Edmund Sutton (abt. 1425 - bef. 1486)

Born about 1425 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Joyce (Tiptoft) Sutton — married 1450 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England

Husband of Maud (Clifford) Sutton — married about 1461 in Cumberland, England

Descendants

Died before 1486 before about age 61 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Edmund Sutton (or Dudley), Knt., was the son and heir apparent of John Sutton (or Dudley), K.G., 1st Lord Dudley, and Elizabeth Berkeley.^[1][2][3][4] His date of birth is unknown and is estimated.

Marriage and Children

Edmund married first to Joyce Tiptoft,^[4] third daughter of Sir John Tiptoft, 1st Lord Tiptoft and Powis, and his second wife, Joyce Cherleton.^[1][5] They had two sons and one daughter:

• Edward,^[4][5] K.G., K.B., 2nd Lord Dudley, his grandfather's heir, was born c.1459, died intestate 31 January 1531/2, married Cecily Willoughby and had issue^[1][3]
• John,^[4] Esq., of Aston-le Walls, Northamptonshire, married Anne Clarell^[1][5][6]
• Joyce, wife of Sir Edward Benstead^[1]

Edmund married second to Maud Clifford, widow of John Harington, Knt., of Hornby, Lancashire, and daughter of Thomas Clifford, 8th Lord Clifford and Joan (or Jane) Dacre.^[1][4][5] The couple likely married before 1461, as their daughter Dorothy was thought to have been born by 1462.^[7] They had seven sons and four daughters:

• Oliver,^[1] died without issue^[4][5]
• John,^[1] died without issue^[4][5]
• Robert, Esq., Steward of the lordship of Powys.^[1] He was born about 1471, married twice, and died without issue before 28 May 1539, when his will was proved^[5]
• Walter,^[1] died without issue^[4][5]
• Master Richard, D.Th., Precentor of Salisbury.^[1] He was a priest, dying without issue,^[4] his IPM was taken 20 October 1536^[5]
• Dr. George, a priest,^[4] LL.D., Rector of Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire^[1] where he was buried 6 January 1563^[5]
• Thomas, of Yanwath, Cumberlandshire,^[1] married Grace Threlkeld^[4] and had issue^[5]
• Margaret, married Sir John Musgrave,^[1] (called Dorothy in Yorkshire Visitations)^[4][8] as his second wife^[5]
• Dorothy, married Richard Wrottesley,^[4] Esq., of Wrottesley, Staffordshire^[1][5][9] and was likely born by 1462.^[8] Visitations incorrectly show her as having first married John Musgrave.^[4]
• Jane, married Sir William Middleton^[1][4] as his first wife, she died in 1500^[5][10]
• Alice, wife of Sir John Ratcliffe,^[1][4] she left a will dated 31 March 1554 and proved the following July^[5]

By an unknown mistress, Edmund had a bastard son, who was living in 1497 (name unknown).^[1]

Life and Lands

Edmund held lands in Dudley, Staffordshire and Appletree and Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire.^[1] He also inherited the moiety at Gatcombe [Hampshire]^[1] from his mother.^[3]

In 1456, Edmund presented a rector to Aston-le-Walls, which had been gifted to him by his father.^[5] In 1466 and 1475 he presented to the church of Aston-le-Walls.^[1]

In 1467, he went to Ireland with his brother-in-law, John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester.^[1][5] Dugdale states that Edmund was a knight by the time he went to Ireland, but he was styled as Edmund Dudley, Esquier in 1470, when he became Deputy Lieutenant to the Earl of Worcester.^[5]

In 1473 Sir Edmund received the stewardship of the manor of Aberbury as compensation for his service in Ireland.^[5] In 1483, he attended the Coronation of King Richard III.^[1][5]

Death

Richardson states that Edmund's wife, Maud, was living in 1480/1.^[1] Her date and place of death are unknown.

Edmund's exact date and place of death are unknown, but he was known to be living on 6 July 1483^[3] (at the coronation of Richard III)^[5] and died before a lawsuit dated 1485/6.^[1] Edmund predeceased his father, John, who died 30 September 1487 and whose will was proved in February 1488.^[1][3] Accordingly, Edmund's son, Edward, inherited from his grandfather.^[5][11]

Research Notes

Visitations list as Margaret, wife of Edward Lord Powys as a daughter of Edmund:^[4] this is not possible as she would have been his grandfather's sister.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 104-105, SUTTON 8.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, pages 155-156, SUTTON 8. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV: Dacre - Dysart, 2nd edition. (London, 1916). Pages 479-481. Online at Archive.org: Dudley or Sutton of Dudley
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16} William Flower. The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1881. Page 105. Online at Archive.org: Dudley
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22} H.S. Grazebrook. "An Account of the Barons of Dudley" in Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 9, Part 1. London: Harrison & Sons, 1888. Pages 69-70 (father's IPM) and pages 77-87 (Sir Edmund Sutton). Online at Archive.org.
6. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, 2013. Vol. V, page 321 WASHINGTON 9, John Dudley, Esq.
7. ↑ "Who is the mother of Dorothy Sutton?" 2001 discussion in soc.genealogy.medieval.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Richard Wrottesley/Dorothy Sutton Marriage" 2002 post by Brad Verity in soc.genealogy.medieval.
9. ↑ George Wrottesley. History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, co. Stafford. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., 1903. Online at Archive.org, page 244.
10. ↑ Joseph Foster. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire. Vol. II - West Riding. London: 1874. Online at Archive.org: Pedigree of Middleton of Stokeld and Middleton Lodge, Yorkshire
11. ↑ Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 251-300" in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 111-131. British History Online: #285, John Sutton of Dudley, Knt.

See also:

• Cokayne, G.E., Complete Peerage, Vol. II. G. Bell & Sons, 1889. Page 221. Online at Google Books.
• Cooch, M.E.W., Ancestry and Descendants of Nancy Allyn (Foote) Webb, Rev. Edward Webb, and Joseph Wilkins Cooch. Star Publishing Co., 1919. Pages 77-79. Google Books: Dudley Pedigree.
• Wikipedia: Edmund Sutton
• Lewis, Marlyn, "Sir Edmund Sutton #13895" entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins online database.
• Dudley, Dean, The Dudley Genealogies and Family Records. Boston, 1848. Page 9. Google Books.
• The National Archives' catalogue. Discovery. Records of the Exchequer, reference: E 163/9/36. Draft of indenture between Hugh Radcliffe, escheator in Lancs, on the one part, and Sir Edmund Dudley and Matilda, his wife (late wife of Sir John Harrington) on the other, relating to delivery of a dowry, 20 Edw IV (1480/1).
• Foster, Joseph. Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1615 and 1666. Carlisle: Chas. Thurman and Sons, 1891[?]. Page 40. Online at Archive.org: Dudley of Yanwith. NOTE: Collections for a History of Staffordshire says this source is NOT reliable.

Acknowledgements

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