SUTTON, Sir; Knight of the Garter John

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• Differentiator: English nobleman. A diplomat and councillor of Henry VI, he fought in several battles during the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, and acted as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1428–1430
• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Baron of Dudley
• Name: Baron of Dudley
• Title: Constable of Clun Castle
• Title: Constable of the Tower
• Title: Constable of Wigmore Castle
• Title: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Title: Steward of the Lordship of Montgomery
• Title: summoned to Parliament; became Lord Dudley
• Public Service: 7 Nov 1422; As Lord Stewart, Sutton brought home the body of Henry V and was Chief mourner and Standard Bearer at funeral
• Misc: 1451; On return from Ireland captured by Richard, Duke of York, at Gloucester and sent to prison at Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire
• Wars: 22 May 1455; Battle of St Albans: Found amongst the Lancastrian army at the first Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455 were John Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire and his son Edmund Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire. Lord Dudley was taken prisoner along with King Henry VI
• Wars: 23 Sep 1459; Battle of Blore Heath: Present with his son Edmund Sutton. Wounded and captured
• Wars: 29 Mar 1461; Battle of Towton: rewarded after battle for participation on the side of Edward, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York.
• Wars: 22 Aug 1485; Battle of Bosworth Field: Following the battle, Dudley was created Sheriff of Sussex by the new King Henry VII

Notes:

John Sutton was born at 25 December 1400 and baptised at Barton-under-Need wood, Staffordshire, became 1st Baron Dudley and a Knight of the Garter, and died at Stafford, Staffordshire. His father was Sir John de Sutton V a nd his mother was Constance Blount. John 1st Baron Dudley married Elizabe th de Berkeley, of Beverstone (died 1478), widow of Edward Charleton, 5 th Baron Cherleton and daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, Glouc estershire (1349-1428) and Elizabeth Bettershorne and sister of Eleanor Fi tzAlan, wife of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel, sometime after 14 Mar ch 1420.

Dudley was summoned to Parliament from 15 February 1440, by writs direct ed to "Johanni de Sutton de Duddeley militi", whereby he obtained a Baro ny by writ as Lord Dudley. He was the first of his family to adopt the sur name of Dudley as an alias for Sutton. "John Dudley, Knyght, Lord Dudle y" died testate in his 87th year. His will is dated 17 August 1487. The ba rony was inherited by his grandson, Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley, Lo rd Dudley, son of Edmund de Sutton who was the heir but died after 6 Ju ly 1483 but before his father.

As Lord Steward in 1422 Sutton brought home the body of King Henry V to En gland, and was chief mourner and standard bearer at his funeral. From 1428 -1430 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Dudley fought in several ca mpaigns throughout the period of the wars with France, and on several occa sions acted as a diplomat in the mid-1440s, when he also met Charles V II of France. In 1443 he was made a king's councillor and became one of t he favourite companions of King Henry VI. In 1451 he became a Knight of t he Garter.[3] Early on in the Wars of the Roses he was a resolute defend er of the House of Lancaster, but changed his allegiance to York before t he Battle of Towton in 1561.

At the Battle of St Albans 1455 John Lord Dudley took part with his son Ed mund, where he was taken prisoner along with Henry VI. At the Battle of Bl ore Heath he was present on 23 September 1459, equally with his son Edmu nd Sutton. Dudley was wounded and again captured. At Towton (1461) he w as rewarded after the battle for his participation on the side of Edwar d, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York. On June 28 of that year, E dward IV was proclaimed King in London. Following the Battle of Bosworth F ield in August 1485, Dudley was created Sheriff of Sussex by the new Ki ng Henry VII. (Wikipedia ) Burial: St. Jame's Priory, Dudley, Will: 17 AUG 1487 1 Occupation: 1422 Lord Steward 1 Occupation: BET 1428 AND 1430 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1 Occupation: BET 1440 AND 1487 1st Baron Dudley 1 Occupation: 1459 Knight of the Garter 2 Occupation: 1485 Sheriff of Sussex 1 Ed L Pike-2301May 2015 [1] [2] [3]

Family/Spouse: DE BERKELEY, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1400 in Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England; died on 8 Dec 1478 in St. James Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SUTTON, Sir Edmund was born in 1425 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England; died in 1487 in Staffordshire, England.

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• Differentiator: heir to Dudley Castle

John + BLOUNT, Constance. Constance (daughter of BLOUNT, Sir Walter and DE AYALA, Sancha) died in 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: "Sir Walter Blount" is in Shakespeare's Henry IV part I, immortalized as one of the three loyal knights who gave their lives by impersonating Henry IV at the battle of Shrewsbury.
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Blount_(soldier)
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-119
• _MILT: 1367; Participated in Edward, the Black Prince's expedition to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of Leon and Castile.
• Wars: 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Sir Walter Blount was the carrier of the Royal Standard at the Battle of Shrewsbury and was killed by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, during the attempted attack by Hotspur on King Henry IV.

Notes:

Soldier and supporter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. He later supported John's son and heir Henry Bolingbroke in his bid to become King Henry IV and in later battles against his enemies. At the Battle of Shrewsbury he served as the royal standard-bearer, was mistaken for the king and killed in combat.

He appears as a character in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, part 1, in which he epitomizes selfless loyalty and chivalry.

Died:
Killed at the battle of Shrewsbury; killed by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, during the attempted attack by Hotspur on King Henry IV.

Walter married DE AYALA, Sancha in 1374. Sancha (daughter of DE TOLEDO, Diego Gomez and DE AYALA, Inez) was born on 1 Jun 1360 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; died in 1418 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: Sancha went to England in 1371 as a lady-in-waiting to Constance, the elder daughter of Peter of Castile, whom John of Gaunt married in 1372.
• Gateway Ancestor: Gateway to medieval spanish noble ancestry
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayala-45

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• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Sutton of Dudley

John + DE STAFFORD, Katherine. Katherine (daughter of DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph and DE AUDLEY, Margaret) was born about 1340; died in Dec 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-78

John + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Differentiator: high royal official in Toledo under the Castilian regime
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toledo-15

Diego + DE AYALA, Inez. Inez (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1338 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; died in 1403 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayala-27