The Snitterton Family
Alice (de Snitterton) de Sutton
Jordan de
Snitterton
Gerard de Sutton
Gerard was the son of Gilbert de Sutton, succeeding to his estates c. 1223.
He died in 1271 - his IPM was held in Nottinghamshire on 25 May 1271.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 1
Henry III: 1235-1272 p247 (1904)
761.
GERARD DE SUTTON.
Writ
(missing) Inq. Monday
before Witsunday, 55 Hen. III.
Jordan his son is his heir and of full age.
[NOTTINGHAM.] Sutton. A messuage, 6 bovates land, 6a. meadow, a mill, and 12s.
rent, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief
rendering 14s. yearly, doing
suit of court at Mamesfeud, and finding an esquire at the king’s common
summons in Wales for 40 days at his own costs; and a messuage and 10a. land rendering 22d.
yearly to the king.
C.
Hen. III. File 39. (14.).
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp129-30 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
Gerard de Sutton.
Inquisition
made before J.
de Reygate at Retford on Monday next before Pentecost, 55 Henry
iij [1271], concerning the lands of Gerard
de Sutton, by the oath of Henry
de . . . , Geoffrey de Stredley, Alan Stuffyn, Robert Le Bret, Hugh de
La Morhawe, Ralph Le Breton, John de Hacheyt, Ralph de Mainesfeud,
William de Annesleye, Andrew de Skeggeby, Hugh de Sutton, and William son of Roger,
who say upon their oath that
Gerard de Sutton held
in the vill of Sutton 1 messuage with a dovehouse and they are worth
yearly 8s. 8d.
The sum appears. And there are in demesne 6 oxgangs of land, each
containing in itself 20 acres, and each acre is worth 4d.
yearly. Sum 40s. And there are
there 6 acres of meadow, of which each is worth yearly 20d.
Sum 10s. And there is there the
site of a mill and it is worth yearly 12d.
The sum appears. And there are there 3 tenants who hold 4 oxgangs of
land and they render yearly 12s.,
namely: 1 moiety at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary,
and the other moiety at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary.
Sum 12s.; and they do suit at
the court every 3 weeks for all service. And the court is worth yearly 4s. The sum appears. There is no
advowson of church. No knight’s fee is there. They say also that
Jordan son of the said
Gerard is his next heir and of
full age. They say also that
The said Gerard de Sutton
on the day he died held no other tenement of the King in chief nor of
any other, but for the aforesaid tenement of Sutton he rendered yearly
to the King 14s. and did suit
at the court of Mainesfeud every 3 weeks and should find a certain
esquire at the common summons of the King into Wales for 40 days at his
own cost. Sum of the sums 75s.
8d. whereof he paid to the King
14s., and so there remains 61s. 8d.
Also the said Gerard held 1
messuage and 10 acres of land and rendered to the King 22d.
yearly.
Inq.
p. m., 55 Hen. iij., No. 21.
- Jordan de Sutton ( ? - 1288)
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Sutton
in Asfield. AND Hucknall Huthwayt.
Jordan
de Snitterton (Darbish.)
had some yearly Rents by the Assignation
of William de Ferrariis,
sometime Earl of Darby,
whereof there was an arrear which Robert
de Marcham and Sarra
his wife, 42 H. 3. by Fine released to Robert,
son of Harvey, viz. 40s.
and so did Gerard de Sutton,
as in right of Alice,
sometimes his wife, which Sarrah
and Alice were daughters and
heirs of the said for Jordan.
A History of Sutton-in-Ashfield (G. G.
Bonser, 1948)
Gilbert was succeeded by his son
Gerard c. 1223, for in the Fine Rolls 18 Hen. III it states that "the King
accepted the homage of Gerard son and heir of Gilbert de Sutton which the
said Gilbert held of the king in chief, which the said Gerard is to hold
of right. And the mandate is at Nottingham, and a security of fourteen
pounds is accepted from the said Gerard for the release of all his lands
in his bailiwick which the said Gilbert was seized at his death. Gerard
being of full age." Gerard de Sutton soon rose to a position of
importance. He appears as a Juror at an Inquis. P.M. on the death of
Geoffrey de Heris alias de Stapulford in 1248, and as a witness to an
Inspeximus and confirmation of a Chirograph (i.e. a Royal Grant engrossed
twice on the same parchment) between Ralph Musard and Peter de Castria,
when he signs as Sir Gerard de Sutton, 6 November, 1270. He married Alice,
daughter of Jordan de Snitterton, a manor close to Matlock.
Jordan de Snitterton
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Sutton
in Asfield. AND Hucknall Huthwayt.
Jordan
de Snitterton (Darbish.)
had some yearly Rents by the Assignation
of William de Ferrariis,
sometime Earl of Darby,
whereof there was an arrear which Robert
de Marcham and Sarra
his wife, 42 H. 3. by Fine released to Robert,
son of Harvey, viz. 40s.
and so did Gerard de Sutton,
as in right of Alice,
sometimes his wife, which Sarrah
and Alice were daughters and
heirs of the said for Jordan.
A History of Sutton-in-Ashfield (G. G.
Bonser, 1948)
Thoroton says of this Jordan de
Snitterton that he held some rents by the assignation of William de
Ferrers, Earl of Derby who died 1191. In the Chartulary of Darley Abbey it
states that "Jordanus de Snitterton do quatuor solidis annus." "Gerardus
de Sutton de eisdem iiij solidis."
... The manor of Snitterton which lies close to Matlock and Winster
belonged at an early period to the family of Shirley which later took the
name of Snitterton, and it passed by marriage to the Sacherells. Jordan de
Snitterton had two daughters, Sarah married to Robert de Marcham nephew to
Roland de Sutton of Averham, and Alice married to Gerard de Sutton of
Sutton-in-Ashfield.
A moated site and fishponds near Snitterton,
Derbyshire has been identified as the location of a house or group of houses
held by Jordan in the late 13th century.
Historic
England National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE)
Moated
site and fishponds located...
Moated site and fishponds located to the north of the hamlet of
Snitterton. The moat measures approximately 10 metres in width and 1.5
metres in depth. The eastern arm has been infilled, possibly in 1759. The
central platform measures approximately 50 metres by 50 metres, and
retains evidence of features in the form of low banks up to 0.5 metres in
height. Two sunken compartments, interpreted as fishponds, extend from the
western arm of the moat. These are currently approximately 35m long,
between 10-16 metres wide and up to 0.75 metres deep. The site is
identified as the location of a house or group of houses, with associated
demesne land, held by Jordan de Snitterton in the late 13th century.
Scheduled.
Sarah (de Snitterton) de Marcham
Jordan de
Snitterton
Robert
de Marcham
Robert and Sarah were married by 42 Henry III (1257-8) when they are named
as married in a fine The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677).
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Sutton
in Asfield. AND Hucknall Huthwayt.
Jordan
de Snitterton (Darbish.)
had some yearly Rents by the Assignation
of William de Ferrariis,
sometime Earl of Darby,
whereof there was an arrear which Robert
de Marcham and Sarra
his wife, 42 H. 3. by Fine released to Robert,
son of Harvey, viz. 40s.
and so did Gerard de Sutton,
as in right of Alice,
sometimes his wife, which Sarrah
and Alice were daughters and
heirs of the said for Jordan.
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