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Baron John VI de Sutton

Baron John VI de Sutton

Male 1400 - 1487  (86 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John VI de Sutton  [1, 2
    Prefix Baron 
    Birth 25 Dec 1400  Barton, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Sep 1487  [2
    Burial St. James Priory, Dudley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I33090  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2007 

    Father Baron John V de Sutton,   b. Feb 1379-1380, Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1406 (Age 26 years) 
    Mother Constance le Blount,   b. Aft 1373, Barton, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1432, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Bef 10 Dec 1401 
    Family ID F13914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Berkeley,   b. Abt 1400   d. Abt 8 Dec 1478 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Aft 14 Mar 1420-1421  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
    +1. Edmund Sutton,   b. Aft 1422, Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 6 Jul 1483, Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +2. Katharine Dudley,   b. Abt 1423   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. John Dudley,   b. Abt 1427   d. Bef 26 Jun 1501, Altherington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Bishop William Dudley,   b. Abt 1434   d. 1483 (Age 49 years)
    +5. Jane Sutton,   b. Abt 1434, Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Eleanor Sutton,   b. Abt 1441   d. Abt 1513, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     7. Margaret Dudley,   b. Abt 1441   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Anne Sutton,   b. Abt 1443, Sutton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F13913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2007 

  • Notes 
    • Protector during minority of Edward V.
      Greatest of all the Barons of Dudley.
      Bore the Royal Standard at the coronation Henry V.
      K.G. Lord Steward, 1422. Carried the Standard of Henry V at the latter's funeral
      Brought home the body of Henry V; chief mourner at his funeral.
      Firm supporter of House of Lancaster, fought throughout wars in France.
      1st Lord Dudley, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1428-31
      Summoned to Parliament as a Baron by writ 26 Sep 1439.
      Summoned to Parliament from 15 Feb 1440 as John de Sutton Lord Dudley.
      23 May 1455 Taken prisoner with Henry VI at 1st Battle of St. Alban's.
      Wounded at Blore Heath on 23 Sep 1459.

      Knight of the Garter,
      a wealthy man with extensive land holdings.
      Although his father was not a member of the nobility, he was sheriff of Surrey and Essex, steward of the King's lands and manors in Berkshire and Hampshire and a member of Parliament from Essex.

  • Sources 
    1. [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, p. 274, "Washington" (Reliability: 0).

    2. [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 90-94, "Dudley" (Reliability: 0).

    3. [S11] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, (4th ed, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore , , Repository: J.H. Garner), line 149B pp 155-156 (Reliability: 0).



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