'Sture1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sture of Huish (Hewish), Sture of Morley, Sture of Ugborough

                               
Henry Sture of Huish, Devon (d 30.04.1527)
1. Henry Sture of Hewish (Huish) (b c1487)
  m. Elizabeth Fortescue (bur 17.03.1572-3, dau/heir of Edmond Fortescue of Wood)
  A. Edward Sture of Huish (dsp 22.02.1560)
m. Elizabeth (a 1560)
  B. Philip Sture of Hewish (Huish) ('Steare of Bradley') (b c1514, d 18.11.1582)
  m1. ??
  i. John Sture of Huish ('Steere of Bradley') (bpt 24.02.1556-7, a 1582, 3rd son)
  m. Elizabeth Dennis (a 1582, dau of Sir Robert Dennis of Bitcon, m2. Sir Thomas Acton) ## see below ##
  a. Philip Sture (b c1614, bur 25.07.1665)
  (1) Philip Sture (bur 02.1671-2)
  b. Edmund Sture
(1) Edmund Sture (bur 26.10.1684)
  c. Jone Sture
  m. John Plumleigh of Cornwall
  ii. Richard Sture ('Steare') of Morley, Devon (bpt 20.05.1558)
  m. Jane Giles (dau of John Giles of Bowden, sister of Sir Edmond)
  a. Philip Sture of Morley (b c1583, a 1620?)
m. (c02.1617-8) Protheza Wise (dau of Christopher Wise of Totnes, widow of _ Chappell)
  b. Agnes Sture
  m. William Bidlacke
  iii. Grace Sture (bpt 11.03.1560-1, bpt 1582)
  m. William Newton of Craberton in Newton
  iv.+ other issue - Edmond (bpt 29.07.1554, bur 20.06.1555), Henry (bpt 20.09.1558), Thomazin (bpt 11.11.1559), Agnes (a 1582)
  m2. Philipa Darke (a 1582, heir)
  C. John Sture of Maridge (Marridge in Ugborough)
  The following comes from 'A View of Devonshire' (Thomas Westcote, 1845 (edited by Oliver & Jones), p512). Westcote shows John's wife as Elizabeth, dau of Sir Robert Dennis of Holcombe. Note that Vivian (Devon, p280) shows Elizabeth Dennis as m1. John Stewer, m2. Sir Thomas Acton, m3. Gilbert Blackaller. Vivian (p725) identifies John as ancestor of Sture of Ugborough and identifies his wife as ...
  m. Elizabeth (a 1618, m2. Gilbert Blackaller) ## see above ##
  i. Henry Sture of Ugborough
  m. _ Cooke (dau of Sir William Cooke of Gloucestershire)
  a. daughter
  m. _ Fleetwood (son of Sir Giles)
  ii. daughter
  m. James Fulford (Captain)
  iii. daughter
  m. _ Mees
  iv.+ other issue - William (dsp), Robert (dsp), daughter

Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Sture of Huish', p725) with input as shown:
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