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Joyce Sutton 1501 – 1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Dudley, Worcester, England

Death Date: 22 Apr 1572

Death Location: Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England

Father: Lady Willoughby

Mother: Lord Sutton

Spouse(s): Sir Leighton

Children(s): Elizabeth Leighton

Joyce Sutton was born in 1501 in Dudley, Worcester, England, the child of Lady Cicely Margaret Willoughby and Lord Sir Knight Edward Sutton. Joyce Sutton married Sir John Leighton, and had children including Elizabeth Leighton. Joyce Sutton passed away in 1572 in Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Joyce Sutton was born in 1501 in Dudley, Worcester, England, the child of Lady Cicely Margaret Willoughby and Lord Sir Knight Edward Sutton.
  • Joyce Sutton married Sir John Leighton, and had children including Elizabeth Leighton.
  • Joyce Sutton passed away in 1572 in Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lady Willoughby
1463 – 1539
Birth Location: Dudley, Worcestershire, England
LW
Lord Sutton
1469 – 1536
Birth Location: Disley, Cheshire, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Sir Leighton
1500 – 1532
Birth Location: Wattlesborough (Shropshire) Uk
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Leighton
1523 – 1606
Birth Location: Church Stretton (Shropshire) England
EL

Joyce Sutton's Ancestors

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Joyce Sutton
1501 – 1572
Birth Place: Dudley, Worcester, England
Parents
Lady Cicely Margaret Willoughby
1463 – 1539
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Lord (Sir Knight Edward) Sutton
1469 – 1536
Disley, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
William Willoughby
Joan Strangeways
1479 – 1515
Harlsey Castle, Yorkshire, England
Lord (Sir Knight Edmund) Sutton
1425 – 1533
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Lady (Joyce 'Joanna') Tiptoft
1430 – 1485
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Willoughby
1470 – 1522
Lord Sutton
1400 – 1487
Lady Berkeley
1401 – 1478
Sir Tiptoft
1383 – 1443
Lady Cherleton
1403 – 1446
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Sutton
1380 – 1406
Lady Blount
1380 – 1432
Sir Berkeley
1352 – 1428
Lady Betteshorne
1353 – 1411
Sir Tiptoft
– 1413
Lady Wrothe
– 1413
Lord Cherleton
1370 – 1421
Lady Holland
1373 – 1405

Joyce Sutton's Descendants

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Joyce Sutton (1501 – 22 Apr 1572) m. Sir (John) Leighton (1500 – 28 February 1532)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Leighton (1523 – 17 May 1606) m. Thomas Screven (1522 – 22 Nov 1587)
    1. 1. Eleanor Scryven (1555 – 8 May 1600) m. Rowland (Dutton of) Hatton (1552 – 08 Feb 1620)
      1. 1. Edward Dutton (Sept 1579 – 17 Jan 1620) m. Mary Calveley (1585 – 1620)
        1. 1. Captain (Peter) Dutton (17 Jul 1602 – 13 Aug 1669) m. Margaret Hayes (13 Oct 1583 – 21 Aug 1585)

Joyce Sutton's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Joyce Sutton in Dudley, Worcester, England
Dudley, Worcester, England
1572
22 Apr 1572
Age 71
Death of Joyce Sutton in Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England
Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Dudley, Worcester, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1572
    Event Place: Wattlesborough Heath, Shropshire, England
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