Ferdinando Sutton
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Sir Ferdinando Sutton (1588–1621) was an English aristocrat.
Ferdinando Sutton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1588 |
| Died | 22 November 1621 |
| Buried | St Margaret's, Westminster |
| Spouse(s) | Honora Seymour |
| Issue | Frances Ward, 6th Baroness Dudley |
| Father | Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley |
| Mother | Theodosia Harington |
The son of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (1567–1643) and Theodosia Harington (died 1649). The Sutton family used their title "Dudley" as a surname, and so he was sometimes known as "Ferdinando Dudley".[1]
His father abandoned his wife for his mistress, Elizabeth Tomlinson. According to a bill produced in the Star Chamber by his political rival in Staffordshire, Gilbert Lyttelton,[2] in 1592, he had "left that virtuous lady his wife in London without sustenance, and took to his home a lewd and infamous woman, a base collier's daughter". Lyttleton and Sutton had a dispute over the Manor of Prestwood at Kinver.[3]
In 1597, Ferdinando and his sister, Anne, were lodged in Clerkenwell with Euseby Paget, rector of St Anne and St Agnes, and Mrs. Percy as wards of their aunt and uncle, Elizabeth and Edward Montagu of Boughton.[4] The Privy Council made arrangements for a settlement and payments but Lord Dudley refused to pay.[5]
Court connections
Ferdinando Sutton was knighted on 4 June 1610, when Prince Henry was created Prince of Wales.[6] His sister, Anne, joined the household of Princess Elizabeth and was known as "Mistress Dudley".[7]