Edward Sutton, gent., of Rushton Spencer, Staffs. fl. 1576

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Edward Sutton, gent., of Rushton Spencer, Staffs. fl. 1576

Legg inn av Gjest » 24 sep 2007 19:25:03

I apologize for this post being about someone outside the time frame of this
group, but due to many peoples' past interest in him here I thought it was
permissable to continue. Has anyone made any progress on his ancestry that they
would be willing to share?

Is anyone certain that all he had was four daughters to his credit: (1)
Alice chr. 1585, (2) Jane chr. 1588 bur. 1589, (3) Margaret chr. 1589, and (4) Ann
chr. 1590 bur. 1654? The first baptism at Huyton is, after all, nine years
following his marriage at Ormskirk. If these ladies were co-heiresses of their
father wouldn't they likely be designated as such in a heralds' visitation,
and I don't believe Richard Eltonhead claimed as much for his deceased wife
when he presented his pedigree at Ormskirk in the 1660s.

Might William and Thomas Sutton possibly be sons? In 1611 William and Thomas
met with others to discuss the meets and bounds of Rushton James manor
(Staffordshire), Bugtawton manor (Cheshire), and the lordships of Cloudwood and
Rushton Spencer [A Calendar of Lancashire and Cheshire Exchequer Depositions By
Commission From 1558 to 1702; Caroline Fishwick, ed.; pp. 116-117]. Since the
late 1500s the lordship of the manor of Rushton Spencer had been divided into
five moieties. Since Edward Sutton is described as a gentleman from Rushton
Spencer it appears likely that he held one of these subdivisions. In 22 James I
William Sutton the elder, gent., Jane his wife, and William Sutton the
younger, gent. remitted for L320 to Philip Oldfield, Ralph Wardley, and Francis
Gibson 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 60 acres land, 40 acres meadow, 60 acres
pasture, 40 acres wood, common pasture for all cattle, common turbary of
Cloudwood and Rushton Spencer, all tithes, oblations, obventions, and mortuaries
in Cloudwood and Rushton Spencer, and one fifth part of the manor of Rushton
Spencer with appurtenances [Collections For A History of Staffordshire Edited By
The William Salt Archaeological Society (London, 1907), v. 10, New Series,
Part I, pp. 66]. Is William Sutton the elder possibly a son of Edward Sutton?

A couple of years ago I saw a reference that claimed that Margaret Stanley,
daughter of Thomas Stanley (1507-1560), 2nd Lord Monteagle, married as her
first husband, William Sutton, esq., of Rushton Spencer. I do not remember where
I saw this claim at my local library. Does anyone know of any support or
refutation for this?

Todd Whitesides



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