Sutton Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Macclesfield

In the civil parish of Sutton.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

Residence of the abbots of Chester for which a licence crenellate was obtained in 1399 and repeated in 1410, but probably not acted upon on either occassion. The 1410 Royal licence may be a confirmation of a 1399 Palatine licence. Site now occupied by mid C17 house converted into a hotel. It was recorded in 1902 that a small deer park surrounded the building, but no trace of it was found in 1964.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ92577150

PastScape number; 78290

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p477
Cullen, P.W. and Hordern, R., 1986, Castles of Cheshire (Crossbow Books) p26
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p68 [as Macclesfield]
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p176
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol3 p741-2
Earwaker, J.P., 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past and Present Vol2 p443
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p219, 420

Journal Articles

Renaud, 1902, Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol20 p25, 119-28

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1396-99) p552
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1408-13) p160

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Sutton Hall

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ92577150

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