'Dudley01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dudley of Leicester, Dudley of Northumberland, Dudley of Roxbury, Dudley of The Hough, Dudley of Warwick

                               
John Sutton, later Dudley of Atherington, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex (b 1427, d 05.08.1503)
Dates from Find a Grave, with thanks to a contributor (CV, 27.11.22) for drawing our attention to that.
m. Elizabeth Bramshot (dau of John Bramshot of Bramshot)
1. Edmund Dudley (d 18.08.1510, Councillor to King Henry VII, Speaker of House of Commons, etc)
  m1. Anne Windsor (dau of Thomas Windsor of Stanwell)
  A. Elizabeth Dudley
  m. William Stourton, 7th Lord (b c1505, d 16.09.1548)
  m2. Elizabeth Grey (dau of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount L'Isle)
  B. Sir John Dudley, Viscount L'Isle, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland (b 1502, d 22.08.1553, Admiral)
John was attainted and beheaded, with his honours forfeited, for his support of the crowning of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey.
  m. Jane Guildeford (b c1508, d 15.01.1554/5, dau of Sir Edward Guildeford or Guilford)
  i. Henry Dudley (dvpsp Boulogne)
  ii. John Dudley, 'Earl of Warwick' (dvpsp)
  iii. Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick (dsp 1589)
  m1. Anne Whorwood (dau/coheir of William Whorwood, Attorney General, by Cassandra, dau of Sir Edward Grey of Enville)
  m2. Elizabeth Talboys (dau of Gilbert Talboys)
  m3. (11.11.1565) Anne Russell (dsp 06.02.1603-4, dau of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford)
  iv. Guilford Dudley (d 12.02.1554-5)
m. Jane Grey, 'Lady Jane', 'Queen of England' (d 12.02.1554-5, dau of Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk)
  v. Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (b 24.06.1532/3, d 04.09.1588)
  m1. (04.06.1549) Amy Robsart (b c1532, dsp 08.09.1560, dau of Sir John Robsart of Siderstern)
  m(2). (1573) Douglas Howard (dau of William Howard, 1st Lord of Effingham)
  a. Sir Robert Dudley, 'Leicester', 'Duke of Northumberland' (b c1574, d 06.09.1649)
  Sir Robert was not accepted as a legitimate son of his father (because of doubts concerning his father's marriage to his mother which he repudiated) and so he did not inherit the earldom. He lived in Italy where he was accepted as Duke of Northumberland.
  m1. _ Cavendish (sister of Thomas Cavendish, navigator)
  m2. (c1596) Alice Leigh, Duchess of Dudley (d 22.01.1669-70, dau of Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Bart of Stoneleigh)
  (1) Alice Dudley (d unm)
  (2) Douglas Dudley
  BE1883 shows Douglas as having died unmarried but BLG1952 (Dansey) identifies her as the wife of ...
  m. William Dansey of Brinsop
  (3) Catherine Dudley
  m. Sir Richard Leveson
  (4) Frances Dudley
  m. Sir Gilbert Kniveton of Bradley
  (5) Anne Dudley
  m. Sir Robert Holbourne (Attorney General to King Charles I)
m3/p. (before 27.01.1606/7) Elizabeth Southwell (d 13.09.1631, dau of Sir Robert Southwell of Wood Rising)
  (6) Charles (Carlo) Dudley, 'Duke of Northumberland' (b 1614, d 25.10.1686)
  m. Marie Madeleine Gouffier (dau of Charles Antoine Gouffier, Sn de Braseux)
  (A) Roberto Dudley, 'Duke of Northumberland' (d 1706)
  (B) Antonio Dudley, 'Duke of Northumberland' (b 1653, d unm 1728)
  (7)+ other issue
  m3. (21.09.1578) Lettice Knollys (b 1539/40, d 25.12.1634, dau of Sir Francis Knollys)
  b. Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh (dvp infant 19.07.1584)
  vi. Henry Dudley (d St. Quentin) who apparently married ...
  m. Margaret Audley (d 09.01.1563-4, dau of Thomas Audley, Lord of Walden)
  vii. Charles Dudley (d young)
  viii. Mary Dudley
  m. Sir Henry Sydney of Penshurst (d 1586)
  ix. Catherine Dudley
  m. (25.05.1553) Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (dsp 14.12.1595)
  C. Sir Andrew Dudley (d 1553)
  D. Jerome Dudley
  partner unknown
E. Simon Dudley of Elmley Lovat (b 1505, d 1555)
  m. Marjory
  i. John Dudley of Hackney (b 1528, d 1593)
  m1. Elizabeth Leighton
  a. Roger Dudley (b 1552, d 1627, Captain)
  We have been advised by a contributor (DD, 25.08.04) that many sites show Roger's wife, mother of Governor Thomas, as Susanna Thorne. However, we follow BLG1952 which identifies her as ...
  m. Dorothy Purefoy (dau of William Purefoy of Caldicote)
  (1) Thomas Dudley of Roxbury, Governor of Massachusetts (b 1576, d 31.07.1653)
  m1. (25.04.1603) Dorothy Yorke (d 27.12.1643)
  (A) Anne Dudley (b c1612, d 16.09.1672, to America in 1630, poet)
  Anne was kindly brought to our attention by a contributor (SC, 20.03.06). Anne Bradstreet has been viewed as an inspiration to many women for the way that she made a mark at a time when it was not at all easy for women to do so. According to www.annebradstreet.com, hers was "the first book written by a woman to be published in the United States."
  m. (c1628) Simon Bradstreet
  m2. (14.04.1644) Catherine Deighton
  (B) Joseph Dudley of Roxbury, Governor of Massachusetts (b 23.09.1647, d 02.04.1720)
  m. (1668) Rebekah Tyng (d 21.09.1722, dau of Edward Tyng)
  (i) Joseph Dudley of Roxbury (b 03.09.1675, d 25.01.1751)
  m. (1703) Lucy Wainwright (dau of Col. John Wainwright of Ipswich)
  (a) Charles Dudley (in USA) had issue
  (b) Thomas Dudley of The Hough (b 1705, d 1768)
  m. Mary Levett (dau of Thomas Levett of Milford Hall)
((1)) Thomas Dudley of The Hough (b 1735, d 1817)
  m. Elizabeth Green (d 1802, dau of Edward Green of Johnson Hall)
  ((A)) Elizabeth Dudley
  m. Robert Brown (d 1824, of family of Coton Hall)
  (c) Mary Dudley (b c1708)
  m2. Mary Mosley
  m3. Agnes Mortimer
2. Elizabeth Dudley
  m. Thomas Ashburnham of Broomham

Main source(s): BE1883 (Dudley - various), TCP (Northumberland), BLG1952 (Dudley of Stradishall Manor)
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