Dudley Castle - List of Lords of Dudley Castle

List of Lords of Dudley Castle

Dudley Castle was the capital of the feudal barony of Dudley.

  • Ansculf de Picquigny, a Norman who took part on the Battle of Hastings
  • William Fitz-Ansculf, his son
  • Fulke Paganell (fl.1100-30)
  • Ralph Paganell (fl.1130s-1150s), his son
  • Gervase Paganell(d.1194), his son
  • Ralph de Somery I (d.1210), son of John de Somery and Hawyse sister and heir of Gervase Paganell
  • Ralph de Somery II (c.1193-1216), eldest son of Ralph I
  • William Percival de Somery (d.1222), his brother
  • Nicholas de Somery (d.1229), still a minor
  • Roger de Somery I (d.1225), 3rd son of Ralph I
  • Roger de Somery II (d.1272), his son
  • Roger de Somery III (c.1254-1291), his son
    • Agnes de Somery (d.1309), his widow and guardian of her son
  • John de Somery (1280-1322), their son

On his death the lands of the barony were divided between his two sisters. Weoley Castle went to Joan de Botetourt and her husband John de Botetourt. Dudley Castle passed to her elder sister Margaret, who had married John de Sutton I. John de Sutton II was summoned to Parliament, but none of his successors were until John de Sutton VI

  • John de Sutton I (d.1327) in the right of Margaret
  • John de Sutton II (d.1360), their son
    • Isabel Cherleton de Sutton (d.1397), his widow held Dudley jointly with her son
  • John de Sutton III (d.1369), her son - outlived by his mother
  • John de Sutton IV (1360-1391), his son - outlived by his grandmother
  • John de Sutton V (1380-1406), his son
    • Constance de Sutton (d.1422), his widow
  • John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley 1400-87, their son

For the evolution of the castle and estate until 1740 see Baron Dudley and from the late 17th century until the 20th century as Baron Ward John de Sutton I

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