William Esturmy

Sir William Esturmy alias Sturmy ( – 21 March 1427) of Wolfhall, Wiltshire was an English Knight of the Shire, Speaker of the House of Commons, and hereditary Warden of the royal forest of Savernake, Wiltshire.

Origins He was born in about 1356, the son of Geoffrey Sturmy (d. 1381) and nephew and heir of Sir Henry Sturmy of Wolfhall in the Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1418–19.

He held a number of public commissions and served several times as an ambassador abroad.

Marriage and children He married Joan Crawthorne (d. 20 February 1429), the widow of Sir John Beaumont of Shirwell and Saunton in North Devon, by whom he had no sons, only two daughters and co-heiresses: of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, by whom she had a son John Seymour (d.1464). Agnes Esturmy, wife of William Ringbourne and subsequently of John Holcombe.

Death He died at Elvetham on 21 March 1427 and was buried at Easton Priory near Wolfhall. His heirs were his daughter Agnes (the wife of John Holcombe) and John Seymour (the son of Maud).