Sir Geoffrey de Dutton, of Budworth

Sir Geoffrey de Dutton, Knight

• Born: Dutton, Cheshire, England
• Parents:  Adam de Dutton, Agnes fitz Alured
• Marriage: Alice de Lacy of Clifton (713)
• Died: After 1271, Warburton, Cheshire, England (957)
• AKA:  Geffrey de Budworth, "The old Crusader"

Children include 

1. Sir Geoffrey b before 1258.  Married 1) Margaret 2) Isabella
2. Agnes.  Married William Hatton.

• Background Information. 720 Geoffrey de Dutton, somestimes called Geffrey de Budworth, "fired by the religious enthusiasm of the age which he lived, took the cross and went out to the Holy Land to assist in rescuing the sacred city from the dangers with which it was threatened.:" He assigned a portion of his estates in the care of Herbert, son of Philip de Orreby (Justice of Chester), before he left on Crusade. It is recorded that in the conflicts with the Paynim foe, Sir Geoffrey greatly distinguished himself.

"The old Crusader," has been said to have married Alice, the daughter of John de Lacy, Baron of Halton, by whom he had a son, also named Geoffrey, who succeeded him after his death sometime around 1248. Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey and Alice, had a son by the name of Sir Peter, who sold the mansion at Budworth, and lived in Warburton.

~County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, pp. 219

Sources

1. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from ..., Volume 1 By George Ormerod, Daniel King, William Smith, Sir Peter Leycester. Page 605
2. The baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets, and such ...By William Betham. Page 153
3. Norton Priory: The Archaeology of a Medieval Religious House By J. Patrick Greene. Page 14

Links

• http://cybergata.com/roots/8496.htm
• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I108552&tr...