Thomas Dutton

Sir Thomas Dutton was a medieval English knight. He was the son of Sir John Dutton and Margaret Savage.
His family owned an estate, Dutton Hall in Cheshire. The original building is now located in West Sussex, having been moved there in the 1930s; the building housed Stoke Brunswick School, at Ashurst Wood, south of East Grinstead.
Sir Thomas Dutton, his brother John, his eldest son Peter Dutton, and his father-in-law Lord Audley all died on 23 September 1459 at the Battle of Blore Heath, during the War of the Roses. Lord Audley was in command of approximately 10,000 troops defending the throne of King Henry VI.

Marriages and issue

Sir Thomas Dutton married Anne Touchet, daughter of James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley of Heighley Castle and Margaret De Ros. Their children were:

Peter Dutton
Margaret Dutton; married, firstly, Thomas Aston; married, secondly, Ralph Vernon
Anne Dutton; married Sir Thomas Molyneux of Sefton, Lancashire, knight banneret
Isabel Dutton; married Sir Christopher Richard de Southworth
Maud Dutton; married William Booth
John Dutton ; married Margaret Molyneux
Eleanor Dutton; married Richard Cholmondeley, Esq.
Elizabeth Dutton; married Ralph Bostock
Alice Dutton
Laurence Dutton

In 1527, at the death of Laurence Dutton of Dutton without a male heir, Dutton property passed to Sir Piers Dutton of Hatton whose right was contested by heirs-general of Sir Hugh Dutton. In 1534, Termination of the Dutton lawsuit by award of Henry VIII by which Sir Piers Dutton of Hatton became owner of Dutton, confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1536.