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Preston Plucknett

The still preserved manor house of Preston Plucknett was owned in the early 15th century by John Stourton (d. 1438; cousin of his namesake John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton), a justice of the peace, sheriff, and several times Member of Parliament for Somerset, who, helped by three good marriages, accumulated a respectable wealth.


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John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

In 1448 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stourton, of Stourton in the County of Wiltshire.