page_title: John Stawell
hierarchical_section_title: John Stawell
caption_attribution_description: Cothelstone Manor and Church of St Thomas
context_page_description: Sir John Stawell or Stowell, 29 August 1600 – 21 February 1662, was Member of Parliament for Somerset, and one of the leading Royalists in the West Country during the First English Civil War.
  Captured at Exeter in 1646, he was excluded from the general pardon, and held in the Tower of London until the 1660 Restoration. His estates were returned, and he was re-elected to the Cavalier Parliament in April 1661, but his health had bene ruined by his imprisonment.
  He died in February 1662, and was succeeded by his third son, Ralph, Baron Stawell.
context_section_description: Sir John Stawell or Stowell, 29 August 1600 – 21 February 1662, was Member of Parliament for Somerset, and one of the leading Royalists in the West Country during the First English Civil War.
  Captured at Exeter in 1646, he was excluded from the general pardon, and held in the Tower of London until the 1660 Restoration. His estates were returned, and he was re-elected to the Cavalier Parliament in April 1661, but his health had bene ruined by his imprisonment.
  He died in February 1662, and was succeeded by his third son, Ralph, Baron Stawell (c. 1640–1689).
caption: Cothelstone Manor (rebuilt in 19th century), with church of St Thomas behind
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