William Esturmy

William Esturmy

Sir William Esturmy (d. 1427 [ [http://www.pewswan.org.uk/eastonroyalhistory.pdf Easton Royal History] ] ) was a Knight of the Shire in Devon, the hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest and the Speaker of the House of Commons at the Parliament of 1404 during the reign of Henry IV, known as the Illiterate or Unlearned Parliament due to the fact that the king forbid lawyers from attending. [The Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons, from the Time of King Edward III to Queen Victoria: Comprising the Biographies of Upwards of One Hundred Distinguished Persons, and Copious Details of the Parliamentary History of England from the Most Authentic Documents, James Alexander Manning]

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