The Playters Baronetcy, of Sotterley

Sotterley

Sotterley, originally Southern-lea from its situation south of the river, is a parish in the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of Beccles and east of Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield. The parish is primarily agricultural with a dispersed population of 110...

 in the County of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 13 August 1623 for Thomas Playters and was the last baronetcy created by King James I. The second Baronet was Vice-Admiral of Suffolk between 1640 and 1649. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk

High Sheriff of Suffolk

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 in 1728. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1832.

The family seat was Sotterley Hall until its sale in 1744 at which point an estate was purchased at Yelverton

Yelverton, Norfolk

Yelverton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some south east of Norwich and closely associated with Alpington.The civil parish has an area of and had a population of 186 in 62 households in the 2001 census...

 in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

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Playters Baronets, of Sotterley (1623)

• Sir Thomas Playters, 1st Baronet (d. 1638)
• Sir William Playters, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Playters, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Playters, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.Playters was the son of Sir Thomas Playters, 1st Baronet of Sotterley and his wife Anne Swan, daughter of Sir William Swan....
  
  (1590-1668)
• Sir Lyonel Playters, 3rd Baronet (1605-1679)
• Sir John Playters, 4th Baronet (1636-1721)
• Sir John Playters, 5th Baronet (1680-1768)
• Sir John Playters, 6th Baronet (1742-1791)
• Sir Charles Playters, 7th Baronet (d. 1806)
• Sir William John Playters, 8th Baronet (d. 1832)