Editing Homerton (section)

===Tudor wealth===
[[File:Sutton house hackney 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sutton House, London|Sutton House]], the oldest house in Hackney. (September 2005)]]
Homerton became a desirable suburb of London in the [[Tudor period]], with many estates and grand houses being formed from the former Templar lands ([[Knights Templar]] of St. John of Jerusalem). The village was divided between Upper and Lower Homerton, with the later extending towards the marshes and the house at [[Hackney Wick]]. Upper Homerton was divided from the village of Hackney by the width of the rectory manor's Church Field, and a path led to the churchyard. In 1538, this estate, including other fields lying along the brook, passed to the Tudor diplomat [[Sir Ralph Sadler]]. Around 1560 part of this estate came into the ownership of [[Thomas Sutton]], a resident of the Tan House (adjacent to [[Sutton House, London|Sutton House]]). This land formed part of his endowment of the [[London Charterhouse|Hospital of King James in Charterhouse]], who continued to own the property until the 20th century, building [[Sutton Place, Hackney|Sutton Place]] between 1790 and 1806.<ref name=Brit/>