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DUDLEY, Sir Andrew (c.1507-59), of Westminster, Mdx.

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b. c. 1507, 2nd s. of Edmund Dudley of Atherington, Suss. and London by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Lisle, da. of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle; bro. of Sir John. unm. Kntd. 18 Sept. 1547; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 16 Dec. 1552 (degraded Nov. 1553).Date of birth estimated from elder and younger brothers’. DNB (Dudley, Edmund).
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Officer of Exchequer by 1540; equerry of stable by 1544; capt. Swallow 1545, Broughty Crag 1547 – 48, Guisnes 1551 – 52; one of four principal gentlemen of privy chamber and keeper of palace of Westminster Oct. 1549–53; jt. keeper of royal household at Westminster Nov. 1549–53; jt. (with Arthur Stourton) keeper of jewels and robes at Westminster 5 Jan. 1551–3; ambassador to Emperor 1553; commr. relief, Mdx., Westminster 1550.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xxi; APC, ii. 44, 147, 345; iii. 318; iv. 196, 310; CPR, 1548–9, pp. 245, 368; 1549–51, p. 299; 1550–3, p. 259; 1553, pp. 356, 361; Lit.Rems.Edw. VI, 220, 461.

Main residence: Westminster, Mdx.
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DUDLEY, Sir Andrew (c.1507-59)

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DUDESTON (DODSON, DUTSON), Henry (by 1525-80), of Hereford.

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b. by 1525. m. Margaret.Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 23 Arundell.
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Mayor, Hereford 1562–3.R. Johnson, Anct. Customs, Hereford, 233.

Main residence: Hereford.
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DUDESTON (DODSON, DUTSON), Henry (by 1525-80)

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DRURY, Sir William (by 1499-1558), of Hawstead, Suff.

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b. by 1499, 1st s. of Sir Robert Drury I by 1st w., and bro. of Sir Robert II. educ. ?Eton; ?King’s, Camb. 1511; L. Inn, adm. 12 Feb. 1517; m. (1) by 7 Feb. 1516, Joan, da. of William St. Maur; (2) Aug. 1518/Feb. 1521, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Sothill of Stockerston Leics., 4s. inc. Robert II 9da. Kntd. suc. fa. 2 Mar. 1535.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/57/24. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 219; A. Campling, Fam. Drury, 43-49, 100; PCC 32 Hogen; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 290; LP Hen. VIII, ii, iii, vi; Add. 19127, ff. 179, 231.
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J.p. Suff. 1529 – d., q. 1554; ?esquire extraordinary of the body by 1533; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1536 – 37, 1544 – 45; commr. benevolence, Suff. 1544/45, relief 1550; other commissions 1534 – d.; PC by 1 Nov. 1553.LP Hen. VIII, ii, iv-viii, xi, xiii, xvi-xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1553, p. 358; 1553–4, pp. 24, 27, 29, 243; E371/300 m. 48.

Main residence: Hawstead, Suff.
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DRURY, Sir William (by 1499-1558)

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DRURY, William (1527-79).

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b. 2 Oct. 1527, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Drury II, and bro. of Dru and Robert I. educ. Gonville, Camb. m. 10 Oct. 1560, Margaret, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, wid. of Sir John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame, Oxon., 3da. Kntd. 11 May 1570.Date of birth given in DNB. Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 92; A. Campling, Fam. Drury, 73-78; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 244.
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J.p. Cumb. 1569, Yorks. 1569 – 71; marshal and dep. gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. Feb. 1564–76; pres. Munster 1576 – 78; ld. justice, Ireland 26 Apr. 1578–d.CPR, 1569–72, pp. 223, 224, 283.

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DRURY, William (1527-79)

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DRURY, Sir Robert II (by 1503-77), of Hedgerley and Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks.

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b. by 1503, 2nd s. of Sir Robert Drury I by 1st w., and bro. of Sir William. educ. L. Inn, adm. 12 Feb. 1522. m. by 1524, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Brudenell of Chalfont St. Peter, 5s. inc. Dru, Robert I and William 4da. Kntd. by Aug. 1548.Date of birth estimated from marriage. A. Campling, Fam. Drury, 73, 100; Harl. 1533, f. 90; CPR, 1548-9, p. 62; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 91.
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J.p. Bucks. 1534 – 43, 1554, q. 1558/59; commr. tenths of spiritualities 1535, benevolence 1544/45, chantries Beds., Bucks. 1548, relief, Bucks. 1550, food prices 1551, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 1544 – 45; sheriff 1546 – 47, 1555 – 56, 1561–2.E371/300, r. 42; LP Hen. VIII, xi, xiii-xv, xvii, xx-xxi; CPR, 1548–9, p. 137; 1550–3, pp. 141, 393; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1553–4, pp. 17, 28–29; 1560–3, p. 434; 1563–6, p. 20.

Main residences: Hedgerley; Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks.
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DRURY, Sir Robert II (by 1503-77)

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