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RUDSTON, Robert (1514/15-90), of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.

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Family and Education

b. 1514 /15, 1st s. of Sir John Rudston of London by 2nd w. Ursula, da. of Sir Robert Dymoke of Scrivelsby, Lincs. m. by 1549, Anne, da. of Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1531.Aged 73 on making will, PCC 12 Drury, Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 27; PCC 7 Thower.

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Servant of the Wyatt family by 1539; j.p. Kent 1547,1558/59; commr. relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, Rochester bridge 1561, 1571.LP Hen. VIII, xiv; CPR, 1547–8, p. 85; 1553, pp. 355, 414; 1560–3, p. 438; 1569–72, pp. 225, 278; Arch. Cant. xvii. 216.

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RUDSTON, Robert (1514/15-90), of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.

Main residence: Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.

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R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

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RUDSTON, Robert (1514/15-90)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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RUDSTON, Thomas (by 1507-56), of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambs.

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b. by 1507, prob. s. of William Rudston of I. of Ely. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1521. m. (1) by 1528, Dorothy, prob. da. of Nicholas Hughson (?Hewson or Huston); (2) Anne, da. of William Mordaunt, wid. of Humphrey Torrell and of one Fowler; 2s. 4da.Date of birth estimated from education. Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 100; Feet of Fines, Cambs. ed. Palmer, 35; Req.2/8/261; PCC 21 Ketchyn; E. Hailstone, ‘Swaffham Bulbeck’ (printer’s proofs in Camb. Univ. Lib., Cam. bb. 892, 1), 41, 44-45.

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J.p. Cambs. 1530 – d., q. 1547, Cambridge 1537, Norfolk circuit 1540; commr. for tenths of spiritualities Cambridge and Cambs 1535, musters Cambs. 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1540 – d.; escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1536 – 37, 1542–3.LP Hen. VIII, iv, viii, xii, xv-xvii, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 8, pp. 75–76, 81; 1553, pp. 352, 414; 1553–4, p. 17; E371/350, r. 31.

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RUDSTON, Thomas (by 1507-56), of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambs.

Main residence: Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambs.

Author

D.F.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

RUDSTON, Thomas (by 1507-56)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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RUGGE, Robert (by 1503-59), of Norwich, Norf.

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b. by 1503, yr. s. of William Rugge of Northrepps, by Agnes. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Wood of Norwich, 5s. inc. Francis 3da.; (2) Alice (d.1566), da. of William Wayte of Tittleshall, wid. of William Hare of Beeston, ?s.p.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Blomefield, Norf. iv. 292; vii. 247; viii. 151-2; xi. 35; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc, xxxii), 229; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 72.

Offices Held

Common councilman, Norwich 1529 – 31, alderman 1533 – d., sheriff 1537 – 38, chamberlain’s council 1539 – 44, auditor 1551, mayor 1545 – 46, 1550–1.Norwich ass. procs. 2 passim.

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RUGGE, Robert (by 1503-59), of Norwich, Norf.

Main residence: Norwich, Norf.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

RUGGE, Robert (by 1503-59)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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RUSH, Thomas (by 1487-1537), of Sudbourne, Suff.

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b. by 1487. m. (1) by 1509, Anne, da. and h. of John Rivers of Ipswich, wid. of William Wimbill (d.1487) and Thomas Alvard (d.1504), both of Ipswich, 5s. 1da; (2) Christine, wid. of Thomas Baldry (d.1524/25) of Ipswich. Kntd. 1 June 1533.Date of birth estimated from first reference. N. Bacon, Annals Ipswich, 203n; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 3, 63.

Offices Held

Serjeant-at-arms 1508; commr. subsidy, Suff. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, loan 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535, survey of monasteries, Norf. and Suff. 1536; other commissions, E. Anglia 1525 – d.; customer, Ipswich, sole 1515 – 21, jt. (with Thomas Alvard) 1521–9 or later; j.p. Suff. 1524 – d.; knight of the body by 1533; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1533–4.CPR, 1494–1509, p. 605; LP Hen. VIII, ii-viii; Ipswich ct. bk. 8, pp. 41, 286.

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RUSH, Thomas (by 1487-1537), of Sudbourne, Suff.

Main residence: Sudbourne, Suff.

Author

J.P.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

RUSH, Thomas (by 1487-1537)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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RUSSELL, Francis (1527-85), of Amersham and Chenies, Bucks. and Russell (Bedford) House, the Strand, Mdx.

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Family and Education

b. 1527, o.s. of Sir John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, by Anne, da. of Sir Guy Sapcotes of Hunts. educ. King’s, Camb. m. (1) Margaret (d. 27 Aug. 1562), da. of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, Beds., wid. of William Gostwick (d. Dec. 1545), of Willington, Beds., 4s. inc. Sir Francis, John and William 3da.; (2) settlement 25 June 1566, Bridget (d. 12 Jan. 1601), da. of Sir John Hussey, Lord Hussey, wid. of Sir Richard Morison (d. 20 Mar. 1556) of London and Cassiobury, Herts. and of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (d. 17 Sept. 1563), s.p. Kntd. 20 Feb. 1547. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony as Baron Russell 1 Mar. 1553; KG nom. 23 Apr. 1564, inst. 15 May 1564. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Bedford 14 Mar. 1555.Date of birth estimated from parents’ marriage and from age (28) at fa.’s i.p.m. (C142/102/80) and (58) at own death. CP; DNB; H. P. R. Finberg, Gostwicks of Willington (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 72n, 76, 89 establishes that Margaret 2nd Countess of Bedford was the daughter-in-law, not the wife, of Sir John Gostwick* as given in CP.CPR" class="drupal_footnote" style="color:red;">

Offices Held

J.p. Bucks. 1547 – d., Beds., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Northants, Som. 1558/59; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1547 – 48; custos rot. Bucks. c. 1547 – d.; commr. relief Bucks. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, eccles. causes, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1558, 1559, 1563, 1571; ld. lt., Cornw., Devon, Dorset 1558 – d.; PC 21 Nov. 1558 – d.; ld. warden of the stannaries 1559 – 80; ambassador to France 1559, 1561; gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. and warden, east marches 1564 – 25 Aug. 1568; lt. gen., the north 1 Aug. 1565; high steward, duchy of Cornw. 13 Apr. 1572 – d.; c.j. in eyre, south of the Trent 1584 – d.; numerous minor offices. CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 419; 1550–3, pp. 141, 393; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1563–6, p. 259; 1566–9, p. 201; 1569–72, pp. 476–7; APC, iv. 49, 277; G. Scott Thomson, Lds. Lt. 39, 46, 48; information from J. C. Sainty; LJ, i. 514, 542, 580, 667; Arundel castle mss autograph letters 1513–85, no. 29.