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Before 1525 [his father] John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley [aged 30] and [his mother] Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and [his grandmother] Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 64]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In or after 1526 Henry Dudley was born to John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley [aged 32] and Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley at Dudley Castle [Map].
On 31st January 1532 [his grandfather] Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley [aged 73] died. His son [his father] John [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Baron Dudley. [his mother] Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley by marriage Baroness Dudley.
Around 1540 [his son] Roger Dudley was born to Henry Dudley [aged 13]. He married 8th June 1575 Susannah Thorne and had issue.
In July 1544 English forces commenced the Siege of Boulogne at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. John Chichester, William Godolphin [aged 29], Henry Dudley [aged 18] and Anthony Wingfield [aged 57] fought. Henry Strangeways [aged 44] were killed.
11th October 1551, the day before his fourteenth birthday, King Edward VI [aged 13] celebrated at Hampton Court Palace [Map] by rewarding his guardians; it may have been a case of his guardians rewarding themselves.
John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 47] was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Northumberland. His son Henry Dudley [aged 25] was knighted.
Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 34] was created 1st Duke Suffolk for having married King Edward VI's first cousin Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 34]. Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
William Paulet [aged 68] was created 1st Marquess Winchester. Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
His guardian William Herbert [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Pembroke. Anne Parr Countess Pembroke [aged 36] by marriage Countess Pembroke.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 51], the King's uncle attended.
Henry Dudley was knighted at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th August 1553. The vj day of August cam in-to the Towre [Map], from [Calais, ser] Hare Dudley [aged 27], that was gohyng in-to Franse.
In or before 21st September 1553 [his father] John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley [aged 59] died. His son [his brother] Edward [aged 28] succeeded 4th Baron Dudley.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 28th October 1553. a. Note, that on the xviijth of October, master Harry Dudley [aged 27] was delyvered out of the Tower; and a lyttell before also was maister Yorke delyveryd.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 13th November 1553. The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the Tower on foot, to be arrayned, to yeldhall, with the axe before theym, from theyr warde, Thomas Cranmer [aged 64], archbushoppe of Canterbury, between (blank)
Next followed the lorde Gilforde Dudley [aged 18], between (blank)
Next followed the lady Jane [aged 17], between (blank), and hir ij. gentyllwomen following hir.
Next followed the lorde Ambrose Dudley [aged 23] and the lorde Harry Dudley [aged 27].
The lady Jane was in a blacke gowne of cloth, tourned downe; the cappe lyned with fese velvett, and edget about with the same, in a French hoode, all black, with a black byllyment, a black velvet boke hanging before hir, and another boke in hir hande open, holding hir (the entry breaks off).
On 28th April 1554 [his mother] Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley died.
In early 1556 the Dudley Conspiracy was an attempt by Henry Dudley [aged 29] to replace Catholic Queen Mary with Protestant Queen Elizabeth with support from Charles V Holy Roman Emperor [aged 55]. His accomplices included Henry Peckham [aged 30], son of Edmund Peckham, then Master of the Tower Mint. When the plot was discovered Dudley escaped into exile, returning in 1563 when Elizabethed had acceded to the throne. A number of his co-conspirators, including Henry Peckham, were captured and executed.
In 1556 [his brother] Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Katherine Brydges Baroness Dudley were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th April 1556. The iiij day of Aprell was in London [a proclamation] thrugh London of serten gentyllmen, the wyche [fled] over the see, as trayturs; the furst was Hare Dudley [aged 30], Crystoffer Aston the elther [aged 63], and Crystoffer the yonger, and [Francis] Horssey and Edward Horssey, and Edward Cornwell alias [Corewel], and Recherd Tremayn and Necolas Tremayn, and [Richard] Ryth and Roger Renold, and John Dalle and John [Caltham], and Hamond, and Meverell, and dyver odur.
In 1567 [his brother] Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Jane Stanley Baroness Dudley were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 57] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 56]. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1568 Henry Dudley [aged 41] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 
8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Sutton 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
Grandfather: Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot 
4 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pain Tiptoft 5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aspall Baroness Tibetot
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Wrothe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joyce Tiptoft 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
father: John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 
6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Grandmother: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Henry Dudley 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Clifford 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxembourg II Count of Brienne and Conversano 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bonville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzroger 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bonville 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington 
12 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Harrington 5th Baron Harington 13 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England