The earliest proven connection of a Bingham with Sutton dates from the reign of Henry III (1216-1272). William de Bingham married Cecelia, daughter of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Lord of Hardington and Coker. William was the grandson of Ralph de Bingham who may have been Knight and the first lord of Sutton Bingham in the reign of Edward III. Upon his marriage, William received Sutton Bingham as a gift from Geoffrey.
William may also have been a Knight as stated in several old pedigrees, but no official record of that status exists. William died before 1243.
Edward the III then confirmed the land to John de Bingham, cousin and heir of William. John died before 1357.
In that year, William de Bingham, presumed to be John’s son, was the owner of Sutton Bingham and the advowson of the church for one knight’s fee and 20s. rent. This William de Bingham held other lands in the Yoevil area. He was mentioned in 1327 as Dominus de Sutton Bingham. William [or a grandson William ?] sold the advowson of the church and fifteen acres of land in Sutton in 1381 and in 1382 he entailed Sutton to his three sons, John, Thomas, and Richard.
None of the sons had male heirs, so Thomas’s two daughters inherited the Manor of Sutton Bingham and by partition, Sutton became the sole property of daughter Johanna. She survived her first husband, Thomas Kelway and after her second marriage, she settled Sutton on her son John Kelway in 1448. Sutton Bingham thus passed out of the Bingham family.
Map of Somerset County
Sutton Bingham is near Yoevil
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Historical Boundaries of Sutton Bingham
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Current Map of Location of Sutton Bingham
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Aerial View of Sutton Bingham
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