Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Other Last Names

Dudley

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1515
Death Date: 1586-07-09

Notes

Taken prisoner by the Scots at Hume Castle Dec. 1548; released by 1551

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Brydges, Katherine ( - 1566)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1556
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Stanley, Jane ( - 1569)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1566
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married 1567
  3. Howard, Mary ( - 1600)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1571
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Stanley, Jane ( - 1569)

  1. Male offspring: Sutton, Edward (1567 - 1643) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Sutton, John (1569 - 1645)

From Brydges, Katherine ( - 1566)

  1. Female offspring: Sutton, Anne (n.d.)

Primary Title

4th Baron Dudley

Titles

  • 4th Baron Dudley
    Assumed By 1553-09-18
    Vacated By 1586-08-12

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Capt, Scotland after 1547-9-21 1548-12
Lieut, France 1554/5-2-5 ca. 1557/8-01-22
JP, Staffordshire 1562-2-11 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1562-2-11 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1564-6-1 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1564-6-1 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Dudley Castle, Staffordshire
    Granted lordship. Castle had been sold by father to kinsman John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland May 1537
    Acquired: 1554-11-04
    Divested: 1586-07-09

Lands

  • Staffordshire
  • Warwickshire: Balsall Manors
    Acquired: 1554
    Divested: 1572
    Granted; sold
  • Warwickshire: Budbrook Manor
    Acquired: 1554
    Granted
  • Worcestershire: Dudley Priory Lands
    Acquired: 1554
    Granted
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Keyingham Manor
    Acquired: 1541
    Divested: 1586
    Granted lease; granted lease for life in 1544

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1577-1578 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance 1581-1582 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance 1582-1583 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance 1585-1586 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Dudley's Musicians Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586) Musicians 4

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937–9.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Grazebrook, Henry Sydney. An Account of the Barons of Dudley. Collections for a History of Staffordshire (The William Salt Archaeological Society) 1st ser 9 (1888), pt 2
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)