William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton

His affair with Agnes Rice, daughter of Rhys ap Gruffyd and grand-daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, caused much scandal.

At his death he left most of the Stourton estates to Agnes, resulting in years of litigation between her and his eldest son and heir Charles, who had quarrelled bitterly with his father, calling him a "false hypocrite" who belonged in prison.

[1] He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Somerset in 1529, although he admitted to finding the office a burden, as he was then managing the family estates on behalf of his aged father; he asked that both of them be excused from further attendance at Parliament.

He played a part in suppressing the Pilgrimage of Grace, and saw action in Scotland, and later in France, where he spent much of his last years, serving with distinction as the English Deputy at Newhaven.

[2] His children included:[3] This biography of a baron or baroness in the Peerage of England is a stub.