John SUTTON, K.G.

1400 - 1487  (86 years)

• Name	John SUTTON  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Suffix	K.G.
  Birth	25 Dec 1400  [1, 2]
  Christening	Barton-under-Needwood, co. Derby   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	John Dudley   [1]
  Fact	1428-1430	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland   [2]
  Fact 1	1435	Constable of Clun Castle   [2]
  Fact	1440	Crowned 1st Lord Dudley   [2]
  Fact 4	Bef 1459	Knight of Garter   [2]
  Fact 2	1459	Constable of Wigmore Castle   [2]
  Fact 5	1459	Wounded at Bloreheath   [2]
  Fact 2	1440-1487	Member of Parliament   [2]
  Death	30 Sep 1487  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I81120	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John SUTTON,   b. Bef 1380   d. 28 Aug 1406 (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Constance BLOUNT   d. 23 Sep 1432
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 10 Dec 1401  [1]
  Family ID	F32807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth DE BERKELEY   d. Bef 8 Dec 1478
  Marriage	Aft 14 Mar 1420/1  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Sir Edmund SUTTON, Knt.,   b. of Dudley Castle and Gatcombe d. Between 6 Jul 1483 and 30 Sep 1487  [Birth] + 2. Eleanor SUTTON   d. Abt 1513  [Birth] + 3. Jane SUTTON  [Birth]
  Family ID	F32803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Also Known As - - John Dudley Fact 4 - Bef 1459 - Knight of Garter Fact 2 - 1440-1487 - Member of Parliament  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.