• General Notes

  Sir Geoffrey Dutton, son and heir of Adam Dutton, served in the Crusades and died 1248. He succeeded to the estate at a period when religious enthusiasm was at its highest pitch. The Lord of Warburton, Adam de Dutton, had emulated the example of his paramount lords and kinsmen in donations to the monastic establishments, and his son Geoffrey followed up the pious zeal of their predecessors by enrolling under the banner of the cross. The crest, which is still borne by the Warburtons, refers to the Holy Land and was probably gained by some heroic exploit in this expedition.
  (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 273)
  
  The older son, Sir Geoffry Dutton, reslded principally at Sutton. He obtained Aston, near Budworth, in which Arley lies. The name of the lady he marrled does not appear, but Lysons suggests that Alice, the dau. of John Lacy, constable of Chester, Baron of Halton, may have been his wife.
  (Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania, page 13)

Details of Geoffrey's family with Alice de Lacy