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JOHN STEPHENS, Baron of Lewynesmede, flourished in the reign of KingHenry V, as recorded in contemporaneous documents. He made benefactions to the Church. Marrying,as appears, Alice(???),1 he had a son; THOMAS STEPHENS, Esq., whose early life was associated with the Frenchwars of King Henry V. He was a Member of the Parliament of 1422 at theaccession of King Henry VI, when the Duke of Gloucester was appointedProtector of England, and of the Parliament of 1430 at the time of thecapture of Joan of Arc; and also, as appears of the Parliaments of 1400,1423, 1427, 1432, and 1442,2 and had issue; JOHN STEPHENS, Esq., who took part in the turmoil ending the Wars of theRoses, was Member of Parliament for Bristol in the reign of King HenryVII,3 and had issue; HENRY STEPHENS, Esq., of Frocester, co. Gloucester, who flourished in thereigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, the period of the Reformation of theChurch of England.4 He married a daughter and coheiress of Edward Lugg, Esq., of Lugwardine, co. Hereford, of the Rev.Elias Stevens, whose exact relationship to the family is not distin??t.He was a bachelor of laws, probably of the University of Cambridge, andhad become a priest of the Church. In accordance with the custom of thatday he is called "Sir Elias Stevens." He held the dignified position ofCanon of the Cathedral of Wells. His presence in Bristol in connectionwith wills was on June 28, 1441 and in September of the same year. On thefirst occasion his name is spelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. Acontemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130. 1 Nothing of her family name is found. But as "Alice Stephens" sheappears in legal documents. 2 Williams' Parliamentary Hist. co. Gloucester, 185. 3 Ibid. ----William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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