Richard Stucley

Richard Stucley (died 1440/1) (alias Styuecle, etc.) of Trent in Somerset, of Merston in Sussex and of Chewton Mendip in Somerset, was three times Member of Parliament for Sussex, in 1415, March 1416 and 1417. He was the father of Hugh Stucley, Sheriff of Devon in 1448, who married Catherine de Affeton, the heiress of Affeton in Devon, and founded the prominent Stucley family of Affeton. Via a female line he is the ancestor of the present Stucley baronets of Hartland Abbey and Affeton Castle in Devon.

The Stucley family died out in the male line on the death, unmarried and without children, of Dennis Stucley (died 1755), Sheriff of Devon in 1748. The marriage of his aunt Sarah Stucley (died 1742), to George Buck (1674–1743) of Bideford, brought Affeton to her grandson George Buck (1731–1791), who became the heir on the death of Dennis Stucley in 1755. Buck's descendant George Stucley Buck (1812–1900) in 1858 assumed by royal licence the name and arms of Stucley and was created a baronet in 1859, becoming Sir George Stucley Buck Stucley, 1st Baronet.

Little is known of his origins, but possibly he was a member of the important family of Stucley (alias Styuecle, Stukeley, etc.) which originated at the manor of Great Stukeley in Huntingdonshire.

At some time between 1396 and 1398 he married Elizabeth FitzRoger (1370–1414), the only child and sole heiress of John FitzRoger (died 1370/2) of Chewton in Somerset, third son of Sir Henry FitzRoger (died 1352) of Chewton by his wife Elizabeth de Holland (died 1387), daughter of Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand. Elizabeth FitzRoger was the widow of Sir John Bonville (c. 1371 – 1396), eldest son and heir apparent of Sir William Bonville (died 1408) of Shute in Devon. Her son by her first marriage was the Devonshire magnate William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville. The FitzRoger estates of which she was the heiress covered six counties and included the valuable manors of Chewton in Somerset (worth at least £40 per annum) and Merston in Sussex (worth about 40 marks per annum), also West Kington in Wiltshire and Mapperton in Dorset.

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