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John Stephens, was a member of Parliament in the reign of Richard II. Hewas Lord Mayor of Bristol in 1403. He married a daughter of RobertDedroke. JOHN STEPHENS, Baron of Lewynesmede, by feudal tenure, was Member ofParliament for Bristol,2 in the reign of King Richard II, and Mayor ofBristol 1403, in the reign of King Henry IV, shortly after the rise ofthe House of Lancaster. In 1387, he became executor of the estate ofWalter Stoderley, Esq., of Bristol, and guardian of the latter's son; andat the same time executor, together with Sir Philip Sherrer, of the willof Thomas Clark, of Bristol.3 He succeeded to the lordship ofLewynesmede4 by the will of its holder, the Rev. Elias Spelly, who as apriest of the Church was without heirs by descent. This will, whichincluded other lands, provided legacies for Thomas Colston, and Nicholasle Clerk, understood to have been kinsmen of the Spelly family. He wasexecutor of the will of John Castel, of Bristol, in 1401, through whichhe and his son John, called "the younger" received inheritances.5 TheBristol records of 1407 show that he then held property in thatmunicipality in addition to his baronial estates.6 Two years later hiswife Margaret, daughter of Robert Didbrok, of Bristol, inherited underthe will of her father.7 In the next year he was executor of the will ofJohn Bassett.8 His wife is referred to as living as late as 1417. He hadissue; I. JOHN, of whom presently. II. A daughter, who married (???) Clyve, of Bristol, and had issue; 1. John, who inherited certain landed property in Bristol, from hisgrandfather, after whom he was named , and died 1430.9 ----William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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