Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE SUTTON, John I. John (son of DE SUTTON, Richard and PATRICK, Isabella) was born in 1286 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; died in Dec 1321. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Baron Sutton of Dudley

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Sutton of Dudley

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DE STAFFORD, Katherine. Katherine (daughter of DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph and DE AUDLEY, Margaret) was born about 1340; died in Dec 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: JOAN. died in Apr 1408. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: heir to Dudley Castle

Family/Spouse: BLOUNT, Constance. Constance (daughter of BLOUNT, Sir Walter and DE AYALA, Sancha) died in 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: English nobleman. A diplomat and councillor of Henry VI, he fought in several battles during the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, and acted as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1428–1430
• Royalty & Nobility: 1st Baron of Dudley
• Name: Baron of Dudley
• Title: Constable of Clun Castle
• Title: Constable of the Tower
• Title: Constable of Wigmore Castle
• Title: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Title: Steward of the Lordship of Montgomery
• Title: summoned to Parliament; became Lord Dudley
• Public Service: 7 Nov 1422; As Lord Stewart, Sutton brought home the body of Henry V and was Chief mourner and Standard Bearer at funeral
• Misc: 1451; On return from Ireland captured by Richard, Duke of York, at Gloucester and sent to prison at Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire
• Wars: 22 May 1455; Battle of St Albans: Found amongst the Lancastrian army at the first Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455 were John Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire and his son Edmund Sutton of Dudley, Worcestershire. Lord Dudley was taken prisoner along with King Henry VI
• Wars: 23 Sep 1459; Battle of Blore Heath: Present with his son Edmund Sutton. Wounded and captured
• Wars: 29 Mar 1461; Battle of Towton: rewarded after battle for participation on the side of Edward, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York.
• Wars: 22 Aug 1485; Battle of Bosworth Field: Following the battle, Dudley was created Sheriff of Sussex by the new King Henry VII

Notes:

John Sutton was born at 25 December 1400 and baptised at Barton-under-Need wood, Staffordshire, became 1st Baron Dudley and a Knight of the Garter, and died at Stafford, Staffordshire. His father was Sir John de Sutton V a nd his mother was Constance Blount. John 1st Baron Dudley married Elizabe th de Berkeley, of Beverstone (died 1478), widow of Edward Charleton, 5 th Baron Cherleton and daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, Glouc estershire (1349-1428) and Elizabeth Bettershorne and sister of Eleanor Fi tzAlan, wife of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel, sometime after 14 Mar ch 1420.

Dudley was summoned to Parliament from 15 February 1440, by writs direct ed to "Johanni de Sutton de Duddeley militi", whereby he obtained a Baro ny by writ as Lord Dudley. He was the first of his family to adopt the sur name of Dudley as an alias for Sutton. "John Dudley, Knyght, Lord Dudle y" died testate in his 87th year. His will is dated 17 August 1487. The ba rony was inherited by his grandson, Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley, Lo rd Dudley, son of Edmund de Sutton who was the heir but died after 6 Ju ly 1483 but before his father.

As Lord Steward in 1422 Sutton brought home the body of King Henry V to En gland, and was chief mourner and standard bearer at his funeral. From 1428 -1430 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Dudley fought in several ca mpaigns throughout the period of the wars with France, and on several occa sions acted as a diplomat in the mid-1440s, when he also met Charles V II of France. In 1443 he was made a king's councillor and became one of t he favourite companions of King Henry VI. In 1451 he became a Knight of t he Garter.[3] Early on in the Wars of the Roses he was a resolute defend er of the House of Lancaster, but changed his allegiance to York before t he Battle of Towton in 1561.

At the Battle of St Albans 1455 John Lord Dudley took part with his son Ed mund, where he was taken prisoner along with Henry VI. At the Battle of Bl ore Heath he was present on 23 September 1459, equally with his son Edmu nd Sutton. Dudley was wounded and again captured. At Towton (1461) he w as rewarded after the battle for his participation on the side of Edwar d, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York. On June 28 of that year, E dward IV was proclaimed King in London. Following the Battle of Bosworth F ield in August 1485, Dudley was created Sheriff of Sussex by the new Ki ng Henry VII. (Wikipedia ) Burial: St. Jame's Priory, Dudley, Will: 17 AUG 1487 1 Occupation: 1422 Lord Steward 1 Occupation: BET 1428 AND 1430 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1 Occupation: BET 1440 AND 1487 1st Baron Dudley 1 Occupation: 1459 Knight of the Garter 2 Occupation: 1485 Sheriff of Sussex 1 Ed L Pike-2301May 2015 [1] [2] [3]

Family/Spouse: DE BERKELEY, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1400 in Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England; died on 8 Dec 1478 in St. James Priory, Dudley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lord Dudley; Chevalier

Notes:

Died:
Dudley Castle

Edmund married TIPTOFT, Joyce in 1450 in Staffordshire, England. Joyce (daughter of TIPTOFT, Lord, Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Somerset, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Household, Chief Butler of England, Treasurer of the Exchequer and Seneschal of Landes and Aquitaine. John and CHERLETON, Lady Joyce) was born in 1430 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England; died in 1470 in Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Baron Dudley
• Name: Edward Sutton

