01. Hervey De Sutton
 , Lord of Sutton upon
Trent, near Tuxford, County Nottingham, gave the church of Sutton to the
canons of Radford near Worksop, Notts. Various origins have been given for
the Suttons, but it is clearly proved by a deed cited by Dugdale that they
are from Nottingham Suttons in which John, son of him, who married
Margaret de Someri, styles himself Johannes filius Johannis de Sutton
super Trent, dominus of Dudley, etc., dated 12 of Edward III (1284). He
had Robert, who died sine prole, Richard, who had an only daughter, and
Rowland. "The Dudley Genealogies," James Henry Mason
(Glendale, Cal.: 1987), p. 11." states that "Hervey de
Sutton was a great-grandson of Hervey de Sutton, a Saxon tenant of Earl
Allan at Sudton, or Southtown, in the fourteenth year of the reign of
William I, The Conqueror, A.D. 1079. 02. Rowland De Sutton
was third son of
Hervey. He ws Lord of Sutton Upon Trent and died by
1259. He married Alice de Lexington about 1215. They also had
Robert, of Averham, Notts. in 1256 who m. (1) Alice
and had Richard (a priest) and John (a priest);
Robert m. (2) Isabel, dau. of Hugh Picot (q.v.) - their issue was Baron
Lexington's house of Averham. 03. Sir William De Sutton
[1]
born about 1215, died
in 1268, seized of the manor of Worksop in Nottinghamshire. He
married first Matilda, who was of record with her sister Alice in
1250. He married second Eva, who survived him and married second a
Robert Paynell. 04. Sir Robert De Sutton
[1]
born about 1241,
seized of the manor and advowson of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the manor of
Sutton, Notts., and Aston le Walls and Byfield in Northamptonshire.
He married Johanna. 05. Sir Richard De Sutton
[1]
son of Robert
and Johanna was born September
29, 1266, was living as late as 1346. He married
Isabel Patric,
(widow of Philip Burnel, by whom she had no children) who was dead by
1318.
06. Sir John De Sutton,
[1]
Lord of Dudley
Castle, Staffordshire, England, was born abt. 1285 and died about 1359. He
married Margaret De Somery, who died in 1384, the Baroness Dudley, sister
and heir of John de Somery. From 1316-1320 he was engaged in wars in
Scotland, and from 1318-129 he was in the retinue of his brother-in-law,
John de Somery. He was accused of complicity in the rebellion of
Thomas Earl of Lancaster against the king, and was extorted to give up all
his right and interest in the castle and town of Dudley to Hugh le
Despencer. In addition he gave up the manors of Sedgley, Swinford
and Rowley-Somery, as well as other lands, not obtaining restitution until
Edward III became king. He was knighted in 1326.
07. John De Sutton
II,
[1]
son of John and
Margaret was born abt. 1310. He married Isabel De Cherleton. He was in
the war against the Scots (1333-1334) and had letters of protection dated
April 8, 1333 while he was in the retinue of Ralph Basset of Drayton.
He was a knight in 1338; he was summoned to Parliament
in 1342. He was in the king's service in 1347, and was then
called Lord of Duddeleye.' In 1350 he was sent with
a relieving force from England to St. Jean de
Angely; he was here summoned to advise the king as to the safety
of the kingdom. In 1352 he was one of the commissioners appointed to
array archers in Staffordshire. In 1359 John de Sutton, chevalier, was
in the retinue of William de Bohum, Earl of Northampton,
and died in France...." In addition to his
heir, John, he had Thomas de Sutton who served in
1369 in France in the army of the Black Prince. He died on Friday before
November 23, 1359.
08. Sir John De Sutton
III,
[1]
son of John and
Isabel was born about 1338. He died probably in France about 1369. He married (1)
Katherine
Stafford
on December 25, 1357. He married (2) Joan Clinton
in 1361, daughter and heiress of John De Clinton. Note that Joan is
listed as the correct mother of their son John in Douglas Richardson's
Royal Ancestry, p. 101. A forum posting by Douglas
Richardson in 2007 explains why he lists Joan as John's mother. It
can be found
here. While eliminating Katherine removes one of the royal lines
of Robert Abell to Edward I there are additional lines that connect to him
(See Stafford, Ferrers and Talbot lines). 09. Sir John De Sutton
IV,
[1]
son of John and
Joan, of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, born Dec 6, 1361 at Coleshill in Arden in
county Warwick, east of Birmingham on December 6, 1361. He married
(1) Alice Le Despencer, daughter of Philip Le Despencer. He married
(2) Joan. John died on March 10, 1395/6. 10. Sir John De Sutton
V,
[1]
son of John was born on February or March of 1379/80, He married before December
10, 1401 to Constance Blount.
John was
a knight and of Dudley Castle. He was 21 when the post-mortem insquisition
was held of great-grandmother Isabella - at this time the lands
and Castle were restored to him. He now held the manors of Sedgley,
Kinswinford and Rowley-Somery in Staffordshire, and also
Himley and Over Penn in the same county, attached to
Dudley Castle. He also held lands in Tipton and the
manor of Prestwood in the forest of Kinver.
11. Sir John De Sutton
VI,
[1]
Lord Dudley, aged
5 years in 8 of Henry IV, 1407. He was summoned to Parliament from 8 of
Henry VI 1430, to 22 of Edward IV 1475, when he died. He had the honor of
bearing the standard at the funeral of Henry V. In 1428 he was Treasurer
of the Household and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 26 of Henry VI, in
consideration of his services, he received a grant of an annuity issuing
out of the part of the customs of London, and being one of the King's
Counsel he was sent as an ambassador to the Duke of Brittany and later to
the Duke of Burgandy. Toward the end of the reign his services were
rewarded with the Order of the Garter about 1459. He was wounded at the
battle of Bloreheath and for this he received several honourable trusts
and offices from his sovereign. He was summoned to Parliament from 18 of
Henry VI, 1440, to 3 of Henry VII, 1485, but this is not clear, as the
different books give his grandson John for part of this time. Sir John
Sutton married
Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of
Beverstone, County Gloucester, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir John Bettishorne. She died shortly before Dec. 8, 1478, and was buried
in St. James Priory, Dudley. He died Sept. 30, 1487, in his 87th year.
They had children: Edmund, married Joyce Tiptoft, who died in the lifetime
of his father, and his son John succeeded his grandfather. John, who
assumed the name of Dudley, Wm. Bishop of Durham, and three daughters,
Margaret, Eleanor and Jane.
12. Jane De Sutton
[1]
daughter of John and
Elizabeth was born abt 1455 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire,
England. She married Thomas
Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring and Margaret Waarren. I
descend from 2 of their children: (1) Cicely
Mainwaring who married John Cotton and (2) Sir
John
Mainwaring who married Joan Lacon. |