Richard Sutton Dudley, of Yanwath, Esq.

Richard Dudley was the eldest son of Thomas Dudley of Yanwath and Grace Threlkeld.

He married Dorothy, daughter of Edmund Sandford, of Askham, and by her had two sons and four daughters:

• Edmund
• Robert,
• Elizabeth,
• Ann,
• Jane, and
• Grace.

Notes

• Here we get the first clue about the "de Sutton" line, which is really the Dudley line ("Dudley" stolen from the estate that was taken over during William the Conqueror's reign)
• Began using family name "Dudley" as surname. Lived in Yanwath Manor, England.
• Catalogue description: Marriage settlement, 24 July [1553]. (1) Richard Dudley of Yanwathe, esquire. (2)... This record is held by Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal See contact details Reference: WD RY/BOX 13/2 Description: Marriage settlement, 24 July [1553]. (1) Richard Dudley of Yanwathe, esquire. (2) Thomas Lowgh of Blenkerne, Cumberland, gentleman. For the marriage of Nicholas, (2)'s son, and Elizabeth, (1)'s daughter. Date: [1553] Held by: Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal, not available at The National Archives Language: English link
• Mentioned in the will of brother-in-law Albany Fetherstonhaugh #5709, 5 Nov 1573.
• Catalogue description: Quietus, [1571-1572] Of Richard Dudley, esq., as the Queen's official supervising the... This record is held by Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal See contact details Reference: WD RY/BOX 92/157 Description: Quietus, [1571-1572] Of Richard Dudley, esq., as the Queen's official supervising the extraction of precious metals from the mines of the counties of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland and York, accounts for 263 quintals of copper to William Pelham, lieutenant of ordnance and artillery at the Tower of London. 29 September [1571] - 29 September [1572]. Date: 1571-72
• Minister of Henry VII of England, Chancellor of the Exchequer (?? Isn’t that his cousin?)
• May 4 1593 IPM held at Temple Sowerby
• Burial: St. Peter ad Vincula, City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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From link to Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society (Volume ns vol 4) online. (page 24 of 32)

Mr. R. J. Whitwell of Oxford, has kindly communicated a copy which he has made from an abstract of a document in the possession of Dr. Shadwell, the historian of Oriel, which is of great interest in connection with the history of this line. It is an " Indenture made i Feb., 35 Hen. VIII. [1543-4] between Richard Dudley of Yanwath in the county of Westmorland esquire, cousin [or as we should say nowadays, nephew] and next heir of Richard Dudley, clerk, late canon residentiary of the cathedral church of Sarum, that is to say son of Thomas Dudley, son of Edmund Dudley father of the said Richard Dudley of the one part and William Haynes, clerk, provost of Oriel, and the scholars of the same, of the other part." It recites that "by indenture dated 31 March, 22 Hen. VIII. [1531], made between the said • Richard Dudley of the first part, Thomas Ware, provost, and the scholars of Oriel of the second part, John Claymond, president, and the scholars of Corpus of the third part and Richard Dudley, gentleman, son of John Dudley of Ashton of the Wall in the county of Northampton of the fourth part, the said Richard Dudley, clerk, demised to the provost and scholars of Oriel the manor and advowson of Swainswick and lands in Swayneswick, Tadwick, Nether Batheaston and Castlecombe for the term of eighty years from Lady Day last past " for the purposes already mentioned, with a covenant that if wathin the said term the provost and scholars " could obtain license in mortmain, they should have and enjoy the same for ever." Richard Dudley, clerk, died meantime, without license having been obtained, and by the Statute of Uses, 27 Hen. VIII. Richard Dudley, his " cousin and heir," was now "seised in fee of the freehold and inheritance of the same lands." Which Richard Dudley, "the cosyn," considering with himself " the godly and virtuous mind intention and ordinance of the said Richard Dudley, clerk, for the increase and maintenance of the learning and true doctrine of Christ . . . covenants and agrees to make , . . an estate in fee simple of all the premises to have [three persons, named] to the intent that if license in mortmain be obtained within forty years they will convey the premises to the said provost and scholars," &c. In consideration whereof the provost and scholars agree that, within two months of the amorti2;ation taking effect, they will make " an assurance in writing under their seal with the said Richard Dudley and his heirs giving him and them authority to nominate and appoint " two out of the six exhibitioners at St. Mary Hall "to two of the rooms and places that shall first happen to fall void after, and so on thereafter in like manner. The provost and scholars to give notice within three days of a vacancy by sending a messenger to the mansion house of the said Richard Dudley or his heirs in Yanwath, the college to bear the expense of the messenger outward, and the said Richard and his heirs his expenses homeward." The Dudleys of Yanwath continued to appoint these two exhibitioners until the family came to an end soon after the middle of the 17th century by the death of Christopher Dudley, the last of his race, in 1659 or 1660 (Hist. MSS. Comm. Rep. 12, app., pt. 7, pp. 23 and 26). Mr. Whitwell writes:

• * Dr. Shadwell says that it is very likely the Provost of Queen's has some facts as to early exhibitioners, as they migrated from Queen's in many cases to St. Mary Hall. Some of them were Dudleys."

