Thomas Sotterley
- Died: 1477
- Buried: Churh Of The Austin Friars At Norwich
General Notes:
Sir Thomas Sotterley of Sotterley, Knight. Last Lord of the Manor, fought on the side of of Henry VI, and after the disastrous battle of Tewksbury in 1471 and the death of Henry VI in 1472, he was compelled to alienate (let go) Sotterley to his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Playter to whom Sotterley had already been granted in 1469 by Edward IV. He moved to Norwich, Norfolk, and married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress to Sir Thomas Bedingfield of Oxburgh, County Norfolk. Both he and his wife died in 1477 and were buried in the Austin Friars at Norwich. Their monumental brasses are still to be seen there. Sir Thomas had sons 1. John of Chellesworth, County of Suffolk who died unmarried in 1518. 2. William (see below).
Thomas also married Elizabeth Bedingfield, daughter of Thomas Bedingfield and Elizabeth. (Elizabeth Bedingfield was born in 1440 in Rollesby, Norfolk, England and died in 1477 in Austin Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England.)
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