Holders of the Manor or castle of Sudeley since the Domesday Book

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
- 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)
-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
-1694
George Pitt
1694-1734
son - George
1734-
son - George Pitt (created Baron Pitt in 1776)
1837
John and William Dent (brothers - no issue)
1855
nephew - John Dent, m. Emma Brocklehurst
-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
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