William Stourton (speaker)

Member of the Parliament of England

William Stourton (died 1413) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons from May 1413 to June 1413 when he was serving as MP for Dorset.^[1]

He was the son and heir of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire. His younger half-brother was John Stourton (died 1438) of Preston Plucknett in Somerset, 7 times MP for Somerset, in 1419, 1420, December 1421, 1423, 1426, 1429 and 1435.^[2]

He was knight of the shire in Parliament for Somerset in 1401, 1402 and January 1404, for Wiltshire in 1407 and for Dorset in 1410 and again in May 1413, when he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom).

Stourton married Elizabeth Moigne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne, Dorset,^[3] by whom he had a son, John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (1400–1462), elevated to the peerage in 1448, and a daughter.

He died in 1413 and was buried in Witham Priory.

References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ History of Parliament biog.
↑ "STOURTON, William (D.1413), of Stourton, Wilts. | History of Parliament Online". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

History of Parliament STOURTON, William (d. 1413) of Stourton, Wilts Archived 3 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

Political offices

Preceded by

Thomas Chaucer

Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
1413

Succeeded by

John Doreward

Speakers of the House of Commons (list)

House of Commons
of England

14th century	de Shareshull De la Mare Hungerford De la Mare Pickering Guildesborough Waldegrave Pickering Bussy Cheney Doreward Savage Redford Savage
15th century	Esturmy Tiptoft Chaucer Stourton Doreward Hungerford Chaucer Redman Beauchamp Flower Hunt Chaucer Baynard Flower Russell Walton Vernon Tyrell Alington I Tyrell Russell Hunt Bowes Tyrell Burley W. Tresham Burley W. Tresham Say Popham I W. Tresham Oldhall Thorpe Charlton Wenlock T. Tresham Green Strangeways Say Alington II Wood Catesby Lovell Mordaunt Fitzwilliam Empson Drury Englefield
16th century	Dudley Englefield Sheffield Nevill More Audley Wingfield Rich Hare Moyle Baker Dyer Pollard Broke Higham Cordell Gargrave T. Williams Onslow Wray Bell Popham II Puckering Snagge Coke Yelverton
17th century	Croke Phelips R. Crewe Richardson T. Crewe H. Finch J. Finch Glanville Lenthall Pelham Lenthall Rous (Barebones Parliament) Lenthall Widdrington (2nd Protectorate Parliament) Chute, Long & Bampfield (3rd Protectorate Parliament) Lenthall Grimston Turnour Charlton Seymour Sawyer Seymour Gregory W. Williams Trevor Powle Trevor Foley Littleton
18th century	Harley Smith

House of Commons
of Great Britain

18th century	Smith R. Onslow Bromley Hanmer Compton A. Onslow Cust Norton Cornwall Grenville Addington

House of Commons
of the United Kingdom

19th century	Addington Mitford Abbot Manners-Sutton Abercromby Shaw-Lefevre Denison Brand Peel Gully
20th century	Lowther Whitley FitzRoy Brown Morrison Hylton-Foster King Lloyd Thomas Weatherill Boothroyd Martin
21st century	Martin Bercow Hoyle

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