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Family and Education

b. 24 June 1532 or 1533, 5th s. of Sir John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and later Duke of Northumberland, by Jane, da. and h. of Sir Edward Guildford of Halden and Hemsted, Kent. m. (1) 4 June 1550, Amy (d.1560), da. and h. of Sir John Robsart of Siderstern, Norf., s.p.; ?(2) 1571 or 1573, Douglas, da. of William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, wid. of John, 2nd Baron Sheffield, 1s.; (2 or 3) 21 Sept. 1578, Lettice, da. of (Sir) Francis Knollys of Rotherfield Greys, Oxon., wid. of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, 1s. d.v.p. Kntd. bef. June 1550; KG nom. 24 Apr. inst. 3 June 1559; cr. Baron of Denbigh 28 Sept. and Earl of Leicester 29 Sept. 1564.CP giving date of birth; DNB; G. Adlard, Amye Robsart, 16; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, 275.

Offices Held

Jt. (with Sir John Robsart) steward and constable, Castle Rising 13 Dec. 1550; commr. relief, Norf. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; gent. privy chamber Aug. 1551; chief carver Sept. 1551; master of the buckhounds 11 Nov. 1552, of the horse Jan. 1559 – Dec. 1587; jt. ld. lt. Norf. 1552, 1553, ld. lt. Warws. 1559, Berks. ?1560, Worcs. 1569 – 70, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1585, Oxon., Leics., Rutland 1587 – d.; PC 23 Apr. 1559; j.p. Herefs., Warws., Worcs. 1561 and later of other counties, custos rot. Denb. and Warws. c.1573, Caern. and Merion. c. 1579, Anglesey and Flints. c. 1584, constable, Windsor castle 1562 – d.; high steward, Camb. Univ. 1563 – d.; chancellor, Oxf. Univ. 31 Dec. 1564 – d.; chamberlain, Chester 2 July 1565 – d.; steward, Bristol to Apr. 1570 – d., Lynn and Yarmouth 1572 – d., Norwich cathedral 1574 – d.; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1571, 1572, 1584; ld. steward of Household 1584 – 88; c.j. in eyre, south of Trent Nov. 1585 – d.; gov. United Provinces Feb. 1586.CPR, 1549–51, p. 402; 1550–3, pp. 270, 395; 1553, pp. 49, 357, 415; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, 338; APC, iv. 50, 278; SP12/93, 145; E163/14/8 ex inf. J. C. Sainty; Bristol AO, 04721, f. 299; LJ, i. 667, 703; ii. 63.

Parlimentarian

DUDLEY, Sir Robert (1532/33-88).

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R.V.

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Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DUDLEY, Sir Robert (1532/33-88)

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Oxford 1644

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