Sir Lord Edward Richard Sutton 5th Baron Of Dudley, * went bankrupt after creating an ironworks factory and the last Baron to hold the property as he lost everything a sutton was n b. 9 Sep 1567 England d. 23 Jun 1643 Dudley, Worcestershire, England: Our Family History

1567 - 1643 (75 years)

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Name	Sir Lord Edward Richard Sutton 5th Baron Of Dudley [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Suffix	* went bankrupt after creating an ironworks factory and the last Baron to hold the property as he lost everything a sutton was n
Birth	9 Sep 1567	England
Christening	17 Sep 1567
Gender	Male
Death	23 Jun 1643	Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Burial	24 Jun 1643	St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG
Person ID	I11712	Ancestrees
Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

Father	Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley, b. Abt 1513 d. 1585 (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Jane Stanley, b. Abt 1549 d. Yes, date unknown
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1566 [7]
Family ID	F4030	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Theodosia Harrington d. Nov 1649

Marriage 6 Dec 1581

Children

	1. Sir Ferdinando Sutton, b. 1588 bur. 21 Nov 1621, St. Margarets, Westminster, , England (Age ~ 33 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Mary Sutton, b. 1586 bur. 24 May 1645 (Age ~ 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Margaret Sutton, b. 1597 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Anne Sutton, b. Abt 1593 d. 8 Dec 1615 (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Theodsia Sutton, b. Abt 1597 d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F3565 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Mar 2026

Family 2 Elizabeth Tomlinson, b. Dudley, Worcestershire, England d. Abt 3 Jul 1629

Marriage Never Married

_MARRIED N

Married Not Married

Married Not, Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria

Married Sturton, Staffordshire, England

Married St Benet Fink, London, England

Married Unmarried - his mistress

Married Middlesex, England

Married 14 May 1576 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Married 12 Jun 1581 St Benet Fink, London, England

Married 1585 NEVER MARRIED-MISTRESS

Married 1593 Elizabeth Whorwood, who married John Dudley or Sutton, Baron Dudley's brother.

Married 31 Jan 1598 Clapton, Northamptonshire, England

Married Abt 1685 England, UK

Children

	1. Robert Dudley, Gentleman, b. Abt 1587, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. 16 Jun 1653, Netherton Hall, Dudley, Stafford, ENG (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Sir Dudley Dudley, b. 1599, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. 25 Oct 1684, St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Edward Tomlinson, b. Bef 1587, Of Tipton, Staffordshire, ENG d. 1614, St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG (Age > 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Susan Sutton, b. Abt 1594 d. 1598 (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Eleanor Sutton, b. Abt 1602 d. 10 Jan 1659, St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Jane or Joan Dudley, b. Abt 1603, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG bur. Prob. Hurstmonceux Church, Sussex, ENG [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. John Sutton, b. Abt 1597, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. 1604, St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG (Age 7 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Dorothy Sutton, (Natural daughter of Lord Sutton), b. Abt 1606, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Martha Dudley, b. 1604, St Edmunds, Dudley, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 21 Jun 1651, St. Edmunds, Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Lady Elizabeth Jane (Illegitimate) Tomlinson (Sutton), b. Abt 1588, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Katherine Sutton, b. 1589, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. 31 Oct 1675, Tipton, Staffordshire, ENG (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Elizabeth Dudley, b. Abt 1590, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. 28 Mar 1647 (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Alys Dudley, b. Abt 1592, Of Dudley, Staffordshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F3566 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Mar 2026

Notes

Edward was the 5th Lord Dudley. He apparently fathered children at an early age, as he was grandfathered by the time he was 35 years old. He had 11 children by his mistress, Elizabeth Tomlinson. Mistresses were common in those days, asges were arranged to maintain a family's power. He actually had his first child by her the year before he was married to Theodosia and had his first legitimate son. Theodosia moved to London by the year 1690 according to first hand research done by Lynn van Rooijin McCullough. There is a record that states that Elizabeth went to live with Sutton and it would appear likely that she helped raise his children, her children and his grandson Ward. Elizabeth Tomlinson also remembers Lord Dudley's children by Theodosia in her will.

Sources

[S747] FamilySearch Ancestral File at www.familysearch.com.
[S10] Internet Site, Presidential Lineages.
[S3004] van Rooijin-McCollough, Lynn, Email dated 2010 (Summarizes first hand research done in Dudley, England).
[S123] CD 102 (Automated Archives).
[S177] Weebers, Hans A.M., Email dated 2001 at Weebers@t-online.de.
[S493] Richard Coate to L. Dudick Email letters dated 1999 + at rcoate@earthlink.net.
[S1504] Stirnet Genealogy (http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ss4tz/sutton02.htm#link1).
[S20] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.
[S13] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
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