one girl; it is possible that he was named after William of Orange, who soon after became King of England.

His paternal grandfather, John Stukeley (1623-1675), was a country gentleman who possessed a small estate at Uffington, Lincolnshire and who accrued a large number of debts by the time of his death. John had two sons; the elder, Adlard, was apprenticed to the legal profession, while the younger,