SUTTON, a parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE,
county of DERBY, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Chesterfield,
containing, with Duckmanton, 685 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Duclcmanton
annexed, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and
diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's
books at £12. 16. 0., and in the patronage of Richard
Arkwright,Esq. The church is dedicated to St.Mary;
the windows exhibit some remains of ancient stained
glass. Twenty poor children are instructed for about
£20 per annum, arising from the rent of sixteen acres
of land allotted by the lord and freeholders of the manor.
Nicholas Deincourt, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1643, fortified
the hall, which he had previously erected here, for
Charles I.; it was taken by assault, and the works demolished
by Sir John Gell, and, some time afterwards,
was plundered by the parliamentarian garrison of Balsover:
this mansion is situated in an extensive and
"beautiful park.