Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (c. 1460 – 31 January 1531) was an
English nobleman created a
Knight of the Garter
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(KG) in the beginning of
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement w ...
's reign. He was chamberlain to Princess Mary (later
Queen Mary I
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) from 1525 to 1528.
Early life
Edward Sutton was the eldest son of Sir
Edmund Sutton and Joyce de Tiptoft, daughter of Sir
John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft
John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft (died 27 January 1443) was a Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Somerset, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Household, Chief Butler of England, Treasurer of the Exchequer and Seneschal of ...
. In right of his wife Joyce, Edmund Dudley benefited from her inheritance of the
Tibetot barony and
Cherleton barony, and thus co-heir to the Powis inheritance, but was never created baron of these holdings.
Through his uncle, John Sutton Dudley,
Knt. of
Atherington, his first cousin was
Edmund Dudley
Edmund Dudley (c. 1462Gunn 2010 or 1471/147217 August 1510) was an English administrator and a financial agent of Henry VII of England, King Henry VII. He served as a leading member of the Council Learned in the Law, Speaker of the House o ...
(
Henry VII's minister), who was the father of
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane ...
. Another uncle was
William Dudley,
Bishop of Durham
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.
His aunt, Eleanor Dudley,
[UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current] married Sir Henry Beaumont of
Wednesbury
Wednesbury ( ) is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England; it was historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame, West Midlands, River Tame and ...
,
and George Stanley,
of
West Bromwich
West Bromwich ( ), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is northwes ...
and High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1473.
The book ''A Declaration Made by the
Prynce of Conde'' (1662) was published in his name by the publishing opperarion of
Geneva Bible
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publisher
Sir Rowland Hill
Peerage
In 1487, upon the death of his grandfather,
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley (25 December 1400 – 30 September 1487) was an English nobleman, diplomat, and councillor of King Henry VI. He fought in several battles during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses, as well as acted ...
, he inherited the
barony of Dudley, which had been created for him in 1440, ten years after he had served as
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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.
Personal life
Edward married Cecily Willoughby, daughter of Sir William Willoughby and Joan Strangeways, and granddaughter of
Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, by whom he had:
#
John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley
John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley ( –1553), commonly known as Lord Quondam, was an English nobleman.
Early life
John Sutton was born in 1494, at Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, the eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley and his w ...
, his successor.
# Hon. Geoffrey Sutton, who married Eleanor Talbot, by whom he was the father of
Thomas Sutton of Russels.
# Hon. Thomas Sutton.
# Hon. Arthur Sutton, prebendary in
Lichfield Cathedral
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(see
Chad of Mercia
Chad (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint.
He was the brother of Bishop C ...
).
# Hon. Elizabeth Sutton, who married Thomas Butler, son of
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (26 August 1539) also known as Red Piers (Irish language, Irish ''Piers Ruadh''), was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland. In the succession crisis at the death of Tho ...
.
# Hon. Alice Dudley
utton
# Hon. Eleanor Sutton, who married firstly
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, (c. 146015 March 1526) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the bastard son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset by his mistress Joan Hill.
Origins
Somerset was born in about 1460, an ill ...
, and secondly
Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane.
# Hon. Joyce Sutton, who married firstly Sir John Leighton of
Wattlesborough. After his death, she married Richard Lee, MP for
Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish incl ...
, before 1538.
# Hon. Jane (Joan, Johanna) Sutton, who married
Sir Thomas Fiennes, son of
Thomas, Baron Dacre.
# Hon. Margaret Sutton, who married John Grey, 2nd
Baron Grey of Powis. Their son was
Edward Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Powis, to whom his uncle John, Lord Dudley, sold the Tiptoft-Dudley portion of
Powis Castle
Powis Castle () is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. The seat of the Herbert family, Herbert family, earls of Powis, the castle is known for its formal gardens and for its interiors, the former ...
.
# Hon. Catherine Sutton, who married Sir
George Gresley of Drakelow.
Descendants
Through his daughter Joyce's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Sir
Edward Leighton, was
custos rotulorum for
Shropshire
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, and
Sir Thomas Leighton, the Governor of Jersey who married
Elizabeth Knollys (a daughter of
Catherine Carey
Catherine Carey, after her marriage Catherine Knollys and later known as both Lady Knollys and Dame Catherine Knollys, ( – 15 January 1569), was chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who was her first cousin.
Biography
Cather ...
and sister of
Lettice Knollys
Lettice Knollys ( , sometimes Latinisation of names, latinized as Laetitia, alias Lettice Devereux or Lettice Dudley), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester (8 November 1543Adams 2008a – 25 December 1634), was an English noblewoman and ...
).
Through his daughter Jane, he was a grandfather of
Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
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, who was executed for murder in 1541.
Notes
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Knights of the Garter
1460s births
1532 deaths
16th-century English nobility
Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
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16th-century English knights