John Sutton V
Sir John de Sutton V (February 1380 – 28 August 1406)[1] was the 4th Baron Sutton of Dudley[2] and heir to Dudley Castle. He was the son of Sir John de Sutton IV, 3rd Baron Sutton, and Joan[3] (d. 1408).[2] John married Constance Blount (d. 11 October 1432),[4] daughter of Sir Walter le Blount of Barton who was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in c.1402, whose death was immortalized by Shakespeare.[5]
John V is a descendant of the first Lord Dudley, Sir John de Sutton II (c. 1310–1359) the first to be summoned to the Parliament of England as Baron Sutton in 1342.[6] From 1397 to 1406, John V held lands derived from the Earls of Powis, upon the death of his great grandmother[2] Isabel de Cherleton. In 1401, during the second year of King Henry IV of England's reign, John V did homage for the lands, including Castle Dudley.[7][4] After John V's death, the Blounts had a stake in Dudley lands when his mother-in-law, Sancha de Ayala (d.1418),[8] took custody of his first child John VI,[9][10] who was age six, as well as being granted John V's valuable estates.[11] Widowed, Constance was eventually sued by Robert Erghom for her dower in the King's chancery by which she defaulted several times on the King's grant of Dudley manor.[12]
John V was succeeded by John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley. By Constance, his other children included Thomas Sutton of Dudley, and Elizabeth Sutton of Dudley.[13] He is also said to have had a child, Humphrey Dudley.[5]
References
Footnotes
- Beall 2004, p. 85, #35.
- Cokayne 1890, p. 182.
- Jane or Joan (Beall 2004, p. 85, #34), or Johanna (Burke 1866, p. 521). Not to be confused with Joan Clinton (Beall 2004, p. 85, #33), (Salt 1888, pp. 59–0).
- CAA 1880, pp. 63–4.
- Salt 1888, p. 64.
- Chisholm 1910, p. 636.
- Salt 1888, p. 63.
- Constance' mother, Sancha de Ayala (d.1418), was the daughter of Diego Gómez, Alcalde of Toledo and Inés Alfonso de Ayala
- Beall 2004, p. 85.
- Darwin, Kenneth; Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild (1990). Kenneth Darwin (ed.). Familia : Ulster genealogical review. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 26. ISBN 0901905461.
- Castor 2000, pp. 211–12.
- SRS 1900, pp. 143–4.
- Burke 1866, p. 521.
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- Sir Bernard Burke (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 521.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cambrian Archaeological Association (1880). Archaeologia Cambrensis. W. Pickering. pp. 63–4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Castor, Helen (2000). The king, the crown, and the Duchy of Lancaster : public authority and private power, 1399–1461. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 211–12. ISBN 0198206224.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Chisholm, Hugh (1910). "Dudley, Barons and Earls of". In Hugh Chisholm (ed.). The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Vol. 8 (11 ed.). The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 636.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1890). George Edward Cokayne (ed.). Complete Peerage of England, Vol. 3. G. Bell & sons. p. 182.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Wrottesley, George; Grazebrook, Henry Sydney, eds. (1888). Collections for a history of Staffordshire, Vol. 9. Houghton and Hammond.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Staffordshire Record Society (1900). Collections for a History of Staffordshire. pp. 143–4. Retrieved 17 February 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)