Genealogy Report: Descendants of STEPHENS
Descendants of STEPHENS
7.JOHN7 FITZ-STEPHEN (FITZ STEPHEN6 FITZ-RALPH, RALPH5 FITZ-STEPHEN, RALPH4, THOMAS3, AIRARD2, STEPHENS1) was born in Winterbourne, Endland, and died in England.He married ??? DE BRADESTONE in England.She was born in Winterbourne, Endland, and died in England.
Notes for JOHN FITZ-STEPHEN:
Stevens Genealoge.
Some Descendants OF THE Fitz Stepben Famile IN ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND.
BY C. ELLIS STEVENS, LL.D., D.C.L. F.S.A. (EDINBURGH)
KNIGHT COMNANDER OF THE ORDER OF CHRIST OF PORTUGAL.
NEW YORK
PRIVATELY PRINTED 1904
JOHN FITZ STEPHEN,4 who it appears married a daughter of the De Bradeston family, and had issue;
HENRY FITZ STEPHENS, Baron of Winterbourne, by feudal tenure, concerning whom there is
evidence, that in the civil war of Edward II, he was close to the scene and events, without being party
to the assassination of the King in Berkeley Castle, 1327. In the reign of King Edward III, he held the
lordship of Winterbourne conjointly with Thomas, first Lord Bradeston, Governor of Berkeley
Castle.5 He had issue a son;
HENRY FITZ STEPHENS, whose name is not certainly known though his personality is. He is referred to in legal documents; his son having inherited from the latter's grandfather, on the recorded ground that he, the father, had died before the date of inheritance, i. e. vita patris. He left a son and heir;
JOHN FITZ STEPHENS, Baron of Winterbourne, who succeeded his grandfather in the lordship, holding it conjointly with Thomas de Bradeston, second Lord Bradeston, grandson of Thomas, first Lord Bradeston, before mentioned. Dying 13741 he left issue;
JOHN STEPHENS, Esq., of St. Brivals, co. Gloucester, with whom the family first omitted the Norman "Fitz" from its name. The joint holding of the manor of Winterbourne with the De Bradestons ended with him in consequence of the extinction of the male line of the De Bradeston family which followed the death of the second baron of that house. He is recorded to have held lands at St. Brival's Castle, and a baliwick in the royal Forest of Deane, in the ninth year of the reign of King Richard II,1386.2 Having married a daughter of (???) Spelly, of Lewynesmede, co. Gloucester, he had issue;
RICHARD STEPHENYS, Baron of Lewynesmede,3 by feudal tenure, who married a daughter of John Castel, of Bristol,4 and died 1390 having had issue;
I. JOHN, of whom presently.
II. A daughter, who married John Bassett, Esq. He died 1410.
1 Transactions, Bristol and Glouc. Arch. Soc. XXIV, 23.
2 Bentham's Baronets, IV, 264.
3 The holding of Lewynesmede on his part was probably by arrangement through his
mother. The lordship finally passed into possession of the Stephens family with his son John.
4 The name is uncertain.
Child of JOHN FITZ-STEPHEN and ??? DE BRADESTONE is:
| 8. | i. | HENRY8 FITZ-STEPHEN, b. Winterbourne, Endland; d. Winterbourne, Endland. |