(Sir) John SUTTON

HUSBAND:
[F60448]. (Sir) John SUTTON. Third Lord Dudley. Commonly known as Lord Quondam ("Lord Has-been" or "Lord Formerly").
Born about (1494-S2,S3)(about 1495-S1) at Dudley Castle, Worcestershire; son of Sir Edward SUTTON [F120896], 2nd Baron Dudley and Cicely WILLOUGHBY [F120901].

He was betrothed to Lady Cicely Grey by 30 October 1501, whom he subsequently married.

He was knighted 13 October 1513.

He succeeded his father as Baron Dudely in 1532 and immediately began to sell his patrimony. He was never summoned to Parliament. He acquired the nickname, "Lord Quondam" ("Lord Has-been" or "Lord Formerly"), when he allowed his estate, including the castle of Dudley, to fall into the possession of his cousin, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. The Duke resided at Dudley Castle and added new and magnificent structures to the old fortress. After Northumberland's execution, Dudley Castle was forfeited to the crown, and in 1555 was restored to Lord Quondam's eldest son, Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley. Lord John Dudley decided upon a city residence at Tothill Street in Westminster.

Dugdale wrote, “It is reported by credible tradition of this John Lord Dudley, that being a weak man of understanding, whereby he had exposed himself to some wants, and so became entangled in the usurer’s bonds, John Dudley, then Viscount Lisle and Earl of Warwick (afterwards Duke of Northumberland), thirsting after Dudley Castle, the chief seat of the family, made those money merchants his instruments to work him out of it, which by some mortgage being at length effected, this poor lord became exposed to the charity of his friends for a subsistence, and spending the remainder of his life in visits amongst them, was commonly called the Lord Quondam.”

He died about 1553 in (Middlesex-S2)(Westminster, London-S1), England. He was buried on 18 September 1553 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.

WIFE:
[F60449]. Cicely GREY.
Lady Cicely Grey was the daughter of Thomas GREY [F120898], 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecilia BONVILLE [F120899], Baroness Bonville and Harington. She married John Sutton, 3rd Lord Dudley. She died about 1554. She was buried on 28 April 1554 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England. However, S3 says, "His wife, Cicely Grey, so disliked him that she requested to be buried in her own family plot under her maiden name."

CHILDREN of John SUTTON and Cicely GREY:
  1. [F30224]. Captain) Henry DUDLEY (SUTTON). Born before 1553. He married (miss) ASHTON.
  2. George Dudley. Born before 1553.
  3. Thomas Dudley. Born about 1539. he died about 1574.
  4. Edward Dudley. Fourth Baron Dudley. Born before 1545. He married (1) Katherine Brydges, daughter of Sir John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Elizabeth Grey, about 1555-1556. He married (2) Jane STANLEY in 1566-1567. He died on 12 July 1586, and was buried in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.
  5. Margaret DUDLEY.
  6. Dorothy DUDLEY.
  7. Elizabeth DUDLEY.
  8. Robert DUDLEY.
  9. Eleanor Sutton. Daughter of John Sutton, but apparently Cicely Grey was not her mother. She married Henry Beaumont, son of Henry Beaumont and Joan Leventhorpe.


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