Richard Styuecle

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.

Early life Born in the 1370s, his family may have been connected with the village of Great Stukeley in Huntingdonshire. and are visible in stained glass in King's Nympton church in Devon. By an agreement dated 6 December 1396, he married Elizabeth (1370–1414), widow of Sir John Bonville (died 21 October 1396) and daughter and sole heiress of John FitzRoger (died before 1372), of Chewton, and possibly Philippa.

He and Elizabeth had two known children: Roger (born 1397), who does not seem to have lived long. Hugh (c. 1398 – 1457), High Sheriff of Devon in 1448, who married Catherine Affeton, heiress of the Affeton estate in Devon, and founded a family that was prominent in the West Country for generations.