Henry Stephens, Esq.

Henry Stephens, Esq., of Frocester, co. Gloucester, who flourished in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, the period of the Reformation of the Church of England.4 He married a daughter and coheiress of Edward Lugg, Esq., of Lugwardine, co. Hereford, of the elder branch of the family of Legge or De La Lega, now represented by the Earls of Dartmouth. Dying in 1552, he was buried in the Church of St. Peter at Frocester. 2 His will which was dated January 9, 1552, was proved March 16th of that year. He had issue;

I. Edward, his heir, of whom presently.

II. Walter, of Frocester, who died 1565, and whose will dated January 7, 1558, was proved January 30, 1565 by his brother Edward.

III. Richard, of the Middle Temple, London, Barrister at Law, who married October 3, 1561, Dorothy Miles, who was buried at Eastington, March 3, 1571. He was buried at Eastington, August 8, 1577. His will dated December 29, 1572, was proved November 21, 1577.

IV. William, of the Inner Temple, London, who had patronage of the livings of Illsington, co. Devon,and Storehouse, co. Gloucester. His will, dated September 18, was proved October 27, 1565 by his brother-in-law, William Fowler, Gent.

V. Robert, of London, who died 1592, whose will dated December 31, 1592, was proved January 9, 1593, by William Fowler, Gent.

VI. John, of Frocester, who married , and died 1558. His will dated April 10, 1557, was proved by his wife March 1558.

VII. Alice, who married before 1565, William Fowler, Gent., of Stonehouse, co. Gloucester.

VIII. Ann, who married Clutterbuck.

Henry Stephens Esq. lived in Forcester Co. Glouchester in the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. He married a daughter of Edward Lugg. He died in 1552, leaving eight children.

Henry Stephens (1497 - 1552) - Alice Alexandria Lugg

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1 Lugg Arms. Gules on a bend between two cotices argent a bendlet wavy azure. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a pelican's head vulning between two wings proper.

2 Nichol's Hist. co. Leic. Vol I. Part 2., Page 586. Correspondence of the writer with the Vicar of Frocester, ( 1 904) failed to locate the site of the tomb of Henry Stephens, but brought out the fact that several of the family are buried there, as well as at Eastington which is about eleven miles distant.