Hugh LUTTRELL

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Much of the information I have on the descendants of Sir Hugh Luttrell came from Juanita L. Berrian, e-mail jberriansac.verio.net. I did not research the data myself and certainly do not deserve the credit for this large amount of research.
Sir Hugh Luttrell served in France with Richard II and Henry IV, and held a spectrum of appointments. He was, in succession, Lieut. of Calain, Mayor of Bordeaux, Govenor of Marfluer, and Great Sentinal of Normandy. He was M.P. (Member of Parliament) for Somersetshire in the reign of Richard II, and subsequently for Devonshire. On the death of his cousin, John, he inherited East Quantoxhead, and when Old Lady de Mohun died in 1404, hastened to pursue his claim to Dunster. He began by dispatching the tenants and moving into the Castle in time to celebrate Christmas 1405. This stung the Mohuns into action and they followed a scramble for the deeds of title of the Castle, entrusted to the Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury. Sir Hugh took the Prior to court and eventually obtained the documents which prove his right to the Castle.
The Mohun coheirs, the Duke of York, the Countess of Salisbury and Lord Strange of Knockin-a formidable trio, still argued the validity of the transaction. Sir Hugh was not easily panicked; he won Parliament onto his side and so arranged arbitration by two peers and all the justices. When this failed, Parliament insisted the claim should be heard in the ordinary courts before an impartial jury. By this time, the Mohun's case was wearing thin and they resorted to arguing legal technicalities. It is nevertheless disappointing to find the the story lacks a climax; the case was adjourned in 1407 after the first hearing and was never recommenced. Henceforth, Sir Hugh's right to Dunster was unchallenged. He worked hard to make his new home habituale; and on his first note was to install windows in the neat hall and his private quarters. In 1420 work began on the gatehouse, a symbol of property of the newowner of the Castle. (Guidebooks of the Castle show the interiors, portraits, furniture, etx., which have been in the family since his time.)
He was afterwards ranger of Blackmore forest in Dorsetshire, a privy councilor to Henry V., and on of the commanders under that martial monarch at the reduction of Harfleur in Normandy in 1415, and at the memorable siege of Rouen.
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Children
1 Margaret Lutterell
2 < Elizabeth Lutterell
3 Anne Lutterell
4 Joan Lutterell
5 John Lutterell
6 William Lutterell
(Source: http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f004/f40/a0044022.htm)
Hugh LUTTERELL
BIRTH: 1364, Dunster,Somerset,England
DEATH: 24 Mar 1428
Family 1: Katherine BEAUMONT
MARRIAGE: Abt 1364 (which is incorrect as he was just born)
Margaret LUTTERELL
+Elizabeth LUTTERELL
Anne LUTTERELL
Joan LUTTERELL
John LUTTERELL
William LUTTERELL
Family 2: Elise Auguste LOEBNITZ
MARRIAGE: 29 Apr 1890, ,Elberfeld
(Source: http://www.cros.net/mbrodie/d0002/g0000018.html#I2601)
Burke, John., A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn, n.d., Call Number: R929.725 B95 v.1, Page 142.
SIR HUGH LUTTRELL, resided at Dunster Castle, which his mother, Lady Elizabeth, had purchased from the family of Mohun; he was member of parliament for Somersetshire in the reign of RICHARD II. and successively for that county and Devon. In the 8th HENRY IV. Sir Hugh gained a suit at law against Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York, and the other heirs of John Lord Mohun, of Dunster,(*) by which he obtained possession of the honours and Castle of Dunster, lordship of Carhampton, &c. in the county of Somerset. He was afterwards ranger of Blackmore Forest, in Dorsetshire, a privy-councillor to King HENRY V., and one of the commanders under that martial monarch, at the reduction of Harfleur, in Normandy, anno 1415, and at the memorable siege of Rouen. In 1418, being Lieutenant of Harfleur, he took from the French the town and fortress of Monstreville. Sir Hugh m. Catherine, daughter of Sir John Beaumont, knt. and was s. in 1431, by his eldest son,(*) SIR JOHN LUTTRELL.
(*) From a younger son of this Sir Hugh and Catherine Beaumont, ROBERT LUTTRELL, who died in the 15th HENRY VI. seized of the castle and lands of Luttrellstown, in the county of Dublin, descended the well known Irish family of Luttrell, of which were the extinct EARLS OF CARHAMPTON.
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Sources
Much of the information I have on the descendants of Sir Hugh Luttrell came from Juanita L. Berrian, e-mail jberriansac.verio.net
Title: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Publication: Volume 4, Richmond, Virginia, n.p. 1915.
Media: Book
http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f004/f41/a0044114.htm
Per Martha Wilson, 20211 SW 85th Ct, Tualatin, OR 97062 USA E-Mail: moka_joka@yahoo.com
Title: Web Page (Online)
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Media: Electronic
Text: http://www.sisna.com/users/ryoung/perry/f80.htm#f3328: http://www.cros.net/mbrodie/d0002/g0000018.html#I2601: http://hometown.aol.com/dwidad/luttrell.html
Title: A History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell
Author: Lyte, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell
Publication: London : St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1909
Call Number: 942.38/D1 H2L, DA690.D85 L8
Media: Book
Page: Page 102
Text: Sir Hugh Luttrell died on the 24th of March 1428, aged about sixty-four.
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