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• 'A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
• A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
• Pg. 521
• JOHN DE SUTTON, 4th baron, K.G., . . . . His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, and widow of Sir Edward Cherlton, Knt., Lord Powis, by whom he had issue,
  • I. EDMUND (Sir) SUTTON, who m. 1st, Joice, dau. of John Lord Tiptoft, and aunt and , in her issue, co-heir of Edward, Earl of Warcester, and had issue,
    • EDWARD, who s. his grandfather.
    • Joyce, m. to Sir E. Bensted.
  • He m. 2ndly, Matilda, dau. of Thomas, Lord Clifford, by whom he had,
    • Thomas, who m. Grace, dau. and co-heir of Lancelot Threlkeld, of Yeawith, Esq., and had issue, '1 Richard Sutton, alias Dudley, of Yeawith, m. Dorothy, dau. of Edward Sanford, of Askam, and had Edmun, Robert, Elizabeth, Anne, Johanna, Jane, and Grace.' 2 John Dudley, of Newingtno, m. the dau. of __ Gardener, and had a dau. and heir; 3 Thomas; 1 Elizabeth m. to Alan Thacksted; 2 Winifred, m. to Anthony Blencowe, Esq., of Blencowe, and 3 Lucy, m. to Albany Fetherston, Esq.
    • Richard, in holy orders.
    • Oliver.
    • Robert, s. p.
    • George, in holy orders
    • Joice, m. to William Middleton, Esq., of Stockeld, co. York.
    • Margaret.
    • Alice, m. to Sir John Ratcliffe, of Ordsal, Lancashire.
    • Dorothy, m. 1st, to Sir John Musgrave, Knt.; and 2ndly, to Richard Wrottesley, Esq., of Wrottesley.
  • Sir Edmund Sutton d. v. p.
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• 'Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ... By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia
• Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and ... By Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, Virginia
• Pg. 624
• Sir Edmund Dudley, called "Lord Dudley" and Chevalier," died before his father. He married first Joyce, daughter of Robert Lord Tiptoft, and had Sir Edward Dudley, b. 1450, K. G., heir to Sir John Sutton, his grandfather. Sir Edmund Dudley married second Lady Maud, daughter of Baron Clifford, the great soldier of Henry VI.
• Issue of second marriage: 1. Oliver Dudley, died young. 2. Robert Dudley, member of Parliament in 1530, d. s. p. 3. Richard Dudley, Rector of Brighton Church, Northampton County. 4. George Dudley, LL.D., Rector of Aston Church, Northampton County. 5. Thomas Dudley of whom further. 6. Margaret, m. Edward Grey, Lord Powis. 7. Jane, m. William Middleton of Stokeld, York County, Kt. 8. Dorothy, m. first Sir John Musgrave, m. second Richard Wrottesley. 9. Alice, m. Sir John Radcliffe, Cumberland County, Kt.
  • Thomas Dudley, fifth son of Edmund Dudley and halfbrother of Edward Dudley, fifth Baron Dudley, married Grace, daughter of Sir Launcelot Threlkeld of Yanwath, Comberland County, who died without male issue, leaving three daughters as coheirs. Grace inherited the Manor of Yanwath, Cumberland County. This manor was called "Yeanwith Westmerland" in inscription on a monument erected September 6, 1660, to Christopher Dudley in the churchyard of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields Church, near London. This Christopher Dudley was the last Dudley occupant of Yanwath Manor. Having no issue surviving, he sold it in 1654. Yanwath Hall is now one of the show-placed of the England Lake Country. It is on the southern shore of Ullswater Lake, the dividing line between Cumberland County on the north and Westmoreland County on the south.
  • Issue of Thomas Dudley and Grace: '1. Richard Dudley, heir of Yanwath, of whom furthur.' 2. Lucy, m. Albany Featherstone of Northuberland County. 3. Winnifred, m. Anthony Blencow of Cumberland County. 4. John Dudley of Stoke Newington, Esq., d. 1580, m. Elizabeth Gardiner, who after his death m. Thomas Dudley, doner of Charterhouse, near Bristol. 5. Thomas Dudley, secretary of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. 6. Elizabeth, m. John Allen, Essex County.
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• 'Richard DUDLEY of Yeanwith
• 'Born: 1518, Yanwath, Westmoreland, England
• 'Died: 1 Jan 1593, Newcastle, Northumberland, England
• Father: Thomas SUTTON of Yeanwith (Esq.)
• Mother: Grace THRELKELD
• 'Married: Dorothy SANFORD (dau. of Edward Sanford of Asham)
• Children:
  • 1. John DUDLEY of Newcastle-upon-Tyne [NO]
  • 2. Edmund DUDLEY
  • 3. Elizabeth DUDLEY
  • 4. Anne DUDLEY
  • 5. Robert DUDLEY
  • 6. Jane DUDLEY
  • 7. Grace DUDLEY
  • 8. Eleanor DUDLEY
  • 9. Joan DUDLEY
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SUTTON.htm#Richard DUDLEY of Yeanwith1

References

• The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. By William Flower. “Dudley.” Page 105. GoogleBooks
• “The history and antiquities of the parish of Stoke Newington.” By William Robinson. Page 28. GoogleBooks
• ”Memorials of an ancient house : a history of the family of Lister or Lyster.” Author: Denny, Henry Lyttelton Lyster, 1878-. Page 125. Archive.Org
• ” Joseph Foster, ed., Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland ... in 1615, and ... in 1666”. [1891] “Dudley, of Yanwith.” Page 40. Archive.Org
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Edmund H. Dudley (sutton) by SmartCopy: Oct 31 2014, 9:04:22 UTC
• Updated from WikiTree by SmartCopy: Oct 31 2014, 9:05:46 UTC