Wheeler/Ethridge/Zeller/Dunkin Family Tree » John VI Sutton (1400-1487)

Personal data John VI Sutton 

• He was born on December 25, 1400 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England.
• He died on September 30, 1487 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England, he was 86 years old.

  St. James Priory

• Alternative: He died about 1500 in Clymping, Sussex, England.
• A child of John V Sutton and Constance le Blount

Household of John VI Sutton

He is married to Elizabeth Berkeley.

They got married on March 14, 1420 at Dudley, Staffordshire, England, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Jane Sutton  ± 1434-± 1478 
2. Edmund Sutton  ± 1425-1483 
3. Anne Sutton  1443-1494 
4. John VII Sutton  ± 1427-± 1460 
5. Eleanor Sutton  ± 1440-± 1485 

Notes about John VI Sutton

In the Middle Ages the Sutton family inherited the title and estate of Lord Dudley and lived in Dudley Castle.

Sir John de Sutton VI - was born on 25 Dec 1400 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England and died on 30 Sep 1487 in Staffordshire, England and was buried in St James Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England . He was the son of Sir John de Sutton V and Constance Blount. Sir John married Elizabeth Berkeley. Elizabeth was born before 1422 in Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England. She was the daughter of Sir John Berkeley and Elizabeth Betteshorne. She died about 8 Dec 1478 and was buried in St. James Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England .

Sir John - Only in 1432 with the succession of John de Sutton VI did the barony come to prominence for he had a long and successful career in the service of the royal court. Amongst his many appointments he held the lieutenancy of Ireland. In the Wars of the Roses he supported the Lancasterian faction under Henry VI and was imprisoned at Ludlow Castle.

In 1455 he was captured at the battle of St Albans and again imprisoned. Despite his previous loyalty to the Lancastrian cause he was soon employed on diplomatic missions for the Yorkists acting as ambassador in negotiations with Burgundy and Brittany.

John de Sutton VI survived the slaughter of these wars and died in 1487 after a long and most distinguished career.

As Lord Steward in 1422 he brought home the body of King Henry V to England, and was chief mourner and carried the standard of King Henry V at his funeral. he fought throughout the wars with France and was a firm supporter of the House of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Feb 1439/40 by writs directed Johanni de Sutton de Duddeley militi, whereby he is held to have become Lord Dudley. He was the first of his family to adopt the surname of Dudley as an alias for Sutton. He was taken prisoner with King Henry VI on 23 May 1455 at the first Battle of St. Albans, and was wounded at Blore Heath on 23 Sep 1459. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i. Sir Edmund Sutton was born after 1422, lived in Dudley,Worcestershire,England and died after 6 Jul 1483 . Sir Edmund married Joyce de Tiptoft about 1450. Joyce was born about 1430. She died in 148

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