Sir Piers Dutton was the Lord of the Manor of Dutton.

Piers Dutton was the son of Piers Dutton and Eleanor Foulshurst. He married Eleanor Leigh who was the daughter of Thomas Leigh of Adlington

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and Katherine Savage. He was judged to be the next heir to Lawrence Dutton, who died in 1525. This meant he inherited all the Dutton lands. Piers Dutton was the Mayor of Chester from 1513 to 1515. He was knighted by Henry VIII

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 in 1527. Sir Piers Dutton's second wife was Julian Poytz. He started rebuilding Dutton Hall in 1539.

Sir Piers Dutton and Eleanor Leigh had nine children:

• Hugh Dutton, who married Jane Boothe and inherited the Dutton lands.
• Raufe Dutton, who inherited the Hatton lands.
• Elizabeth Dutton, who married William Manley
• Alice Dutton
• Katherine Dutton, who married Roger Puleston.
• Anne Dutton, who married Hamlet Massey.
• Margaret Dutton
• Mary Dutton
• Margery Dutton, who married John Booth.