Andrew Judde 1492-1558

Before 5th September 1492 [his father] John Judde and [his mother] Margaret Chichele were married.

On 5th September 1492 Andrew Judde was born to John Judde and Margaret Chichele at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].

In 1493 [his father] John Judde died.

Before 1523 Andrew Judde [aged 30] and Mary Murfyn were married.

In 1523 [his wife] Mary Murfyn died.

Around 1537 Thomas Langton [aged 22] and [his future wife] Mary Mathews were married.

In 1542 Andrew Judde [aged 49] and Agnes m Judde were married.

In 1544 Andrew Judde [aged 51] was elected Sheriff of London.

In 1550 Andrew Judde [aged 57] was elected Lord Mayor of London.

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Before 19th November 1550 [his wife] Agnes m Judde died. She was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th November 1550. The xix day of November was buried my [his wife] lade Jude, ma[yress] of London, and wyff of sir Androw Jude [aged 58], mayr of London, and bered in the parryche of saynt Ellen in Bysshope-gatt stret, for he gayff mony, gownes, and to the powre men and women ij C. gownes of mantyll ... and the Clarkes of London had the beryng of my lade, and then came ... with ij harolds a-for with iiij baners a-bowt her borne, and after my [lord] mayre and ys bredurne, and alle the stret and the chyrche wher hangyd with blake and with schochyons of ther armes, and a gret dolle and a grett [dinner.]

On 15th February 1551 Andrew Judde [aged 58] was knighted.

Diary of Edward VI. 8th March 1551. Sir Jhon Yorke hade great losse, about 2,000 pounde weight of silver, by treason of English men, wich he brought for provision of the mintes. Also Judd [aged 58]1 1,500; also Tresham (Gresham2) 500: so the hole came to 4,000 pound.

Note 1. Sir Andrew Judde, an alderman of London, the founder of Tunbridge school.

Note 2. Sir John Gresham [aged 56], another alderman, uncle of the celebrated sir Thomas [aged 32].

Before 1552 Thomas Langton and [his future wife] Mary Mathews were married.

In 1552 Andrew Judde [aged 59] and Mary Mathews were married.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th September 1558. [The xiv day of September was buried sir Andrew Jud [aged 66], skinner, merchant of Muscovy, and late mayor of London; with a] .... pennon of armes, and a x dosen penselles ... skochyons, and a herse of wax of v prynse [pals, garnished with] angelles, and a (blank) pormen [poor men] in nuw gownes, and master Clarenshus kyng of armes, and master Somersett harold, [and the morrow] masse and a sermon, and after my lord mare and the althermen had (unfinished)

Note. P. 173. Funeral of sir Andrew Judd. A name still well known as the founder of Tunbridge school. He also founded the Skinners' almshouses near Saint Helen's, Bishopsgate: see Herbert's City Companies, ii. 350. He had been sheriff in 1544, and lord mayor in 1551. His monument still remains in St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and has kneeling effigies of himself, the first of his three wives, four sons, and one daughter: it is engraved in Wilkinson's Londina Illustrata, 1825, where also is a full memoir of him. Maitland, p. 1107, has printed the poetical epitaph without his name: it bears out our diarist's designation of him as a "merchant of Muscovy,"—

To Russia and Muscovea,

To Spayne, Gynny, withoute fable

Travaild he by land and sea

Both mayor of London and staple, &c.

"His only daughter Alice was maried to Tho. Smith customer, mother to sir John, sir Thomas, and sir Richard, now living." (1605). Arms, quarterly, 1 and 4, Gules, a fess regulée between three boar's heads couped argent; 2 and 3, Azure, three lyons rampant argent. (List by Wm. Smith, Rouge-dragon.)

After 4th October 1558 Alderman James Altham [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary Mathews were married.

Before 14th September 1588 Andrew Judde [aged 96] died.

In 1602 [his former wife] Mary Mathews died.

Ancestors of Andrew Judde 1492-1558

father: John Judde

Andrew Judde

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Chichele

Grandfather: Valentine Chichele

mother: Margaret Chichele