Thomas Sotterley of Sotterley, whose wife's name was Elizabeth (probably the sister of Robert Baynard). In 1451 Sir Miles Stapleton, Edmund Clare of Castre, Esq., and Rober Baynard were feoffes (holders of land in return for service to the Lord who owned it) of the Manor of Rollesby, County Norfolk, for Thomas Soterley of Soterley in Suffolk, Esq., which he ordered to be sold and the money to be disposed of for the soul of his wife Elizabeth (i.e. used to pay for the saying of masses), but Robert Baynard, was to have the refusal of the purchase. Robert Baynard was undoubtedly Elizabeth's brother, and the Baynards had at one time owned Rollesby in Norfolk. Thomas Sotterley fought on the side of the Lancastrians in the War of the Roses and died in 1466, leaving: 1. Thomas (see below). 2. Elizabeth who married Sir Thomas Playter, to whom Sotterley was sold in 1669 by order of Edward IV, as Sir Thomas Playter had fought on the side of the Yorkists.
