Henry Sturmer of Norwich

STURMER

1. HENRY-

m. KATHERINE HANNINGFIELD, d. of William Hanningfield

Henry was sheriff of Norwich 9 Oct. 1441 and was an alderman of Norwich that same year when he was named as one of the defendants in the plea of the Prior of Norwich against the mayor, sheriffs and aderman of that city. On 20 June 16 Henry VI (1438) he was named as one of the citizens of Norwich who had been falsely accused of treason before Sir John Fortescue.(1) Sir John Fastolf, in a letter to Thomas Howys, parson of Castle Coumbe on 11 Nov. 1450, mentions "my cousin Henry Sturmer's wife".(2)

The Sturmers had long been prominent burgesses of Norwich. In 3 Edward I (1274/5) William Sturmer was a warden of Norwich.(3) In 1348 William Sturmer was bailiff and in 1352 Edmund Sturmer held the same office and was MP for Norwich in 1354.(4)

Issue-

  • 2I. ANNE- m.1. JOHN PAGRAVE (b.c.1420, m.1. Margaret Herward, will 13 Apr.- 7 May 1467 Norwich), 2. John Baynard of St. Michael's Coslany, Norwich, Esq., Lord of the manor of South Hall in Geist (will 26 Mar.- 7 June 1474 Norwich), 3. Roger Drury, squier, of Hawstead, Suffolk (will 20 Jan. 1493/4- 22 Mar. 1500 Norwich), will 11 Dec. 1501- 1 Sept. 1503 Norwich, bur. Church of the Friars Preachers

    Ref:

    (1) Records of Norwich- Vol.I, pp.299,325,346
    (2) Paston Letters- Vol.I, p.164
    (3) Records of Norwich- Vol.I, p.217
    (4) Ibid- Vol.II, pp.96,134

    English Origins of New England Families- First Series, Vol.III, p.72

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