'Rudge1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rudge of Evesham, Rugge of Seysdon, Rudge (Rugge) of Trysull

                               
John de Rugge of Seysdon, Staffordshire (a 1324)
1. Richard de Rugge (a 1335, 1384)
  A. Roger de Rugge (a 1415)
  m. Joan Wilkins (dau of William Wilkins of Bridgenorth)
  i. Thomas de Rugge of Seysdon (a 1448, 1463)
  m. Anne Shenton (dau of Thomas Shenton)
  a. John Rugge (a 1485)
  (1) John Rugge 'of Trysull, Worcestershire' (bur 09.01.1587)
  John is the first mentioned by Visitation (Dugdale (King 1992), Staffordshire, 1664-68, 'Rudge') which then partly supports the line of his son William.
  m. Joyce
  (A) Richard Rugge (dsp)
  m. _ Wollaston of Trecot Grange
  (B) William Rugge of Seysdon 'of Trysull' (d 1604)
  m1. _ Moseley of Whittingdon
m2. Frances Barnsley (dau of Thomas Barnsley of Seysdon)
  Not clear which wife was mother of ...
  (i) Thomas Rugge (dsp)
(ii) William Rugge of Seysdon (bpt 09.01.1592, d 1672)
  m. Katharine Mompas (dau/heir of Thomas Mompas by Anne, dau of Thomas Barnsley)
  (a) Ambrose Rugge or Rudge 'of Trenall' (bpt 03.02.1616, d 1685)
  m. Winifred Powys (dau of Thomas Powys, sister of Thomas (father of Sir Littleton & Sir Thomas))
  ((1)) William Rugge of Trysull (bpt 01.02.1647, a 1698, of Lincoln's (or Clement's) Inn) had issue
  Commoners reports that William's issue "lived at Trysull until 1753".
  ((2))+ 7 others
  (iii) Joan Rugge
  m. Thomas Codsall of Staffordshire
  (C) Thomas Rugge or Rudge of Evesham, Worcestershire - continued below
  m. (23.01.1588) Alice Haye of Evesham
  (D) John Rugge or Rudge (bur 02.1648)
  (i) John Rugge or Rudge
2. William de Rugge (a 1335)
3. Alice de Rugge
  m. William de Gatacre

 

 

