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He was perhaps the son of Griffin de Warren, alias de Blancminster (Whitechurch) and de Ightfield.

Sir John de Sutton,, K.G., was born on 25 December 1400 in Barton-under-Needwood, Derbyshire, England. He and Elizabeth de Berkeley were married in 1422. He died on 30 September 1487 at age 86. He was buried in Saint James' Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England.

He was the first Lord Dudley, or Baron Sutton of Dudley, by 1423-24. He was a Knight of the Garter by 1459.

He carried the Standard at the funeral of King Henry V in 1422, having served in France under him, and from 1428 to 1430 he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding Sir John de Grey. He made a savage atack on the O'Byrnes, who threatened the borders of the Irish Pale, and in 1429 presided over a parliament in Dublin; he resigned the following year. He was Constable of Clun Castle in 1435 and a member of parliament from February 15, 1439/40 until his death in 1487. He was Constable of Wigmore Castle May 20, 1460. In 1440 he was appointed one of the Commissioners to attempt to negotiate a truce with the Duke of Burgundy.

In 1447, as one of the Lords of the King's Council, he was ambassador, with the Bishop of Chichester, to the Duke of Brittany in an effort to make peace. In 1449 he and others were appointed to settle issues with Burgundy and negotiate trade issues with the Flemish.

The House of Commons petitioned for his removal, with others, from the KIng's councils in 1451. That year he sided with the Lancastrians in the War of the Roses, was surprised at Glucester on his return from Ireland, and jailed in the Castle of Ludlow. On May 23, 1455, he was taken prisoner with the King at the battle of St. Albans and was sent to the Tower with the King. He is named in a letter from Richard, Duke of York, to the King of France to deal with the marriage of Magdalena with Edward, Count of la Marche, who afterwards became King Edward IV. He return to the service of King Henry IV and was wounded at Blore Heath Septembe 23, 1459.

As a favorite of King Edward IV he was awarded more revenues in 1466. He was Constable of the Tower from 1470 to 1483 and Chamberlain, Richard Fiennes Lord Dacre, to Elizabeth, the Queen Consort. In 1477 he was on another diplomatic mission to the King of France with the Earl of Arundel. In 1483-84 and under King Henry VII, he was awarded more lands. (Carl Boyer, 3rd, "Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell," 2001, pp. 236-7.)

Sir John de Sutton,, K.G., and Elizabeth de Berkeley were married in 1422. She died before 8 December 1478. She was buried in Saint James' Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England.

John de Sutton was born in February 1380 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England. He and Constance Blount were married before 10 December 1401. He died on 28 August 1406 at age 26.

John de Sutton and Constance Blount were married before 10 December 1401.

John de Sutton was born on 6 December 1361 in Coleshill, Arden, Warwick, England. He died before 10 March 1401.

He served in the King's Fleet under the Earl of Arundel when he came of age.

An inquisition post mortem taken in 1401 found that he held the Castle of Malpas and half the castle of Shocklach, as well as other land.

John de Sutton, and Alice Le Despenser were married on 10 March 1395/96 in England. Error here: He didn't die on his marriage date, or he wouldn't have had 3 children. He may have married Joan ? second. She died in 1392.

Alice Le Despenser was also known as Alice Joan Le Despencer.

Of Carlington.

Sir John de Sutton was born about 1338. He and Katherine Stafford were married on 25 December 1357. He died in 1369 at age ~31 in France.

Katherine Stafford was born about 1348 in Staffordshire, England. Sir John de Sutton and she were married on 25 December 1357. She died before 25 December 1361.