DUDLEY

Notes: descended from a baronial family, he was trained in the law and rose rapidly in the favour of Henry VII. He was a royal councillor from early in the reign and in 1506 was appointed President of the Council, an unusual post giving him, it seems, a dignity at council meetings equal to that usually held by the Lord Chancellor. That he was high in the esteem of Henry VII is shown by bis appointment in 1504 as Speaker of the House of Commons, a post at that time within the gift of the Crown.

Father: John SUTTON of Atherington (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth BRAMSHOT

Married 1: Anne WINDSOR

Children:

1. Elizabeth DUDLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

Married 2: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle) AFT 1500

Children:

2. John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

3. Andrew DUDLEY (Sir Knight)

4. Jerome DUDLEY

5. Simon DUDLEY

Elizabeth DUDLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

Born: 1488

Died: 1560

Father: Edmund DUDLEY (Chancellor of Exchequer)

Mother: Anne WINDSOR

Married 1: William STOURTON (7º B. Stourton of Stourton)ABT 1516, Stourton, Wiltshire, England

Children:

1. Francis STOURTON

2. Ursula STOURTON (B. Clinton of Marstoke)

3. Dorothy STOURTON

4. Charles STOURTON (8º B. Stourton of Stourton)

5. Andrew STOURTON (b. ABT 1523)

6. Arthur STOURTON (M. P.)

7. William STOURTON

8. George STOURTON (b. ABT 1527)

9. Giles STOURTON (b. ABT 1529)

10. John STOURTON (b. ABT 1531)

11. Francis STOURTON

Married 2: Peter STOURTON Stourton, Wiltshire, England

Simon DUDLEY

Born: 1505, London, Londonshire, England

Died: 1555, Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire, England

Father: Edmund DUDLEY (Chancellor of Exchequer)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

Married: Emme SAUNDERS BEF 1533

Children:

1. Edward DUDLEY

Edward DUDLEY

Born: ABT 1516, London, London, England

Died: 1542, London, London, England

Father: Simon DUDLEY

Mother: Emme SAUNDERS

Andrew DUDLEY (Sir Knight)

Died: AFT 1554

Notes: Knight of the Garter. His brother tried to marry him to Margaret Clifford, dau. of Henry Clifford, 2º Earl of Cumberland and Eleanor Brandon. He was an envoy to France seeking for support for the cause of Lady Jane Grey.

Father: Edmund DUDLEY (Chancellor of Exchequer)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Born: 1502, Northumberland, England

Acceded: 11 Oct 1551

Died: 22/23 Aug 1553, Tower of London, Tower Hill, London, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Edmund DUDLEY (Chancellor of Exchequer)

Mother: Elizabeth GREY (6° B. Lisle)

Married: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland) ABT 1520

Children:

1. Henry DUDLEY (Sir)

2. Thomas DUDLEY (b. 1526 - d. 1528)

3. John DUDLEY (2° E. Warwick)

4. Ambrose DUDLEY (3° E. Warwick)

5. Henry DUDLEY

6. Robert DUDLEY (1° E. Leicester)

7.Guildford DUDLEY

8. Jane DUDLEY

9.Mary DUDLEY

10. Catherine DUDLEY (C. Huntingdon)

11. Charles DUDLEY (b. 1537 - d. 1542)

12. Temperance DUDLEY (d. 1552)

Henry DUDLEY (Sir)

Born: ABT 1526

Acceded: 30 Sep 1544

Died: 1544/5, Bolougne, France

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Winifred RICH (B. North of Kirtling)

John DUDLEY (2° E. Warwick)