Thomas Rugge or Rudge of Evesham, Worcestershire - continued above the first mentioned by BLG1886
m. (23.01.1588) Alice Haye of Evesham
1. Edward Rudge, Sheriff of London (d 1640)
m1. Mary Sharp (dau/coheir of John Sharp of Lawrence Waltham)
  A. Edward Rudge of Great Wartley (Essex) & Blazies (Berkshire) (d 1701)
  m. (1647) Jane Luther (dau of Anthony Luther of Kelvedon)
  i. Bridget Rudge
  m. John Griffith (vicar of White Waltham)
  ii. Thomasine Rudge
  m. James Filmer
  iii.+ other issue - Anthony (b 29.09.1652, had issue), Edward (b 30.03.1656), Luther (b 05.07.1662), Jane (b 1650, d 13.06.1730), Mary (b 08.06.1651, bur 1652), Anne (b 12.08.1657), Rebecca (b 15.12.1658, bur 1680), Elizabeth (b 09.03.1660, bur 1682)
  B. William Rudge of London (dsp before 07.04.1662)
  C. Hester Rudge
  m. William Hitchcock
  D. Rebecca Rudge
m. Richard Luther of Myles's
  m2. Bridget Sadler (dau of John Sadler of Wiltshire)
2. William Rudge of Evesham (bur 17.05.1635)
  m. Anne
  A. William Rudge of Evesham (d 11.1705)
  m. (17.11.1670) Isabel Jones (dau of Thomas Jones of Evesham)
i.+ issue (sons all dspms by 1727?)
  B. Edward Rudge of London, later of Evesham Abbey (bpt 22.05.1630, d 1696, MP, 3rd son)
  m. Susanna Dethick (b c1639, bur 30.12.1715, dau of Sir John Dethick of London by Martha, dau of Edmund Travers of London)
  i. John Rudge of Farmborough, Warwickshire (b 15.10.1669, d 22.05.1740, Deputy Governor of the South Sea Company, MP, 2nd son)
  m. (1698) Susanna Letten (dau/heir of John Letten of London)
  a. Edward Rudge (b 22.10.1703, dsp 06.06.1763, MP for Evesham)
  m. (08.04.1729) Elizabeth Howard (dau/coheir of Matthew Howard of Hackney)
  b. Susanna Rudge
m. (27.04.1721) Sir William Stanhope (son of Philip, Earl of Chesterfield)
  Commoners suggests that Susanna had a sister Elizabeth who m. (18.11.1747) Welbore Ellis, Lord Mendip. However, that Elizabeth was Susanna's daughter, not sister.
  ii. Benjamin Rudge (b 16.01.1680, d 21.04.1741, rector of Thornhaugh, youngest son)
  m1. (sp) _ Carter (d 1712, dau of Goddard Carter of Alvescot)
  m2. (22.04.1714) Elizabeth Reynardson (d 1757, dau of Jacob Reynardson of Bristol by Frances, dau of Francis Farnaby of Kippington)
  a. Edward Rudge of Salisbury & Bath (b 11.04.1717, d 28.05.1790)
m. (10.07.1759) Elizabeth Long (d 16.04.1820, dau of Walter Long of Preshaw)
  (1) Edward Rudge of Evesham, Sheriff of Worcestershire (b 27.06.1763, d 03.09.1846)
  m1. (27.07.1791) Anne Nouaille (d 01.09.1836, dau of Peter Nouaille of Sevenoaks)
  (A) Edward John Rudge 'of Abbey Manor' of Evesham (b 30.05.1792, d 29.01.1861) had issue
  m. (29.08.1825) Felizarda Van Notten-Pole (dau of Charles Van Notten-Pole of Wyckhill House)
  (B) Samuel Nouaille Rudge of Threckingham, Lincolnshire (b 21.05.1801, d 24.08.1865) had issue
  m. (03.02.1842) Mary Magdalen Colton (d 25.06.1870, dau of Rev. William Collins Colton of Cheltenham)
  (C) Anne Eliza Rudge (d 29.09.1879)
  m. (22.09.1824) Charles Richard Pole of Wickhill House (d 10.08.1879)
  m2. (13.05.1841, sp) Margaret (widow of Daniel Bazalgette of Hampton)
  (2)+ other issue - Benjamin of Bath (b 19.10.1768, dsp 29.03.1834, cleric), Elizabeth
  b. John Rudge of Ellstree, Middlesex (b 13.04.1724, dsp 14.03.1801)
  m. (16.10.1777) Anne Reeve (dau of Thomas Reeve of London by Mary, sister/heir of Thomas Gilbert)
  c. Benjamin Rudge (b 08.11.1725, d 30.06.1807, rector of Whitfield, Oxfordshire)
  m. (19.04.1759) Sarah Church (dau of Rev. _ Church of Pirton)
  (1) Edward Rudge (b 06.10.1761, d 09.03.1835)
  m. (02.07.1795) Sarah Stopes (dau of Rev. James Stopes)
  (A) Benjamin Samuel Rudge (b 01.09.1797)
  (B) Edward Rudge (b 30.11.1801) had issue
  m. _ Long
  (C) Anne Mary Rudge
  m. _ Haywood
  (2)+ other issue - Elizabeth, Eleanor, Frances
  d.+ other issue (dsp) - Samuel (b 31.10.1727, d 24.01.1817, Sheriff of Northamptonshire), Thomas (b 15.03.1729, d 1754), others (d infant)
  iii. Susanna Rudge (b 06.1667)
  m. (01.05.1688) John Lacy of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex
  a. Susanna Lacy
m. Rev. _ Stephenson
  b. Lucy Lacy
  m. John Biscoe of Hatton Garden
  c. Elizabeth Lacy
  m1. Robert Goodchild
  m2. Thomas Lloyd (of Lincoln's Inn)
  d.+ other issue - John (dsp), Arthur (had issue, 1 daughter)
  iv. Elizabeth Rudge (b 25.05.1675)
  m. (06.12.1694) Sir Robert Eyre (Chief Justice)
  v. Mary Rudge (b 19.09.1618)
  m. (25.02.1703) James Wightwick of Lawrence Waltham
  vi.+ other issue - Edward (b 22.09.1668, d 17.05.1673), Edward of London (dsp 1722), Anne (b 06.07.1676, d unm 16.12.1757)
  C.+ other issue - John of London (b 07.10.1627, d 24.08.1662), Alice, Mary

Main source(s): Commoners (vol 4, 'Rudge of Evesham', p197+) with support for the lower section from BLG1886 (Rudge of Evesham)
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