Paternal Family Tree: Guildford
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Before 1496 [her father] Edward Guildford [aged 21] and [her mother] Eleanor West [aged 14] were married.
In 1509 Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland was born to Edward Guildford [aged 35] and Eleanor West [aged 28].
In 1525 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 21] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 16] were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland had become her father's ward. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1527 [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 23] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 18]. He married 3rd June 1550 his fifth cousin once removed Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick, daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset.
In 1530 [her son] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 26] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 21]. He married 1. 1549 Anne Whorwood 2. 1553 his half fourth cousin once removed Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick, daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys 3. 11th November 1565 Anne Russell Countess Warwick, daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford and Margaret St John Countess Bedford.
Around 1530 [her daughter] Mary Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 26] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 21]. She married 1551 Henry Sidney and had issue.
Around 1531 [her son] Henry Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 27] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 22]. He married before 22nd August 1553 his third cousin once removed Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk, daughter of Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley.
On 24th June 1532 [her son] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 28] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 23]. He married 1. 4th June 1550 Amy Robsart 2. 21st September 1578 his fifth cousin Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester and had issue.
Before 1534 [her father] Edward Guildford [aged 59] and Joan Pidleston were married.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1534 [her father] Edward Guildford [aged 60] died.
Around 1535 [her son] Guildford Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 31] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 26]. He married his third cousin once removed Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland, daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.
Around 1538 . Some sources say around 1544. [her daughter] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 34] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 29]. She married her fourth cousin once removed Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon, son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon.
Around 1549 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 19] and Anne Whorwood were married. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 45] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 40].
On 27th August 1549 the rebels were defeated by an army led by [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 45]. Henry Willoughby [aged 32] was killed at Mousehold Heath, Norwich [Map].
On 3rd June 1550 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 12] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 50] and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 53]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th June 1550 Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 17] and Amy Robsart [aged 17] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 12] and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 29] attended. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41].
In 1551 [her son-in-law] Henry Sidney [aged 22] and Mary Dudley [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 47] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 42].
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.
[her husband] 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].
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 4th November 1551. The 4 of November the sayd Quene [aged 35] rode from the sayd place to the Kinges pallace at Whitehall by Westminster in hir charyot, accompanyed with diuers knightes and gentlemen, carles and lordes, the Lady Margaret Dowglas [aged 36], the Duches of Richmond [aged 32], the Duches of Suffolke [aged 32], the Duches of Northumberland [aged 42], with diuers other noble women of England and ladyes of Scotland followinge after them; the Dukes of [her husband] Northumberland [aged 47] and Suffolke and the Lord Treasurer [aged 68] receivinge her within the Court gate, all the guard standinge on euery syde of the Court; and at her entringe in at the hall the Kinges Maiestie [aged 14] stode in the upper ende of the hall, the [her son] Earle of Warwicke [aged 24] [Note. assumed to be referring to the subsiduary title of the Duke of Northumberland] houldinge the sworde afore the Kinge; she kneelinge downe, the Kinges Maiestie tooke her up and, kissinge her, he tooke her by the hand, she comminge with him, he led her up into the chamber of presence, and so from thence to the Queues chamber of presence, where he kissed all the ladyes of Scotland, and so departed for a while; and that daye she dyned on the Quenes syde with the Kinges Maiestie, the Kinges service and hers comminge both togeather, richely serued in gylt plate; the Kinges seruice on the right hand of the table, and the Quenes on the left hand, she sittinge by the Kinge apart by his cloth of estate; the goodly cupbord of plate of gould and gylte that day there occupyed, with the rich hanginges and costly meates, was wondrous to see. All the ladyes of England and Scotland dyned in the Quenes great chamber, and were serued in siluer all theyr meates; dinner ended, the Kinges Maiestie shewed her his galleries and gardens, with other commodityes of that place; and about foure of the clocke he brought her downe againe by the hand into the hall, where he received her and there kissed hir, and so she departed to the Bishops house againe to Pawles in lyke manner as she went thither.
On 26th February 1552 Miles Partridge and Ralph Fane were hanged. Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle [aged 50] and Michael Stanhope [aged 45] were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] for plotting to assassinate [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 48].
Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map].
In 1553 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th February 1553. The x day of January [Note. Probably February] rod my lade Mare('s) [aged 36] grasse from Saynt [John's] and thrugh Flettstrett unto the kyng at Westmynster, with a grett nombur of lords and knyghtes, and alle the [great] women lades, the duches of Suffoke [aged 35] and Northumberland [aged 44], my lade marqwes of Northamptun [aged 26], and lade marqwes of Wynchester, and the contes of Bedfford [aged 74], and the contes of Shrowsbere [aged 53], and the contes of Arundelle, my lade Clynton [aged 26], my lade Browne [aged 24] and Browne [sic in manuscript], and many mo lades and gentyllwomen; and at the oter gatt ther mett her my lord of Suffoke [aged 36] and my [her husband] lord of Northumberland [aged 49], my lord of Wynchester [aged 70], my lord of Bedfford [aged 68], and therle of Shrusbery [aged 53], the therle of Arundell [aged 40], my lord Chamburlayn, my lord Admerolle, and a gret nomber of knyghtes and gentyllmen, and so up unto the chambur of pressens, and ther the Kynges [aged 15] grace mett her and salutyd her.... owyn a-pon payne of presunmentt and a grett [penalty, as ye] shalle fynd in the actes in secund yere of kyng ... the perlementt tyme of the sayd yere, and nott to be ... plasse as taverns, alle-howses, ines, or wher ... for cummers and gestes, and has commandyd unto alle shreyffes and baylles, constabulls, justes of pesse, or any .. thay shall se truthe (and) justys as thay shalle [inform the] kyng and ys consell, and bryng them to pressun of ... sun or poyssuns as be the offenders ther off for ... her of odur.
On 25th May 1553 a triple wedding was celebrated at Durham Place, the London townhouse of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49], father of Guildford Dudley [aged 18] and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon [aged 15]...
Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 36] and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 35]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon [aged 18] and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 15] and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 52] and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 22nd August 1553 Henry Dudley [aged 22] and Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk [aged 13] were married. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 22nd August 1553 [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26], his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.
Thomas Palmer and John Gates [aged 49] were hanged, drawn and quartered.
On 12th February 1554 [her son] Guildford Dudley [aged 19] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. An hour later his wife [her daughter-in-law] Lady Jane Grey [aged 18] was beheaded at Tower Green [Map] by order of Queen Mary I [aged 37]. They were buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map].
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 21st October 1554 [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 27] died at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map] not long after he had been released from the Tower of London.
In 1555 Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 46] died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st February 1555. [The j day of February was buried the duchess of Northumberland at Chelsea where she lived, with a goodly herse of wax and pensils, and escocheons, two baners] of armes, and iiij [banners of images, and] mony mornars, and with ij haroldes of armes. Ther was a mageste and the valans, and vj dosen of torchys and ij whyt branchys, and alle the chyrche hangyd with blake and armes, and a canepe borne over her to the chyrche.
Note. P. 81. Funeral of the duchess of Northumberland. Jane daughter and sole heir of sir [her father] Edward Guilford, lord warden of the Cinque Ports, and widow of [her former husband] John Dudley, duke of Northumberland. She gave birth to thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters. Her monument, decorated with coloured brass plates, still remains in Chelsea church, and is engraved in Faulkner's History of that parish. Her will, which is remarkable as having been written entirely with her own hand, though of considerable length, is printed in Collins's Memoirs of the Sidneys, &c. prefixed to the Sidney Papers, fol. 1746, p. 33.
[her daughter] Margaret Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
[her daughter] Temperance Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
[her son] Charles Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
[her daughter] Katherine Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Guildford
Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Waller
father: Edward Guildford
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pympe
Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury
Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger la Warr 3rd Baron de la Warr 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West
Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hussey 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Peverell 13 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont 
3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Everingham Baroness Beaumont
mother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mortimer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer
Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Cornwall 3rd Baron Burford 
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cornwall 5th Baron Burford 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Cornwall 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Barre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Croyser
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Talbot 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England