Lawrence Dutton, 17th lord of Dutton was born circa 1474 in England to Roger Dutton (-1476) and Joan Aston (-aft1476) and died 1527 England of unspecified causes. He married Joan Duckenfield .
"Lawrence Dutton of Dutton, esquire, 14 Hen. VII. son and heir of Roger and Joan, married Joan, daughter of Robert Duckenfield of Duckenfield, in Cheshire, esquire, but died without any lawful issue, anno Domini 1527, aged fifty three years. He had a bastard son called John Dutton, to whom he gave the messuage in Preston nigh Daresbury, called the New mannor, for his life, 1526, and also Onston and all purchased lands in Cheshire. He also had several other bastard sons and daughters, including two bastard daughters, Isabel and Joan.
Upon the failing of the issue male of this line of Dutton, there fell great controversie and suits of law concerning the fair inheritance of Dutton, between sir Piers Dutton of Hatton in Broxton Hundred, as next heir male, on the one part, and the daughters and co-heirs, on the other part. At last it was composed and ended by the award of king Henry the Eighth, dated the sixteenth day of May, 26 Hen. VIII. 1534. and confirmed by Act of Parliament, 27 Hen. VIII. after seven years suit, and above.
The lands allotted to the co-heirs were the lordships of Church-Minshull, Aston in Mondrum and Kekwick, and all the lands which the ancestors of Dutton held in Kingsley, Norley, Chorleton, Codynton, Pulton Lancelyn, Bradley, Budworth in le Frith, Milneton, Barnton, Over-Whitley, Aston nigh Moldesworth, Hellesby, Frodsham and in the city of Chester.
The lands allotted to sir Piers Dutton of Hatton, and now adjudged the next heir-male, were, the mannor of Dutton, the advowry of the minstrels in Cheshire, the advowson of Poosey chappel, the lordships of Weston, Preston, Barterton, Little Legh, Nesse in Wirrall, Little Modesworth, Acton, Happesford and all the lands which the ancestors of Dutton held in Weston, Clifton, Preston, Barterton, Legh, Nesse, Little Moldesworth, Acton, Happesford, Stony Dunham, Michbarrow, Stoke, Picton, Arrowe, Northwich, Halton, Thelwall, Oneston, Middle-wich, Stanthorne and Over Runcorne."
--The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, Volume 1 by George Ormerod, Daniel King, William Smith, William Webb (sheriff.), Sir Peter Leycester
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Dutton | |||
| Isabel Dutton | |||
| Joan Dutton | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lawrence Dutton (c1474-1527) | 1474 England | 1527 England | Joan Duckenfield |