John SUTTON, K.G.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: John Dudley
• Fact: 1428-1430, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Fact 1: 1435, Constable of Clun Castle
• Fact: 1440, Crowned 1st Lord Dudley
• Fact 4: Bef 1459, Knight of Garter
• Fact 2: 1459, Constable of Wigmore Castle
• Fact 5: 1459, Wounded at Bloreheath
• Fact 2: 1440-1487, Member of Parliament

Notes:

Name:
As Lord Steward in 1422 he brought home the body of King Henry V to England, and was chief mourner and carried the Standard of King Henry V at his funeral. He fought throughout the wars with France and was a firm supporter of the House of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Feb 1439/40 by writes directed 'Johanni de Sutton de Duddeley militi', whereby he is held to have become Lord Dudley. he was the first of his family to adopt the surname of Dudley as an alias for Sutton. He was taken prisoner with King Henry VI on 23 May 1455 at the first Battle of St. Albans, and was wounded at Blore Health on 23 Sep 1459.

John married Elizabeth DE BERKELEY after 14 Mar 1420/1. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir John DE BERKELEY and Elizabeth BETTESHORNE) died before 8 Dec 1478. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Edmund SUTTON, Knt. was born in of Dudley Castle and Gatcombe; died between 6 Jul 1483 and 30 Sep 1487.
2. Eleanor SUTTON died about 1513.
3. Jane SUTTON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Baron of Dudley

Notes:

Name:
In 1401 he did homage and had livery of the Barony of Dudley and other family lands (the first they had been vested in a male heir since the death of his great-grandfather in 1359).

John married Constance BLOUNT before 10 Dec 1401. Constance died on 23 Sep 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Sir Walter Blount of Barton, co. Derby