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Family and Education
b. 21 Dec. 1594, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Sutton of Averham, and Susan (d. 3 Dec. 1613), da. of Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe, Lincs.C142/345/128; Averham par. reg.; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1611;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621.The Loseley Mss ed. A. J. Kempe (1836), 424. m. (1) 14 Apr. 1616, Elizabeth (bur. 10 Dec. 1637), da. of Sir George Manners† of Haddon Hall, Derbys. s.p.; (2) 14 Feb. 1639, Anne (bur. 28 Jan. 1660), da. of Sir Guy Palmes* of Ashwell, Rutland, wid. of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd bt. of Walcot, Northants. 2da.; (3) 21 Feb. 1661, Mary (d. 4 Sept. 1669), da. of Sir Anthony St Leger, Warden of the Mint 1660-70, 1s. 1da.Averham par. reg.; Ashwell par. reg.; C5/58/92; CP; Thoroton, Notts. iii. 110, 111. suc. fa. 24 Aug. 1611.C142/345/128. cr. Baron Lexinton of Aram 21 Nov. 1645.CP. d. 11 Oct. 1668.S. Holden, Two Sermons Preach’d at the Funerals of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Lexington and the Lady Mary his Wife (1676), 1.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 28 Feb. 1617 – aft.Dec. 1641, 19 Dec. 1664–d.;C181/2, ff. 273, 336; C181/3, ff. 10v, 247; C181/4, ff. 9, 177v; C181/5, ff. 19v, 216; C181/7, p. 302. Notts. 12 July 1617-aft. 1641, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/4, f. 45v. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 20 Nov. 1619-aft. Feb. 1642;C181/2, f. 354v; C181/3, f. 229v; C181/4, ff. 40v, 155v; C181/5, f. 224. River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629;C181/4, f. 16v. River Smite, Leics. and Notts. 21 Nov. 1629;C181/4, f. 23v. subsidy, Notts. 1624, 1641;C212/22/23; SR. swans, Lincs., Northants., Notts. and Rutland 28 May 1625;C181/3, f. 165. midland cos. and Welsh borders 27 July 1627;C181/3, f. 227v. Lincs. 26 June 1635;C181/4, f. 14v. Notts. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. musters, May 1626;APC 1625–6, p. 476. charitable uses, 3 Aug. 1626, 17 July 1629, 3 Dec. 1630;C192/1, unfol.; C93/10/19; C93/13/3. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 44. Dep. lt. by Aug. 1627–42, c.Aug. 1660–d.SP16/73/34, f. 45v; SP29/11/142, f. 221; SP29/60/66, f. 145v. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1630–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104. Commr. exacted fees, 6 Feb. 1634;C181/4, f. 159. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 23 June 1639 – aft.Jan. 1642, 23 Jan. 1665–d.;C181/5, ff. 141v, 220v; C181/7, p. 314. further subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. disarming recusants, Notts. 30 Aug. 1641.CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. Custos rot. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 17 Dec. 1641–?C181/5, f. 216. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, Notts., Nottingham 1642;SR. array (roy.), Notts. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42. Commr. hearth tax, Notts. 1664.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. W.F. Webster (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvii), 11.

Parlimentarian
SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.
: of Averham, Notts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.

Will
28 Jan. 1667, cod. 7 Oct. 1668, pr. 7 July 1669.PROB11/331, f. 367.
Estates
inherited manors of Averham, Harby, Kelham, North Clifton and Staythorpe, lands in Harby and North Clifton and advowsons of Averham and Kelham, Notts. – in all, worth about £800 p.a.C142/345/128; C9/1/184. In c.1641, purchased farms and cottages in Kelham for £2,000.SP23/201, p. 700. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Averham, Harby, Kelham, North Clifton, Rolleston and Syerston; farms in Hockerton, Kelham and Staythorpe; lands and tenements in Averham, Kelham and Newark, all in Notts.; and lands in several counties held in right of his second wife, worth in total £1,830 p.a. on which were charged rents and annuities of over £120.SP23/201, pp. 699-702, 707, 715; CJ v. 429b. By 1664, owned a house of 21 hearths in Kellam.Notts. Hearth Tax ed. Webster, 6. At his d. estate estimated to be worth £2,350 p.a.C5/58/82.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
Drury Lane, ‘close by The Fortune tavern’ (1657).Bodl. Don. C.184, f. 161.
Religion
presented Oliver Griffin to rectory of Averham, Notts., 1624; Edward Manesly, 1651; Nicholas Janson to rectory of Kelham, Notts., 1630.IND1/17000, f. 72.
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