdon, East Devon, Devonshire, England.

 

Fifth Generation

 

5.  Margery Stukeley (Thomas-4, Nicholas-3, Hugh-2, Richard-1) was born circa 1500 in Affeton, West Wolrington, Devonshire, England.⁸

Margery Stukeley and Charles Farringdon were married circa 1516 in Farringdon, East Devon, Devonshire, England.⁸ Charles Farringdon³, son of John Farringdon and Elizabeth Wilford, was born circa 1499 in Farringdon, East Devon, Devonshire, England.^3,8 Charles was "15 years or older" at the time of his father's death in 1515, placing his birth sometime during the late 1490s. He was the second son and heir of John Farringdon.

 

Charles Farringdon and Margery Stukeley had the following child:

 

              6              i.   Anne Farringdon, born ca 1522, Farringdon, East Devon, Devonshire, England; married Thomas Dowrish IV, ca 1536, Dowrish, Sandford Parish, Devonshire, England.

 

Sources:

        1. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 2004), p. 126-127 [Bonville].

        2. "Selected Families and Individuals", database, Hal Bradley, Bradley, Collette, Gillespie & Opp Ancestry (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hbradley/index.htm#TOC : accessed 20 August 2011), "Stukeley," Richard's birth; submitted 1997–2010 by Hal Bradley, [contact information for private use].

        3. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 696-697 [Stukeley].

        4. "Selected Families and Individuals," database, Bradley, Collette, Gillespie & Opp Ancestry, "Stukeley," Hugh's birthplace.

        5. "Selected Families and Individuals," database, Bradley, Collette, Gillespie & Opp Ancestry, "Stukeley," Katherine Affeton.

        6. "Selected Families and Individuals," database, Bradley, Collette, Gillespie & Opp Ancestry, "Stukeley," Thomasine Cockworthy.

        7. Simmons Family, Roy W. Simmons online [http://www.storycapsule.com/simmons/familytree/pedigree.php], accessed 29 Oct 2009.

        8. "Selected Families and Individuals," database, Bradley, Collette, Gillespie & Opp Ancestry, "Farringdon," Farringdon lineage.