Stucley married Jane Pollard, second daughter of Sir
Lewis Pollard (c. 1465 – 1526),
lord of the
Manor of King's Nympton in Devon,
Justice of the Common Pleas from 1514 to 1526, and
Member of Parliament for
Totnes, Devon, in 1491. Jane's brother was the influential Sir
Richard Pollard (1505–1542), MP, of
Putney, Surrey, who was an assistant of
Thomas Cromwell in administering the surrender of religious houses following the
Dissolution of the Monasteries and who in 1537 was granted by King Henry VIII the manor of
Combe Martin in Devon, and in 1540
Forde Abbey. An heraldic stained-glass roundel survives in the south window of the Pollard Chapel in the south aisle of King's Nympton Church showing the arms of Stucley
impaling Pollard, with quarterings of each family. By his wife he had five sons and five daughters.
Sons • Lewes Stucley (1529–1581), eldest son and heir, Standard Bearer to Queen
Elizabeth I. He married twice: firstly to Anne Hill, daughter of Sir Giles Hill and widow of Christopher Hadley; secondly to Janet Powlett, daughter of ".... Powlett of Dorset". He was a
Roman Catholic recusant and a rebel against the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. He married a daughter of "Powlett". • Amias Stucley, fifth son, who married Frances/Francisca Pollard, daughter of Sir Richard Pollard of
Way, St Giles in the Wood, Devon, (the senior and original line of the Pollard family and first cousin twice removed of Sir Lewis Pollard of Bishop's Nympton) by his wife Joane Bampfield, a daughter of Sir Edward Bampfield (died 1528) of
Poltimore in Devon.
Daughters • Anne Stucley, who married William Bellew (1512–1578) of
Ash in the parish of
Braunton, Devon and of
Alverdiscott in Devon, descended from the Bellews of
Bellewstown,
County Meath in Ireland. William's great-grandfather John Bellew had married Anne Fleming, one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of John Fleming of
Bratton Fleming and Ash. The Fleming family was one of the most ancient in North Devon. Anne Stucley's eldest son was Richard Bellew of Ash, whose marriage to Margaret St Leger (daughter of Sir
John St. Leger (died 1596), of
Annery, MP and
Sheriff of Devon) was commemorated by the erection in the private chapel at Ash of an elaborate heraldic mural monument, now in St Brannoc's Church, Braunton, which includes a shield showing the arms of Stucley with eight quarterings. • Mary Stucley, who married twice. Firstly to Tristram Larder (1515–1547) lord of the manor of
Upton Pyne, whose mother was Isabella Bonville, daughter of John Bonville (died 1491) of
Combe Raleigh in Devon, the "spurious son" of the magnate
William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1391–1461) the step-brother of Hugh Stucley (died before 1457). Her second marriage was to
John Prideaux (1520–1558), of
Nutwell, in the parish of
Woodbury, Devon, which estate he purchased. He was MP for
Devon in 1554 and a
Serjeant-at-law. A monument thought to date from the late 16th century survives in Woodbury Church showing on a tomb chest two recumbent figures said to be of a Prideaux and his wife. • Awdrie Stucley, who married twice. Firstly in 1546 to William Yeo, son of Hugh Yeo 1485 - 1548 of Fayrelynche, Braunton, Devon, and Alice his wife His great-grandfather was William Yeo of
Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe in Devon, a substantial landowner and the eventual heir of whose line was the
Rolle family. Her second marriage was in 1563 (as the first of his three wives) to Roger Giffard (1533–1603) of
Tiverton Castle, in Devon. The elaborate mural monument of Roger Giffard survives in the chancel of St Peter's Church, Tiverton, displaying the arms of Stucley, inscribed in Latin. • Agnes Stucley, who married John Giles (died 1606) of
Bowden, in the parish of
Ashprington, Devon, who purchased the adjoining estate of
Sharpham from Edward Drewe. • Katherine Stucley, who married John Carew of
Bickleigh in Devon, without children. ==Notes==