Family and Education
b. 21 Dec. 1594, 1st s. of Sir William Sutton (d.1611) of Averham (Aram) and Susan, da. of Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe, Lincs. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1611; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621. m. (1) 14 Apr. 1616, Elizabeth (d. bef. 1635), da. of Sir George Manners‡ of Haddon Hall, Derbys., sis. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland, s.p.; (2) aft. 16 Apr. 1635, Anne (d. bef. 1661), da. of Sir Guy Palmes‡ of Ashwell, Rutland, wid. of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd bt., of Walcot, Northants. 2da. d.v.p; (3) 21 Feb. 1661, Mary (d.1669), da. of Sir Anthony St. Leger, warden of the Mint, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). M.I., Averham. d. 11 or 12 Oct. 1668; S. Holden, Two Sermons Preach’d at the Funerals of the Right Hon. Robert Lord Lexington and the Lady Mary his Wife (1676); M.I., Averham. will 28 Jan. 1667 – 7 Oct. 1668, pr. 7 and 14 July 1669, 25 Apr. 1673. TNA, PROB 11/331.
Offices Held
Dep. lt., Notts. by 1637 – at least40, 1660 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1639 – 42, 1665-d., array, Notts. 1642; sheriff, Notts. 1630 – 31; custos rot. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 1641 – ?46, 1661 – d.; dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 1662; commr. hearth tax, Notts. 1664.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Averham (Aram), Notts. and Kelham (Kellam), Notts.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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