Hugh Luttrell (abt. 1363 - 1428)

Born about 1363 in England

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Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1428 at about age 65 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Hugh was the son of Andrew Luttrell^[1] and Elizabeth Courtenay. He was said to be age 22 in 1385, pointing to a birth date of about 1363. His birth county is uncertain.^[2][3]

Marriage and Children

Before 1384 Hugh married Katherine Beaumont, widow of John Strecche.^[2][3] They had six children:

• John^[1][2][3]
• William^[2][3]
• Margaret, who married John Cotes^[2][3]
• Elizabeth, who married William Harleston and John Stratton^[2][3]
• Anne, who married William Godwyn^[2][3]
• Joan, who became a nun at Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset^[2][3]

Life

Hugh joined the household of John of Gaunt as an Esquire.^[2][3] He was knighted in 1389;^[4] he was referred to as a knight at the start of 1390.^[5]

In 1390 Hugh took part in jousts near Calais. From 1391 to 1414 he was keeper of Gillingham Forest, Kent. From 1393 to 1399 he was Constable of Leeds Castle, Kent.^[2][3]

By 1391 Hugh had moved from the household of John of Gaunt to that of Richard II's wife Anne of Bohemia. From then on he served on a number of official commissions and was awarded a number of official positions.^[6]

Richard II awarded Hugh annuities of £20 in 1390 and £40 in 1395, the latter being in return for Hugh agreeing to be with Richard II for life. In 1394 and 1399 he was with Richard II in Ireland.^[2][3][6]

In 1396 Hugh inherited 100 marks from his uncle William Courtenay, Archbishop ofCanterbury.^[2][3]

Hugh seems to have adjusted easily to the transition from Richard II to Henry IV, under whom he held senior positions. From 1399 to 1404 he was Lieutenant of Calais. He acted as ambassador to France in 1400 and to France and Flanders in 1403:^[2][3][6][7] in Flanders he was in attendance on the Duke of Burgundy, writing many reports to Henry IV.^[4] In 1404 he was Mayor of Bordeaux. In 1405 he was summoned to fight in Wales. In 1410 he was steward of the household of Henry IV's wife Joan of Navarre. From 1410 to 1421 he was Constable of Bristol Castle.^[2][3][6]

From 1417 to 1421 he was Lieutenant of Harfleur. In 1417 he was with Henry V in France, as part of the retinue of Thomas Montagu, Earl ofSalisbury.^[2][3][6] He undertook to serve with one knight, nineteen esquires, and sixty archers, and serving under him were his cousin Geoffrey Luttrell, his son John and his son-in-law William Godwyn. For this, he received £286.^[5] The next year he negotiated for the surrender of Montivilliers and Fécamp in Normandy. From 1419 to 1421 he was Seneschal of Normandy.^[2][3][6]

Hugh represented both Somerset and Devon in Parliament: he was knight of the shire for Somerset in 1404, 1414 and 1415, and for Devon in 1406-7.^[2][3][6]

Lands

Hugh's marriage brought him the manors of Sampford Arundel, Somerset^[8] and Woolston and Otterton, Devon.^[6]

In 1395 Hugh inherited substantial properties in Norfolk and Suffolk from his mother. In 1403 he inherited East Quantockshead, Alfoxton and Watchet in Somerset following the death of a cousin. In 1404-5 there was a significant addition to his lands following the death of Lady Mohun, who had sold the reversion of Dunster, Minehead, Kilton and Carhampton, Somerset to his deceased mother, but it took until 1408 for his right to the barony of Dunster to be fully confirmed. Hugh made Dunster Castle his main residence when he was in England.^[6]

Hugh's Inquisitions Post Mortem show him holding Dunster Castle and other property in Somerset, and lands in Devon, Dorset, Norfolk and Suffolk.^[8]

Death

Hugh died on 24 March 1328,^[2][3][8] probably while visiting his daughter Joan at Shaftesbury.^[6] His wife survived him, dying on 28 August 1435. A monument for them was erected in the church of Dunster.^[2][3][6]

His heir was his son John.^[8]

Research Notes

Weaver's edition of the Somerset Visitations has a muddled pedigree for the Luttrell family, and is not reliable on it. In particular, it omits a generation - that containing Hugh's son John.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Frederic Thomas Colby (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1620, Harleian Society, 1872, p. 174, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, pp. 60-61, LOWELL 8, partially viewable as a snippet on Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 645, LOWELL 9
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Robin Gayle Katherine Austin Mertes. The Secular Noble Household in Mediaeval England, 1350-1550, University of Edinburgh, 1981, pp. 54-58, PDF, accessed 17 January 2022
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} H C Maxwell-Lyte. A history of Dunster and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell, Part I, St Catherine Press, 1909, pp. 78-108, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10} History of Parliament Online, entry for LUTTRELL, Sir Hugh (c.1364-1428), of Dunster, Som.
7. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 47/28/7/3, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Inquisitions Post Mortem for Hugh Lutterell, Chevalier, Mapping the Medieval Countryside website, University of Winchester and King's College, London, accessed 19 January 2022
9. ↑ Frederic William Weaver. The Visitations of the county of Somerset in the years 1551 and 1573 with additional pedigrees..., printed for the editor by William Pollard, 1885, p. 43, Internet Archive

See also:

• Meredith B. Colket, Jr., "The Royal Ancestry of the Ludlows," The American Genealogist 15 (January 1939): 129-143, Internet Archive.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 20 January 2022.

Hugh appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Percival Lowell to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 60-64 LOWELL). This trail, as well as another trail to surety baron Saher de Quincy, have been re-reviewed, finishing in January 2022. The trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Christian Percival's profile.

Hugh appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from the Ludlow Gateway Ancestors (Gabriel, Sarah, and Roger) to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 70-77 LUDLOW). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Project. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".