Person:George Stukely (1)

Incorrect Relationship Published in a Book

Author Roscoe L Whitman, whose book on the ancestors and descendants of Stukely Westcott includes some good research, has nevertheless made a few errors. On page 5, he makes Richard Stukely, husband of "Elizabeth, Lady of Chuton", the brother of George Stukely (who he accidentally calls Richard), husband of Jane Luttrel.^[3] This appears highly unlikely based on the chronology. Since George took over his father's burgage in Dunster in 1462, it would appear he was his father's eldest living son. Yet, Richard's wife gave birth in 1392 (in her first marriage) and George died more than a century later.

1. ↑ Weaver, Frederic William. The Visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1551 and 1575: together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591. (Exeter: [s.n.], 1885)
   p. 80.

   George, son of Ric. Stewkley and Joan, d. and h. of Thomas, married Jane, d. Sr. Jas. Luttrell

2.   Lyte, H. C. Maxwell. A history of Dunster and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1909)
   p. 289.

   '1462, October 24. "On this day came George Stukeley, son and heir of Richard Stukeley, and did fealty to the lord for a burgage in Dunster late of the said Richard ..." '

3. ↑ Whitman, Roscoe L. (Roscoe Leighton). History and genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott: one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the colony of Rhode Island with especial mention of the Westcotts of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and the Westcotts of Milford, Otsego County, New York and some of the allied families. (Oneonta, New York: Otsego Publishing Co., 1932)
   p. 5.

   In the paragraph labeled (1), the author makes Richard Stuccle, husband of "Elizabeth, Lady of Chuton", the brother of George Stuccle (who he accidentally calls Richard), husband of Jane Luttrel. This appears highly unlikely based on the chronology.

4. ↑ Birth year estimated at 1440 based on him paying fealty in 1462 (on the death of his father). He probably could have been as young as 14 years old to do so, and thus born a few years later.