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Sudeley
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| Dates | Owner |
| prior to 1066 |
Ralph Medatine (or De Maunt) Earl of Hereford
son - Harold, Lord Sudeley son - John de Sudeley son - Ralph de Sudeley son - Otnell de Sudeley (no issue) |
| c.1199 | brother - Ralph de Sudeley |
| c.1222 | son - Ralph de Sudeley |
| c.1267-1280 | son - Bartholomew de Sudeley |
| c.1287-1337 | John de Sudeley (no issue) |
| nephew - John de Sudeley - m. Eleanor | |
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- 1362 |
Eleanor |
| 1362-1368 | son - John de Sudeley |
| sisters - Joan & Margery, who m. William le Boteler of Wem | |
| 1369-1399 | son - Thomas le Boteler |
| son - John (no issue) | |
| 1442 | brother - Ralph, created Baron of Sudeley, built the castle at Sudeley |
| 1469 | castle & manor sold or forfeited to Edward IV |
| Manor granted to a succession of court favourites | |
| 1469-1478 | by Edward IV to Richard, Duke of Gloucester |
| 1486-1495 | by Henry VII to his uncle Jasper, Duke of Bedford, and his heirs male |
| 1547 | by Edward VI to Thomas, Lord Seymour (created Baron Sudeley) |
| 1552 | to William Parr, Marquis of Northampton (brother of Katherine Parr) |
| 1554-1557 | to Sir John Bridges (created Lord Chandos of Sudeley) |
| 1562-1572 | son - Edmund, Lord Chandos |
| 1572-1594 | son - Giles, Lord Chandos (no issue) |
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-1602 |
brother - William, by deed of entail |
| 1602-1622 | son - Grey, Lord Chandos (King of Cotswold) |
| 1622-1654 | son - George (sixth Lord Chandos) |
| 1654- | Jane, 2nd wife of George, m. George Pitt of Stratfield-Saye |
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-1694 |
George Pitt |
| 1694-1734 | son - George |
| 1734- | son - George Pitt (created Baron Pitt in 1776) |
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1837 |
John and William Dent (brothers - no issue) |
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1855 |
nephew - John Dent, m. Emma Brocklehurst |
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-1900 |
Emma Dent |
| 1900-1932 | nephew - Henry Dent-Brocklehurst |
| 1932-1949 | son - JM Dent-Brocklehurst |
| 1949-1972 | son - Mark Dent-Brocklehurst (m. Elizabeth Chipps) |
| 1972- | Elizabeth Brocklehurst m. Lord Ashcombe |
Sudeley Castle | Sudeley Castle photo gallery | Estate map | Past owners
photo © David Ross
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