Thomas Dutton

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Sir Thomas Dutton (1 August 1421 – 23 September 1459) was an English knight in the medieval period. He was the son of Sir John Dutton and Margaret Savage. The Dutton family owned the Dutton Hall estate in Cheshire. The original building was moved to West Sussex in the 1930s and later housed Stoke Brunswick School near Ashurst Wood, south of East Grinstead.

Thomas Dutton and several relatives died on 23 September 1459 at the Battle of Blore Heath, during the Wars of the Roses. The battle was led by Lord Audley, who commanded about 10,000 troops defending King Henry VI’s throne.

Marriages and children:
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 first Thomas Aston, then Ralph Vernon
- Anne Dutton; married Sir Thomas Molyneux of Sefton, knight banneret
- Isabel Dutton; married Sir Christopher Richard de Southworth
- Maud Dutton; married William Booth
- John Dutton (b. c. 1444 – d. c. 1473); married Margaret Molyneux
- Eleanor (Alinora) Dutton; married Richard Cholmondeley
- Elizabeth Dutton; married Ralph Bostock
- Alice Dutton
- Laurence Dutton (b. c. 1458 – d. after 1522)

In 1527, after Laurence died without a male heir, the Dutton estate passed to Sir Piers Dutton of Hatton, whose right was challenged by the heirs of Sir Hugh Dutton. In 1534, Henry VIII settled the dispute by award in favor of Sir Piers Dutton, and Parliament confirmed the arrangement in 1536.