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Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586)

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Dudley

Born / Died

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

Notes

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

Parents

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

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron Dudley

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Dudley's Musicians
Performance - 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 1
Lord Dudley's Musicians Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586) Musicians 1
Lord Dudley's Musicians Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586) Musicians 1
Lord Dudley's Musicians Sutton, Edward (1515 - 1586) Musicians 1

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.