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EDMUND DUDLEY

EDMUND DUDLEY, ESQ.

BIRTH: Between 13 Oct 1471 - 13 Oct 1472, ?Atherington, Sussex
MARRIAGE:

1. (to Anne Windsor) c.1494

2. (to Elizabeth Grey) c.1503
DEATH: 17 Aug 1510, Tower Hill, London
BURIAL: Churchyard of Blackfriars Priory, City of London

LINEAGE

PARENTS:

SIR JOHN DUDLEY

of Atherington, West Sussex

d.1501

ELIZABETH BRAMSHOTT

daughter and heir of
Sir John Bramshott of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight

d.1498

SIBLINGS:

ELIZABETH DUDLEY

.

??

PETER DUDLEY

.

?? - aft.1510

ANNE DUDLEY

.[Hall]

?? - aft. 1510

JOHN DUDLEY

.

??

SPOUSES:

ANNE WINDSOR

daughter of Thomas Windsor, Constable of Windsor Castle
and Elizabeth Andrewes
[Dudley]

d. 1500-03

ELIZABETH GREY

6th Baroness Lisle
[Dudley]

c.1482-c.1529

CHILDREN:

(FROM FIRST MARRIAGE TO ANNE WINDSOR d.c.1500):

ELIZABETH DUDLEY

Baroness Stourton
[Stourton]

c.1500-1560

(FROM SECOND MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH GREY):

JOHN DUDLEY

1st Duke of Northumberland

c.1504-1553

SIR ANDREW DUDLEY

.

c.1507-1559

JEROME DUDLEY

.

c.1509-aft.1555

Detail from 'Henry VII with Empson and Dudley', R. Smirke, 1812 © Private Collection/Bridgeman Images

The Execution of Edmund Dudley - 17 August 1510

On the morning of 17 August 1510, a large crowd gathered on Tower Hill, a large area of open land, overlooking the Tower of London, in anticipation of a double execution. One of the victims that had been led from his cell within the nearby Tower of London was Edmund Dudley, Henry VII's controversial chief financial agent, who had been sentenced to death, convicted on charges of constructive treason.

Aug 1714 min read

'La journee et bataille de castillon ou talbot et plusieurs angloys furent tuez' French School, c.1484 © Bibliothèque nationale de France

The Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury: "The Scourge of France" - 17 July 1453

Edmund Dudley, an ambitious lawyer had led to his subsequent appointment within the king's Privy Council. Reflective of his growing-social status, widower Dudley had remarried; his bride was Elizabeth Grey, the daughter of Edward Grey, and his wife Elizabeth Talbot, daughter and heir of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle - eldest son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury from his second marriage to Margaret Beauchamp, the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.

Jul 1712 min read

Coat of Arms of Arthur, The Viscount Lisle © Society of Antiquaries, London

The Death of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle - 03 March 1542

On 03 March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, died within the Tower of London, aged about eighty-years old, having been imprisoned there since May 1540.

Mar 39 min read

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