Born: BEF 1528

Acceded: Jan 1553

Died: 18/21 Oct 1554, Penhurst, Kent, England

Notes: Viscount Lisle. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,pp.398-400. Married to Anne Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in a great ceremony attended by Edward VI, and on the following day Robert, his brother, who was about 17 on the occasion of his wedding to Amy Robsart in 1550, was contracted, an event which was also attended by the Prince Edward, by whose invitation the ceremony was performed at his Palace at Sheen. He was shut up in the Tower of London with his mother, following Northumberland's fall from power. Condemned to death for having signed the letters patent making his sister-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, heir apparent. His release along with his surviving brothers was chiefly secured upon the tireless pleadings of their mother. She rode into Essex as soon as she was released to meet Queen Mary and plead for the lives of her imprisoned family, but was turned away on Mary's orders. Wyatt's rebellion sealed the fate of Guilford Dudley, but three of his brothers, Ambrose, Robert and Henry, were released in Oct 1554 and John himself soon afterwards. John, the eldest, having been much reduced in health, died only three days later at his brother in law, Henry Sidney’s castle of Penshurst in Kent.

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Anne SEYMOUR (C. Warwick) 3 Jun 1550, Shene, Surrey

Ambrose DUDLEY (3° E. Warwick)

Born: ABT 1528/9

Acceded: 26 Dec 1561

Died: 21 Feb 1589, Bedford House, Strand, London

Buried: 9 Apr 1590, Lady Chapel, Warwick Collegiate Church

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married 1: Anne WHORWOOD(d. 26 May 1552, Otford, Kent) (dau. of William Whoorwhood, Attorney General and Cassandra Grey) BEF 4 Mar 1545

Children:

1. John DUDLEY (b. ABT 1550 - d. 26 May 1552)

Married 2: Elizabeth TALBOYS (B. Talboys of Kyme) BEF 10 Sep 1553

Married 3: Anne RUSSELL (C. Warwick) 11 Nov 1565, Queen's Chapel, Whitehall, London, England

Jane DUDLEY

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Henry SEYMOUR

Henry DUDLEY

Born: ABT 1535

Died:27 Aug 1557, Battle of Saint Quentin

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Margaret AUDLEY (D. Norfolk)

Robert DUDLEY (1° E. Leicester)

Born: ABT 24 Jun 1532/3

Acceded: 1564

Died: 4 Sep 1588, Cornbury

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married 1: Amy ROBSART (See her Biography)

Married 2: Douglas HOWARD (B. Sheffield of Butterwick) 1573

Children:

2. Robert DUDLEY (E. Warwick)

Married 3: Lettice KNOLLYS (C. Essex/C. Leicester)21 Sep 1577/8, Wanstead, Essex, secretly and bigamously

Children:

2. Robert DUDLEY (B. Denbigh) (b. 1579 - d. 1584)

Robert DUDLEY (E. Warwick)

Born: 7 Aug 1573/4, Sheen House, Surrey, England

Died: 6 Sep 1649, Florence, Italy

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Robert DUDLEY (1° E. Leicester)

Mother: Douglas HOWARD (B. Sheffield of Butterwick)

Associated with: Frances VAVASOUR contract early 1591

Married 1: Alice LEIGH (dau. of Sir Thomas Leigh and Catherine Spencer) 1596, Kenilworth

Children:

1. Alice DUDLEY

2. Catherine DUDLEY

Associated with: Elizabeth SOUTHWELL

Children:

3. Henry DUDLEY

4. Anna DUDLEY (d. 1629)

5. Mary DUDLEY

6. Carlo DUDLEY (D. Northumberland)(b. 1614, Forence, Italy - d. 26 Oct 1686)

7. Ambrose DUDLEY

8. Fernando DUDLEY

9. Teresa DUDLEY

10. Cosmo DUDLEY

11. Anthony Enrico DUDLEY (b. 12 Sep 1631, Florence, Italy)

Married 2: Anne CAVENDISH

Alice DUDLEY

Born: 1597

Died: 21 May 1621, St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Robert DUDLEY (E. Warwick)

Mother: Alice LEIGH

Married: Ferdinando SUTTON (Sir)

Catherine DUDLEY

Born: 1598, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Died: Feb 1673, Trentham, Kent, England

Father: Robert DUDLEY (E. Warwick)

Mother: Alice LEIGH

Married: Richard LEVENSON (son of John Levenson and Christian Mildmay) ABT 1609, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Guildford DUDLEY

