An alabaster effigy lies in a niche and is unfortunately broken in two with the parts not matching along the fracture line indicting that a part probably containing the belt is missing. The effigy is of a man in civilian clothes, long hair and is bearded and hold a heart in his hand, a rarity after 1300. He wears a long tunic with closely-fitted buttoned sleeves. At his feet is the crest of the Sutton family which is a wolf's head. The shield on each side is blank and was probably painted but the recess holds another which has the same as those on the adjacent tomb of William de Sutton (died 1611). An incomplete inscription records:
. . . eque pal . . . de Sutton cuius corpus . . . viii kalendas octobris anno domini MCCCmo lxix
This can be roughly translated as: '. . . of Sutton whose body . . the 8th day before the Kalends of October 1369' [i.e. 24th September].
The effigy has been identified as that of John de Sutton who died in 1369. At this date it is the first effigy in alabaster to depict a civilian. John was married to Joana Musters however his son Roland was disinherited from the Musters lands and it is considered he was the issue of another wife.
Sir John de Sutton b. 1329, d. 1369/70
Father John de Sutton b. circa 1304, d. 23 November 1359
Mother Isabel de Cherleton b. 1309?, d. 1400?
Sir John de Sutton was of Dudley Castle. He was born in 1329 at Malpas, Chester, England. He was the son of John de Sutton and Isabel de Cherleton. Sir John de Sutton was born circa 1338. He married Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley, on 25 December 1357; His 1st.2,3,4 Sir John de Sutton sold parts of Malpas in 1367. He was a knight, serving in the French war in 1369. He died in 1369/70 in France at age 41 years.
Family
Katherine de Stafford b. after 1337
Child
Sir John de Sutton+ b. 6 Dec 1361, d. 10 Mar 1395
Dudley Castle:
The last of the male line of Somery, John Somery, died in 1321 and the castle and estates passed to his sister Margaret and her husband John de Sutton. Subsequently, members of this family often used Dudley as a surname. In 1532 another John Sutton (the seventh in the Dynasty named John) inherited the castle but after having money problems was ousted by a relative, John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, in 1537. Starting around 1540, a range of new buildings were erected within the older castle walls by him. The architect was William Sharington and the buildings are thus usually referred to as Sharrington Range. Dudley was later beheaded, for his attempt to set Lady Jane Grey on the Throne of England.
The castle was returned to the Sutton family by Queen Mary. The castle was later visited by Queen Elizabeth I and was considered as a possible place of imprisonment for Mary, Queen of Scots. A century later, the castle became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, and was besieged twice before its surrender to Cromwell's forces in 1646. Parliament subsequently ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep result from this decision. However some habitable buildings remained and were subsequently used occasionally by the Earls of Dudley although by this time they preferred to reside at Himley Hall, approximately four miles away, when in the Midlands
. . . eque pal . . . de Sutton cuius corpus . . . viii kalendas octobris anno domini MCCCmo lxix
This can be roughly translated as: '. . . of Sutton whose body . . the 8th day before the Kalends of October 1369' [i.e. 24th September].
The effigy has been identified as that of John de Sutton who died in 1369. At this date it is the first effigy in alabaster to depict a civilian. John was married to Joana Musters however his son Roland was disinherited from the Musters lands and it is considered he was the issue of another wife.
Sir John de Sutton b. 1329, d. 1369/70
Father John de Sutton b. circa 1304, d. 23 November 1359
Mother Isabel de Cherleton b. 1309?, d. 1400?
Sir John de Sutton was of Dudley Castle. He was born in 1329 at Malpas, Chester, England. He was the son of John de Sutton and Isabel de Cherleton. Sir John de Sutton was born circa 1338. He married Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley, on 25 December 1357; His 1st.2,3,4 Sir John de Sutton sold parts of Malpas in 1367. He was a knight, serving in the French war in 1369. He died in 1369/70 in France at age 41 years.
Family
Katherine de Stafford b. after 1337
Child
Sir John de Sutton+ b. 6 Dec 1361, d. 10 Mar 1395
Dudley Castle:
The last of the male line of Somery, John Somery, died in 1321 and the castle and estates passed to his sister Margaret and her husband John de Sutton. Subsequently, members of this family often used Dudley as a surname. In 1532 another John Sutton (the seventh in the Dynasty named John) inherited the castle but after having money problems was ousted by a relative, John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, in 1537. Starting around 1540, a range of new buildings were erected within the older castle walls by him. The architect was William Sharington and the buildings are thus usually referred to as Sharrington Range. Dudley was later beheaded, for his attempt to set Lady Jane Grey on the Throne of England.
