Biography of Bishop William Dudley 1425-1483

Paternal Family Tree: Sutton

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bettershorne 1353-1427

After Oct 1405 Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton (age 35) and [his mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley were married. She by marriage Baroness Cherleton. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

After 14 Mar 1420 [his father] John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (age 19) and [his mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley were married at Dudley, Staffordshire. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 15 Feb 1440 [his father] John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (age 39) was created 1st Baron Sutton of Dudley. [his mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley.

In 1471 Bishop William Dudley (age 46) was appointed Dean Chapel Royal Windsor.

On 31 Jul 1476 Bishop William Dudley (age 51) was appointed Bishop of Durham.

Funeral of Edward IV

On 17 Apr 1483 the coffin of Edward IV (deceased) was carried to Westminster Abbey [Map] by Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 21), John Savage (age 39), Thomas Wortley (age 50), Thomas Molyneux (age 38), probably John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 33) who had married Edward's daughter Cecily), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 41), Walter Hungerford (age 19), Guy Wolston (age 50), John Sapcote (age 35), Thomas Tyrrell (age 30), John Risley, Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 15), John Norreys, Louis de Bretelles and John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch.

Those in the procession included:

Thomas St Leger (age 43), widow of Edward's sister Anne.

William Parr (age 49).

John Astley.

William Stonor (age 33).

Henry Ferrers (age 40).

James Radclyffe (age 43).

George Browne (age 43).

Gilbert Debenham (age 51).

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) walked in front of the coffin with Edward's personal arms.

John Marlow Abbot Bermondsey followed by:

Bishop Thomas Kempe (age 93).

Bishop John Hales (age 83) (Bishop of Chester?).

Bishop Robert Stillington (age 63).

Bishop Edward Story.

Bishop Richard Bell.

Bishop James Goldwell.

Bishop William Dudley (age 58).

Bishop John Russell.

Cardinal John Morton (age 63) (as Bishop of Ely).

Bishop Edmund Tuchet (age 40) (as Bishop of Rochester).

Bishop Peter Courtenay, and.

Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 36).

Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 59) brought up the rear.

Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65), then Archbishop of Canterbury, took no part due to infirmity.

John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 21); the King's nephew,.

William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52).

Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28).

William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 32) (some sources say Earl of Huntingindon?).

William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 57).

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48).

Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68).

[his father] John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (age 82).

George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny (age 43).

John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 57).

Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 51).

Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle (age 51).

Henry Lovell 9th Baron Marshal 8th Baron Morley (age 7).

Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 30).

John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham (age 35).

Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50).

John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 45).

Thomas Bourchier.

Thomas Bourchier.

On 29 Nov 1483 Bishop William Dudley (age 58) died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

After 29 Nov 1483 Bishop William Dudley (age 58) was buried at Brinkburn Priory [Map]. His gravestone was found during reconstruction work in the 19th Century.

Royal Ancestors of Bishop William Dudley 1425-1483

Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Ancestors of Bishop William Dudley 1425-1483

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Somery

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sutton 2nd Baron Sutton

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Corbet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Clinton Baroness Sutton Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Limbury

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Limbury Baroness Clinton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown

GrandFather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley

Father: John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Blount

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Blount

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beauchamp

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Blount

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Sodington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Somerset 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Cheduit Baroness Beauchamp Somerset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 1st Baron St John Basing

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Baroness Beauchamp Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Courtenay Baroness St John Basing 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Diego Gómez Toledo

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo

Bishop William Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Zouche

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva de Braose

GrandFather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clivedon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley

Mother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Bettershorne