10 Jul Lordship Title of Sutton ID13350
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In 1086 the Countess Judith had eight tenants under her whose holdings ranged from half a hide to two hides. It is impossible to say to which of these holdings Sutton manor owes its origin, but it is probable that quite early, as often happened, the various portions became gradually concentrated in the hands of one person. Dugdale states that Robert Foliot (c. 1168) married the daughter and heiress of Richard de Reincourt, lord of Sutton in Bedfordshire, and that to him succeeded Richard Foliot his son, whose only child Margery married Wyschard Ledet about 1198, and he held the manor in 1216. In 1222 his daughter Christina Ledet married Henry de Braybrooke, who had already inherited from his father free tenements in Sutton. Christina, who afterwards married Gerard de Furnival, survived her second husband many years, and at her death, which occurred at some time previous to 1271, she left two granddaughters as co-heirs. Of these Alice, who was married to William le Latimer, received Sutton manor as part of her share in Christina's estate. In 1315 Alice le Latimer vested her right to the manor in John de Kinnardseye, who granted it back to her for life with remainder to Nicholas le Latimer and heirs of his body, and failing such to Thomas earl of Lancaster and his heirs. Alice le Latimer died before 1317, in which year Nicholas acquired possession of Sutton manor, which by 1327 had passed to William le Latimer, son of Alice. His son William held Sutton at his death in 1336, (fn. 18) when the manor passed to his son, also William, who was under age at the time of his father's death. He died in 1381 without male heirs, leaving a daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Neville of Raby, who held this manor in right of his wife at the time of his death in 1389. In 1392 Henry earl of Derby, son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, successfully claimed Sutton manor in accordance with the settlement made by Alice le Latimer in 1315; and during the fifteenth century it is to be found as part of the duchy of Lancaster, and was the subject of various temporary grants. In 1402 Henry Longdon received the site of the manor of Sutton for life, and in 1427 Elizabeth, daughter of William Beauchamp of Powyk and wife of Thomas Swinford, was granted this manor for her life. Finally, in 1544, Thomas Burgoyne received a perpetual grant of this manor for himself and his heirs, and it has since remained with this family, whose representative, Sir John Burgoyne, is at present lord of Sutton manor.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
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