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Henry Stephens Esq. lived in Forcester Co. Glouchester in the reign ofHenry VIII and Edward VI. He married a daughter of Edward Lugg. He diedin 1552, leaving eight children. 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 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 exactrelationship to the family is not distin??t. He was a bachelor of laws,probably of the University of Cambridge, and had become a priest of theChurch. In accordance with the custom of that day he is called "Sir EliasStevens." He held the dignified position of Canon of the Cathedral ofWells. His presence in Bristol in connection with wills was on June 28,1441 and in September of the same year. On the first occasion his name isspelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. A contemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130. 4 Bentham's Baronets, Vol. IV, 265. He was probably named for Henry VIIor VIII. Sir Robert Atkyns in his History of co. Gloucester begins hisreference to the family back of Henry of Frocester by saying that it wasof "very ancient establishment in that county". the elder branch of thefamily of Legge or De La Lega, now represented by the Earls of Dartmouth. Dying in 1552, he was buried in the Church of St. Peter at Frocester.2His will which was dated January 9,1552, was proved March 16th of thatyear. He had issue; I. EDWARD, his heir, of whom presently. II. Walter, of Frocester, who died 1565, and whose will dated January 7,1558, was proved January 30, 1565 by his brother Edward. III. Richard, of the Middle Temple, London, Barrister at Law, who marriedOctober 3, 1561, Dorothy Miles, who was buried at Eastington, March3,1571. He was buried at Eastington, August 8, 1577. His will datedDecember 29, 1572, was proved November 21, 1577. IV. William, of the Inner Temple, London, who had patronage of thelivings of Illsington, co. Devon, 1 Lugg Arms. Gules on a bend between two cotices argent a bendlet wavyazure. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a pelican's head vulning between twowings proper. 2 Nichul's Hist. co. Leic. Vol I. Part 2, Page 586. Correspondence of thewriter with the Vicar of Frocester, (1904) failed to locate the site ofthe tomb of Henry Stephens, but brought out the fact that several of thefamily are buried there, as well as at Eastington which is about elevenmiles distant. ----William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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