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Richard Hutton, Sir (1561 - 1639)

Prominent Lawyer and judge. He was made Recorder of York in 1608, Doncaster in 1609, and Ripon in 1610, and became High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1623. He was subsequently appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas among other offices. He acquired the Goldsborough Estate in 1598, where he built Goldsborough Hall Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/14311 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hutton_(judge) Relevant locations: Birth place in Penrith, Cumbria
Residence at Goldsborough Hall, Goldsborough
Relationships: Richard Hutton was a friend of Matthew Hutton (1693-1758)

Agnes Hutton (-c. 1648) was a wife of Richard Hutton
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

An Indian Bonnet of very fine curious Workmanship; the Out-side consists of six Triangles, of Crimson and Black waved; the Interstices of Yellow, with Lines of Black and Crimson intermix'd; the Inside is of Straw-work, Red, Purple and Yellow waved after a different Manner. Don. Tho. Garway. English Caps; one of red Velvet with sixteen Rows of Silver Lace; another of Tissue Cloth of Silver; a third so lately used as my Grandfather Thoresby's Time, richly embroidered with Gold and Silver, thick set with Spangles; the peaked Lace clear Gold. A black square Cap worn by the foreign Literati. Don. S. Molineux Arm. An Indian Cap made of Rushes, partly of their Native Colour, and partly dyed Purple, very curiously woven with indented Rows, and a Tuft like the former. A Quoife very richly embroidered with Gold and black Silk. Don. Walt. Calverly Bart. Another of Judge Hutton's Lady. Don. Alb. Dodson Arm. A Cross cloth, or Brow-bit, of the like curious Needle-work, the Flowers of various Colours well shaded and richly embroidered; it was my Aunt Idle's Mo ther's, and given me by the said pious Relict of Alderman Idle; others of Lace, and different Sorts of Needle-Work. Widows Peaks. Commode-wires of various Forms and Heights.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 119. Lectures of Roger Manwood Esq; (afterwards Chief Baron) 1567. Rob. Moonson Esq; concerning Tythes 1565. Ordinances by the Lord Chancellor Bacon for the more regular Administration of Justice, &c. A Commission to Sir Julius Cæsar, &c. to determine causes in Chancery. Lord-Keeper Williams's Speech 1621. Cancellaria 21 Jac. I. The Sentence against Sir Tho. Lake, Sir Francis Bacon's Speech when he took Place as Lord-Keeper or Lord Chancellor. This was formerly Judge Hutton's.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Before we leave the House of Lords, the Judges and Barons are to be mentioned; to whom are added some of the Lord Chancellors, Keepers, and Deputies of Ireland; Allibon, Atkyns; Bacon, Blencowe, Bridgeman; Coke, Cox; Davenport, Dolben; Egerton, Eustace; Fitz-Williams; Glynn, Gregory; Hale, Hatton, Holloway, Holt, Hutton, Hyde; Keble; Jefferys, Jenner; Lisle, Littleton, Loftus, Lutwyche; Nevil, North; Parker, Parsons, Pemberton, Perrot, Popham, Porter, Powel, Powys, Puckering, Pyne; Raynsford, Rokeby; Savile, Scroggs, Smyth; Thorp, Treby, Trevor, Turner, Turton, Twisden; Ventris; Walcot, Ward, Whitlock, Wright, Wylde, and Yelverton.
A Catalogue of the Naturall and Artificial Curiositys in my slender Musaeum at Leedes Ano. 1708 Judge Huttons Ladys cross-cloth or brow-bit, curious needle work wrough in silk of great variety of colours ... Alderm Idles relict