William Sutton (lawyer)

William Sutton (c.1405 – 1480) was an Irish judge of the fifteenth century, who served briefly as Attorney General for Ireland and then for many years as third Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland).

Despite his complaint that he was about to be superseded in 1461, which was coupled with a plea to Parliament to pay his arrears of salary, he was still on the Bench in 1477.

His son, Nicholas, had predeceased him and his widowed daughter-in-law, Anne Cusacke, had remarried.

[1] This may explain his decision, notwithstanding that he had grandchildren, to leave all his lands and a large bequest to Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin;[1] despite his pleas for payment of his overdue salary in the 1460s, he seems to have amassed considerable wealth in his later years.

His son's will, which no longer exists, has been described as containing some "curious details", including a legacy to his father in return for his blessing.