Born: ABT 1534/6

Died: 12 Feb 1554, Tower of London, Tower Green, London, England

Buried: Chapel Royal of St.Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, Tower Green, London, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Jane GREY (Queen of England)21/5 May 1553, Durham House, London, England

Mary DUDLEY

Born: ABT 1532

Died: 9 Aug 1586

Notes: educated with her brothers, having among her tutors Roger Ascham and John Dee. She wrote poetry as a young woman. On 29 Mar 1551, she was married to Sir Henry Sidney. WhenEdward VIdied Thur 6th Jul 1553, Greenwich Palace, London, age 15, is said to have died in the arms of his friendSir Henry(age 23). Sir Henry witnessed his will. Lady Mary Dudley brought the news of Edward VI's death to her sister-in-lawLady Jane Greyon Sun 9th Jul, and took her with her to Syon House, she was proclaimed Queen the following day. Sir Henry took little part in it, being still in mourning for his friend Edward VI. He deserted their cause early (though he sheltered the Dudleys at Penshurst after their fall). Mary remained with Queen Jane throughout her brief reign. After the failure of the coup, Mary was allowed to return to her husband, who was pardoned for his role in the attempt on July 21. Sir Henry’s father obtained for them the confiscated Dudley property of Penshurst and there the couple made their home. Under Elizabeth I, Mary Sidney was at court as one of her ladies and nursed the Queen through her bout of smallpox in Oct 1562. Mary subsequently caught the disease herself and was left horribly scarred by it. Thereafter, it is said, she always wore a mask in public. When her husband was Lord Deputy of Ireland, Mary was with him briefly, but soon returned to England. She had rooms at court but spent most of her time at her house near Paul’s Wharf in London or at Ludlow Castle. Two portraits identified as Mary Dudley Sidney exist, one by Hans Eworth at Wilton House and the other by Willaim Scots at Petworth. Biography: Oxford DNB entry under "Sidney [née Dudley], Mary."

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Henry SIDNEY (Sir Knight)29 Mar 1551, Penhurst, Kent, England

Children:

1.Phillip SIDNEY (Sir Knight)

2. Ambrosia SIDNEY (b. 1564 - d. 1574?)

3. Margaret SIDNEY (b. 1556 - d. 1558)

4. Mary SIDNEY (C. Pembroke)

5. Robert SIDNEY (1° E. Leicester)

6. Thomas SIDNEY

7. Elizabeth SIDNEY (b. 1560 - d. 1567)

Catherine DUDLEY (C. Huntingdon)

Born: ABT Nov 1545

Died: 4 Aug 1620

Notes:Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives her birthdate as 1538, there is a record of a christening on 30 Nov 1545 that several authorities believe was Catherine's. The godparents were Francis van der Delft, Imperial Ambassador to England, Princess Mary, and Catherine Willoughby, duchess of Suffolk, who hosted a reception at Suffolk Place, Southwark. Assuming this birthdate to be correct, Catherine was seven when she was married to eighteen-year-old Henry Hastings on May 1553 at Durham House in the Strand. Three months later, her father was arrested and executed for treason. It would have been easy for her father-in-law,Francis Hastings, 2º E. Huntingdon, to have her marriage annulled. Instead he took her to Ashby-de-la-Zouche to be raised with his own family. She first came to court in 1562 or 1563 and because her brother,Robert Dudley, was Queen Elizabeth’s favorite, she was made a lady of the privy chamber. In 1564, however, when a book on the succession urged acceptance of her husband’s claim to the throne, Catherine was given “a privy nippe” by the Queen. His assurance that the book was “foolishly written” did not mend the rift and for a time Catherine left the court. In 1576 she and her husband became legal guardians of the Earl of Essex’s children. She was already fostering and training several young gentlewomen but had no children of her own. After her husband’s death, she returned to court and was considered one of the Queen’s closest friends during the last years of her reign. (Biography: Oxford DNB entry under "Hastings [née Dudley], Katherine.")

Father: John DUDLEY (1° D. Northumberland)

Mother: Jane GUILDFORD (D. Northumberland)

Married: Henry HASTINGS (3° E. Huntingdon) 21/5 May 1553, England

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