The castle was returned to the Sutton family by Queen Mary. The castle was later visited by Queen Elizabeth I and was considered as a possible place of imprisonment for Mary, Queen of Scots. A century later, the castle became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, and was besieged twice before its surrender to Cromwell's forces in 1646. Parliament subsequently ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep result from this decision. However some habitable buildings remained and were subsequently used occasionally by the Earls of Dudley although by this time they preferred to reside at Himley Hall, approximately four miles away, when in the Midlands
An alabaster effigy lies in a niche and is unfortunately broken in two with the parts not matching along the fracture line indicting that a part probably containing the belt is missing. The effigy is of a man in civilian clothes, long hair and is bearded and hold a heart in his hand, a rarity after 1300. He wears a long tunic with closely-fitted buttoned sleeves. At his feet is the crest of the Sutton family which is a wolf's head. The shield on each side is blank and was probably painted but the recess holds another which has the same as those on the adjacent tomb of William de Sutton (died 1611). An incomplete inscription records:
. . . eque pal . . . de Sutton cuius corpus . . . viii kalendas octobris anno domini MCCCmo lxix
This can be roughly translated as: '. . . of Sutton whose body . . the 8th day before the Kalends of October 1369' [i.e. 24th September].
The effigy has been identified as that of John de Sutton who died in 1369. At this date it is the first effigy in alabaster to depict a civilian. John was married to Joana Musters however his son Roland was disinherited from the Musters lands and it is considered he was the issue of another wife.
Sir John de Sutton b. 1329, d. 1369/70
Father John de Sutton b. circa 1304, d. 23 November 1359
Mother Isabel de Cherleton b. 1309?, d. 1400?
Sir John de Sutton was of Dudley Castle. He was born in 1329 at Malpas, Chester, England. He was the son of John de Sutton and Isabel de Cherleton. Sir John de Sutton was born circa 1338. He married Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley, on 25 December 1357; His 1st.2,3,4 Sir John de Sutton sold parts of Malpas in 1367. He was a knight, serving in the French war in 1369. He died in 1369/70 in France at age 41 years.
Family
Katherine de Stafford b. after 1337
Child
Sir John de Sutton+ b. 6 Dec 1361, d. 10 Mar 1395
Dudley Castle:
The last of the male line of Somery, John Somery, died in 1321 and the castle and estates passed to his sister Margaret and her husband John de Sutton. Subsequently, members of this family often used Dudley as a surname. In 1532 another John Sutton (the seventh in the Dynasty named John) inherited the castle but after having money problems was ousted by a relative, John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, in 1537. Starting around 1540, a range of new buildings were erected within the older castle walls by him. The architect was William Sharington and the buildings are thus usually referred to as Sharrington Range. Dudley was later beheaded, for his attempt to set Lady Jane Grey on the Throne of England.
The castle was returned to the Sutton family by Queen Mary. The castle was later visited by Queen Elizabeth I and was considered as a possible place of imprisonment for Mary, Queen of Scots. A century later, the castle became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, and was besieged twice before its surrender to Cromwell's forces in 1646. Parliament subsequently ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep result from this decision. However some habitable buildings remained and were subsequently used occasionally by the Earls of Dudley although by this time they preferred to reside at Himley Hall, approximately four miles away, when in the Midlands
. . . eque pal . . . de Sutton cuius corpus . . . viii kalendas octobris anno domini MCCCmo lxix
This can be roughly translated as: '. . . of Sutton whose body . . the 8th day before the Kalends of October 1369' [i.e. 24th September].
The effigy has been identified as that of John de Sutton who died in 1369. At this date it is the first effigy in alabaster to depict a civilian. John was married to Joana Musters however his son Roland was disinherited from the Musters lands and it is considered he was the issue of another wife.
Sir John de Sutton b. 1329, d. 1369/70
Father John de Sutton b. circa 1304, d. 23 November 1359
Mother Isabel de Cherleton b. 1309?, d. 1400?
Sir John de Sutton was of Dudley Castle. He was born in 1329 at Malpas, Chester, England. He was the son of John de Sutton and Isabel de Cherleton. Sir John de Sutton was born circa 1338. He married Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley, on 25 December 1357; His 1st.2,3,4 Sir John de Sutton sold parts of Malpas in 1367. He was a knight, serving in the French war in 1369. He died in 1369/70 in France at age 41 years.
Family
Katherine de Stafford b. after 1337
Child
Sir John de Sutton+ b. 6 Dec 1361, d. 10 Mar 1395
Dudley Castle:
The last of the male line of Somery, John Somery, died in 1321 and the castle and estates passed to his sister Margaret and her husband John de Sutton. Subsequently, members of this family often used Dudley as a surname. In 1532 another John Sutton (the seventh in the Dynasty named John) inherited the castle but after having money problems was ousted by a relative, John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, in 1537. Starting around 1540, a range of new buildings were erected within the older castle walls by him. The architect was William Sharington and the buildings are thus usually referred to as Sharrington Range. Dudley was later beheaded, for his attempt to set Lady Jane Grey on the Throne of England.
The castle was returned to the Sutton family by Queen Mary. The castle was later visited by Queen Elizabeth I and was considered as a possible place of imprisonment for Mary, Queen of Scots. A century later, the castle became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, and was besieged twice before its surrender to Cromwell's forces in 1646. Parliament subsequently ordered that the castle be partly demolished and the present ruined appearance of the keep result from this decision. However some habitable buildings remained and were subsequently used occasionally by the Earls of Dudley although by this time they preferred to reside at Himley Hall, approximately four miles away, when in the Midlands
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