Edward married WILLOUGHBY, Cecily in 1484 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England. Cecily (daughter of WILLOUGHBY, Sir William and STRANGEWAYS, Joan) was born in 1466 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England; died in Aug 1539 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: 3rd Baron Dudley
• Name: John VII

Notes:

While the paternal ancestry of Thomas Dudley has long been questioned, after a careful reading of the following documents attached to this record, for our family tree I have accepted the lineage hypothesized and detailed by Marshall Kirk in 1993. This is the most accepted lineage of all the hypotheses put forth and H. Allen Curtis' extensive research and docuentation seems to confirm this beyond any reasonable doubt. For more details, please read the following PDFs attached to this record:

Roger Dudley's Father Proved to be Captain Henry Dudley
The Mystery of Thomas Dudley's Paternal Ancestors
Marshall Kirk on Thomas Dudley's Paternal Line


Birth:
Dudley Castle

Family/Spouse: GREY, Cecily. Cecily (daughter of GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas and BONVILLE, 7th Baroness Harington of Aldingham; 2nd Baroness Bonville Cecily) was born in 1488 in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 28 Apr 1554 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While the paternal ancestry of Thomas Dudley has long been questioned, after a careful reading of the following documents attached to this record, for our family tree I have accepted the lineage hypothesized and detailed by Marshall Kirk in 1993. This is the most accepted lineage of all the hypotheses put forth and H. Allen Curtis' extensive research and docuentation seems to confirm this beyond any reasonable doubt. For more details, please read the following PDFs attached to this record:

Roger Dudley's Father Proved to be Captain Henry Dudley
The Mystery of Thomas Dudley's Paternal Ancestors
Marshall Kirk on Thomas Dudley's Paternal Line


Birth:
Dudley, Straffordshire, England

Henry married ASHTON, Elizabeth in 1545 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1525 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England; died before Nov 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While the paternal ancestry of Thomas Dudley has long been questioned, after a careful reading of the following documents attached to this record, for our family tree I have accepted the lineage hypothesized and detailed by Marshall Kirk in 1993. This is the most accepted lineage of all the hypotheses put forth and H. Allen Curtis' extensive research and docuentation seems to confirm this beyond any reasonable doubt. For more details, please read the following PDFs attached to this record:

Roger Dudley's Father Proved to be Captain Henry Dudley
The Mystery of Thomas Dudley's Paternal Ancestors
Marshall Kirk on Thomas Dudley's Paternal Line

More notes on Roger Dudley:

Capt. Roger Dudley: Roger Dudley (born between 1535 and 1545 -1586?/1590) was an English soldier.

Dudley was born in London, England, but some[who?] say that he was baptised in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire. However Dudley's parentage has never been satisfactorily established. Genealogist and researcher Marshall Kirk in 1993 published the results of his exhaustive survey of the Dudley families, and came to the conclusion that he was the son of Henry Sutton Dudley.

Roger may be the Roger Dudley who was matriculated as pensioner at Christ Church College, Cambridge, in 1566, but left without a degree. It is believed that he married, on June 8, 1575, at Lidlington, Bedfordshire, Susannah (Thorne), herself recorded as having been born on March 5, 1559/60 in Northamptonshire, and baptised at Yardley Hastings, the daughter of Thomas Thorne and Mary Purefoy.

He is reported to have been a Captain in (the Earl of Leicester)'s militia, fighting with a commission from Elizabeth I, and under the banner of Henry of Navarre. He is thought to have died at the Battle of Ivry, France in 1590. Yet in 1586, four years earlier, the Reverend Cotton Mather of Boston wrote: "Thomas Dudley's father was Captain Roger Dudley, -- slain in the wars, when -- his son, and one only daughter were very young". The will of Thomas Dorne (Thorne) of Yardley Hastings, Gent., dated 29 Oct 1588, bequeathed "to the children of Susan Dudley, my Daughter, widow, to be equally divided". (S1,S11). Therefore, he was apparently dead by the time of the will of his father-in-law, which was written in 1588, which eliminates the time of the Battle of Ivry as a possibility for his death.

It is most probable that he died at the Siege of Zutphen in 1586, having followed a relative, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, who was a principal figure in that battle. Marshall K. Kirk suggests that Roger made his home after his father's death with Peter Grey, a "Queen's servant", whose manor of Segenhoe was two miles from Lidlington, (Bedfordshire), where Roger was later married. Roger and Susannah Dudley raised at least five children, listed as: Thomas Dudley (second governor of Massachusetts) Mary Dudley Richard Dudley (b. 1583 – d. 20 Aug 1603) Dorothy Dudley. David Dudley.

Died:
Possibly killed in battle at Siege of Zutphen

Captain married THORNE, Susanna on 8 Jun 1575 in Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England. Susanna (daughter of THORNE, Thomas and PUREFOY, Mary) was born on 5 Mar 1559 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 18 Oct 1560 in Rye, Sussex, England; died on 29 Oct 1588 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]