Edmund Sutton

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Sir Edmund Sutton (1425–1483) was a knight of Dudley Castle and Gatescombe. Sutton was born in Dudley, England, a son of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, K.G, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Berkeley.

Edmund married Joyce Tiptoft, daughter of John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft, ultimately coheir to the baronies of Cherleton and Tiptoft. She transmitted to the Dudley family the quarterings of Tiptoft, Cherleton, Holland, and that of Edmund of Woodstock, youngest son of King Edward I of England.

Edmund Sutton's exact date of death is not known, but it was after July 6, 1483, but before that of his father (who died 30 September 1487). He had a son Edward, (b. 1459), who was to become the 2nd Lord Dudley.

His younger brother was John Dudley of Atherington. His son Edmund Dudley (1462–1510) was married to Elizabeth Grey, whom after this Edmund Dudley's execution wed Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, an illegitimate son of Edward IV. John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland was the son of Edmund Dudley and Elizabeth Grey.