Thomas Sutton

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Thomas Sutton (* 1532 in Knaith ; † December 12, 1611 in Homerton ) was an English merchant and civil servant.

As a Master of Ordnance , he was responsible for the fortresses and military supplies in the north of England for a long time. In 1578 he leased the manors at Wickham and Gateshead near Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Coal mines were operated on the lands of the two manors, which, together with the sale of the leases in 1583, laid the basis for Sutton's fortune.

In May 1611, Sutton bought the London Charterhouse known as Howard House from Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk , which was on the site of a former Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square in Smithfield on the outskirts of London . When Sutton died in December 1611, he was considered one of the richest men in England and decreed in his will that his house on Charterhouse Square should become The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse . The facility, then briefly known as the Charterhouse , was intended to provide accommodation for 80 soldiers or merchants who were in need through no fault of their own, as well as employees of the royal court, and at the same time run a school for 40 boys. The public school known as the Charterhouse School left its founding location in 1872.

literature

  • John Venn, John A. Venn: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates, and holders of office at the University of Cambridge from the earliest times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751. Volume 4: Saal - Zwinglius. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1927, p. 187, digitized .

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SURNAME Sutton, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English merchant and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH 1532
PLACE OF BIRTH Knaith
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1611
Place of death Homerton