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DUDLEY, alias SUTTON, John (1569-1645), of Compton Hallows, Staffs.

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bap. 30 Nov. 1569, 2nd s. of Edward, 4th Lord Dudley alias Sutton by his 2nd w., and bro. of alias Sutton" class="crossvolume">Edward Dudley alias Sutton. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 1580. m. by 1591, Elizabeth, o. da. of Thomas Whorwood of Compton Hallows, 1s. d.v.p. 3da.
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Main residence: Compton Hallows, Staffs.
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This biography is drawn in the main from H. S. Grazebrook, ‘Barons of Dudley’ (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. ix. pt. 2). See also STAFFORDSHIRE.

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DUDLEY, alias SUTTON, Edward (1567-1643), of Dudley Castle, Staffs.

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bap. 17 Sept. 1567, 1st s. of Edward, 4th Lord Dudley alias Sutton by his 2nd w. Jane, da. of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby; bro. of alias Sutton" class="involume">John Dudley alias Sutton. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 1580. m. 12 June 1581, he aged 14, Theodosia, da. of Sir James Harington of Exton, Rutland, 1s. 4da. 11 ch. illegit. suc. fa. as 5th Lord Dudley 1586.CP ; H. S. Grazebrook, ‘Barons of Dudley’ (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. ix. pt. 2), 110-12; PCC 38 Windsor; C142/234/74; Shaw, Staffs. i. Gen. Hist. 86.
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J.p. Staffs. by 1585; high steward, Norwich cathedral 1631–5.Staffs. Q. Sess. Rolls (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 105.

Main residence: Dudley Castle, Staffs.
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DUDLEY, Thomas (d.1593), of London.

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Yr. s. of Thomas Dudley of Yanwath, Cumb. by Grace, da. and coh. of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld and Yanwath; bro. of John I.Vis. Cumb. (Harl. Soc. vii), 36. ?; ?unm.
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Servant of Sir Robert Dudley by 1563; freeman, Warwick by 1572.

Main residence: London.
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DUDLEY, Sir Robert (1532/3-88), of Kenilworth, Warws.

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b. 24 June 1532 or 1533, 5th s. of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and 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; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI (Roxburghe Club), ii. 275; G. Adlard, Amye Robsart, 16.
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Jt. (with Sir John Robsart) steward and constable, Castle Rising 13 Dec. 1550; 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; PC 23 Apr. 1559; lt. Windsor castle 24 Nov. 1559, constable 1561/2; j.p. Herefs., Warws., Worcs. 1561 and later of other counties; high recorder, Maldon 1565; custos rot. Denb. and Warws. c. 1573, Caern. and Merion. c. 1579, Anglesey and Flints. c. 1584; high steward, Camb. Univ. from 1563; chancellor, Oxf. Univ. from 31 Dec. 1564; chamberlain, Chester 1565; high steward, New Windsor 1563, Abingdon 1566, Reading by 1566, Wallingford 1569, Bristol 1570, King’s Lynn 1572, Great Yarmouth 1572, Norwich cathedral 1574, Andover 1574, St. Albans by 1584; lt. of garter 1572, 1584; ld. steward of Household 1584 – 88; c.j. in eyre, south of Trent 1585; gen. of English forces in Low Countries Nov. 1585; gov. United Provinces Feb. 1586 – Nov. 1587; commr. trial Mary Queen of Scots 1586; lt. and capt. gen. at Tilbury July 1588.Stowe 571, f. 52; PRO, Baskerville cal. Dudley pprs. bk. 4 I 224; CPR, 1549–51, p. 402; 1550–3, pp. 270; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, p. 49; 1558–60, p. 324.

Main residence: Kenilworth, Warws.
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Where no specific source is given the reader is referred to the relevant constituency account. Use has been made of an account of Leicester’s patronage drafted by Sir John Neale.

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DUDLEY, John II (c.1573-c.1622), of Yanwath, Cumb.

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b. c. 1573, 3rd s. of Edmund Dudley of Yanwath by Catherine, da. and coh. of Cuthbert Hutton of Hutton John. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1587; G. Inn 1594, called 1601. m. Frances, illegit. da. and h. of Christopher Pickering of Threlkeld, s.p.
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Reader, Staple Inn 1611; ancient, G. Inn 1617.

Main residence: Yanwath, Cumb.
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DUDLEY, John I (d.1580), of Stoke Newington, Mdx.

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2nd s. of Thomas Dudley of Yanwath, Cumb. by Grace, da. and coh. of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld, Cumb. and Yanwath; bro. of Thomas. m. aft. 1558, Elizabeth, da. of William Gardiner of Grove Place, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks., 1da.Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 147; PCC 15 Darcy; Wards 7/20/165.
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Servant of John, Duke of Northumberland and Robert, Earl of Leicester; jt. (with Charles Foxe) clerk of the signet to council in the marches of Wales 1565; one of original governing body of the mines royal 1568; gov. Highgate sch. at d. CPR, 1563–6, p. 319; 1566–9, p. 211; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 210–11; Sidney State Pprs. i. 293; PCC 15 Darcy.

Main residence: Stoke Newington, Mdx.
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