58 THOMAS GERARD OF TRENT. 



Blandford on himself and Matilda his wife, with remainder 

 to William Stork and Juliana his wife.* 



John Stork was evidently a man of considerable ability 

 and standing in the county of Dorset. He is frequently 

 found in Final Concords, acting as a trustee for one of the 

 parties. During the long reign of Henry VI. he was in 

 nearly every Commission of the Peace, besides sitting as 

 Assistant Judge at Assizes, and nominated for Government 

 business generally. He died early in the next reign. On 

 the 24th January, 4 Edw. IV. (1464), an order was entered 

 on the Fine Roll (No. 273) to take an inquisition on John 

 Storke gent deceased, but unfortunately this inquisition is 

 not in existence. 



Alice, his widow, had previously been married to John 

 Petyr. She died on 6th December, 1474, and the inquisitions 

 taken after her death show that she held no property in 

 Somersetshire, and that her property at Bagber, near 

 Sturminster Newton, was given in dower by her first husband, 

 to which her grandson, William, son of John Petyr, deceased, 

 was heir.f 



In a fine of 1446 John Storke is described as " senior," 

 from which it may be inferred that another John was now 

 growing up. He was married about 1460 to Agnes, daughter 

 and heiress of Thomas Inge (Ynge), of Gorton Denham, but 

 died almost immediately after his father. On the Patent 

 Rolls for 12th January, 1465-6 is entered a licence for 

 William Kayleway to enfeoff Agnes late the wife of John 

 Storke of his Manor of Corston (Gorton) held in chief to hold 

 the same to herself and the heirs of her body, with remainder 

 to the right heirs of Thomas Inge. On the Fine Roll of 

 6 Ed. IV. (275 m. 22) is an order dated 10th May, 1466, to 

 hold an inquisition on John Stork for lands in Dorset. But 

 again, unfortunately, the inquisition is not in existence. 



* Fed. Fin. 16 Ric. II., 95 ; Dors. Records, XX., 217. 

 | Inq. p.m. Alice Stork, 14 Ed. IV., 12. 



