He was the son of Sir John de Sutton IV, 3rd Baron Sutton, and Joan (d1408). John married Constance Blount (d11 October 1432), daughter of Sir Walter le Blount of Barton who was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in c.1402, whose death was immortalized by Shakespeare.
John V is a descendant of the first Lord Dudley, Sir John de Sutton II (c1310–1359) the first to be summoned to the Parliament of England as Baron Sutton in 1342. In 1401, during the second year of King Henry IV of England"s reign, John V did homage for the lands, including Castle Dudley. Widowed, Constance was eventually sued by Robert Erghom for her dower in the King"s chancery by which she defaulted several times on the King"s grant of Dudley manor.
John V was succeeded by John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley.
By Constance, his other children included Thomas Sutton of Dudley, and Elizabeth Sutton of Dudley. He is also said to have had a child, Humphrey Dudley.
