Complete
Peerage states that Agnes, daughter of Sir John de Hotham, of Scorborough,
Yorkshire married Sir Thomas de Sutton. She survived her husband and died on or
before 18 March 1395 [1].
It appears that Agnes was first married to Robert de Middleton, probably of
Middleton on the Wolds, Yorkshire, and that Thomas de Sutton was her second
husband. Robert must have died before 1349.
In 1336-7,
John de Hothum and Agnes his wife, were holding a moiety of a knight's fee in
Flixton and Folkton (near Scarborough) from William son of Theobald de Brigham,
for a term of 14 years [2].
In 1349 their daughter Agnes and her husband Thomas de Sutton were holding the
same lands from Bartholomew de Fanacourt and Joan daughter of William son of
Theobald de Brigham for the life of Agnes [3].
On 12
November 1354, at the inquisition into the fees of William de Ros of Helmsley
for Yorkshire it is stated that a carucate of land in Middleton was held by
Agnes, late the wife of Robert de Middleton, whom Thomas de Sutton married [4].
On 4 July 1355, at the assignment of dower to Margaret, widow of William de Ros
of Helmsley, Thomas de Sutton and Agnes his wife late the wife of Robert de
Middleton were holding a twelfth part of a fee in Middleton, Yorkshire extended
at 106s. 8d. yearly [5].
On 13
November 1363, in the assignment of dower to Joan, widow of William de
Greystock, Thomas de Sutton knight and Agnes his wife were holding the sixth
part of one knight's fee in Flixton [6].
Sir Thomas de
Sutton probably died about 1390. On 18 March 1395, the writ diem clausit extremum was issued for
Agnes late the wife of Thomas de Sutton, 'chivaler,' who held for life of the
inheritance of Peter de Malo Lacu, son and heir of Peter de Malo Lacu, the
seventh, 'chivaler,' a minor in the
king's ward [7].
On 28 August
1395, a commission was issued to William Hungate, Stephen del Fall, William
Rocelyn and Hugh Ardern, escheator in the county of York, on information that
Agnes, late the wife of Thomas de Sutton, knight, now deceased, was seised of
the manor of Attyngwyk in Holdernesse, to her and the heirs of her body, and
that she collusively enfeoffed Robert Twyer, knight, and William de Holm
thereof on condition that they re-enfeoffed her or her heirs, in fee simple;
that she had issue Margaret [recte Constance],
late the wife of Peter de Malo Lacu, knight, deceased, tenant in chief, whom
Robert de Hilton, knight, has now married, Margaret, now deceased, late the
wife of William de Aldeburgh, knight, and Agnes, wife of Ralph de Bulmer,
knight, and that the aforesaid Margaret and Peter de Malo Lacu had issue Peter,
a minor in the king's custody, whereby a third of the said manor falls to the
king during his minority, to enquire touching all the premises [8].
[1] Complete Peerage, vol. 12/1, 575 and
vol. 14, 605.
[2] Baildon, Feet of Fines Yorks
1327-1347, 103.
[3] Baildon, Feet of Fines Yorks
1347-1377, 22.
[4] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem,
Edward III, vol. 10 (1921), 40.
[5] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 10: 1354–1360 (1908), 151.
[6] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 11: 1360–1364 (1909), 500.
[7] Calendar of Fine Rolls, Richard II:
1391–1399 (1929), 134.
[8] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 5: 1391–1396 (1905), 654–5.
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