Richard Stucley

Arms of Stucley: Azure, three pears pendant or[1]
Motto: Bellement et Hardiment ("beautifully and bravely")

Richard Stucley (died 1441), of Merston and Chewton Mendip, was an English landowner, administrator and politician who married an heiress and through his son Hugh, who also married an heiress, became the ancestor of a major Devon family.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.768
  2. ^ Woodger, L.S. (1993), "Styuecle, Richard (d.1440/1), of Merston and Chewton Mendip, Somerset", in J.S. Roskell; L. Clark; C. Rawcliffe (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, Boydell and Brewer, retrieved 8 September 2017
  3. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L. (1895), The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, pp. 721–3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ L F Salzman, ed. (1953), "Merston", Victoria County History, Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, London, pp. 158–160{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)