William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton

[1][2] Born before 1426, he was the son and heir of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton,[1] and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Wadham of Edge, Branscombe, Devon, Justice of the Common Pleas, and his second wife Joan Wrottesley.

In 1455 he was the commissioner responsible for collecting Dorset's contribution to the defence of Calais and was ordered by the Privy Council to assist the Duke of York in quelling disturbances in Devon.

[2] In 1462 he inherited his father's lands and title, being summoned to Parliament as a baron between 1469 and 1472.

[2] In 1469 he was one of the commission for treasons which condemned Henry Courtenay, of West Coker, and Sir Thomas Hungerford, of Rowden to execution for treason at Salisbury,[3] and in 1471 acted as arbitrator in a dispute there between the bishop, Richard Beauchamp, and the city authorities.

[2] He died on 18 February 1478 and was buried in the church of St Michael at Mere in Wiltshire.