John Sutton V

Sir John de Sutton V (February 1380 – 28 August 1406)Template:Sfn was the 4th Baron Sutton of DudleyTemplate:Sfn and heir to Dudley Castle. He was the son of Sir John de Sutton IV, 3rd Baron Sutton, and Joan (d. 1408).Template:Sfn John married Constance Blount (d. 11 October 1432),Template:Sfn daughter of Sir Walter le Blount of Barton who was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in c.1402, whose death was immortalized by Shakespeare.Template:Sfn

John V is a descendant of the first Lord Dudley, Sir John de Sutton II (c. 1310–1359) the first to be summoned to the Parliament of England as Baron Sutton in 1342.Template:Sfn From 1397 to 1406, John V held lands derived from the Earls of Powis, upon the death of his great grandmotherTemplate:Sfn Isabel de Cherleton. In 1401, during the second year of King Henry IV of England's reign, John V did homage for the lands, including Castle Dudley.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn After John V's death, the Blounts had a stake in Dudley lands when his mother-in-law, Sancha de Ayala (d.1418), took custody of his first child John VI,Template:Sfn who was age six, as well as being granted John V's valuable estates.Template:Sfn Widowed, Constance was eventually sued by Robert Erghom for her dower in the King's chancery by which she defaulted several times on the King's grant of Dudley manor.Template:Sfn

John V was succeeded by John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley. By Constance, his other children included Thomas Sutton of Dudley, Jane Sutton of Dudley (who married Thomas Mainwaring) and Elizabeth Sutton of Dudley.Template:Sfn He is also said to have had a child, Humphrey Dudley.Template:Sfn

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