John Sutton, 3rd Lord Dudley
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John Dudley, 3rd Lord Dudley, the son of Edward Dudley, 2nd Lord Dudley by Cecily Willoughby was born about 1495 in Denbighshire, Wales at Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, but later in life acquired a further city residence at Tothill Street in Westminster.
He wed Cecily, the daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset on the 30th of October, 1501, by this union to Cicely de Grey he had issue, being: Edward, Captain Henry (Knt.), George, Margaret, Thomas, Dorothy, Elizabeth, and ROBERT.
They had five sons and three daughters, and presumably resided in Tothill Street, Westminster. Henry succeeded his father in 1532 and immediately began to sell his patrimony and was never summoned to Parliament.
John, the 3rd Lord Dudley died on 1553-09-18, and was buried at St. Margaret's in Westminster.
Fammily History in brief:
Edmund Dudley whom wed (1) 1450 at Dudley Castle to Joyce de TIPTOFT, b. After 1421, and had issue being:
i) Sir John. b. About 1445, d. Aft 1551,:
(NB: authors mis info alert: how could a child who died less than 7 years old become a knight?)
and:
ii) EDWARD SUTTON 5th and last Lord Dudley who was born in 1459 at Dudley Castle, Worcestershire.
He died a Baron on the 31st of January, 1531/32, and was wed in 1480 to Cecily Willoughby, whom had issue, being: Eleanor, Margaret, Jane (Joan), Catherine, Joyce, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Constancia, Alice and John (3rd Lord Dudley), with Edward, Thomas, William, Arthur, Geoffrey, and George, being his brothers.
Baron EDWARD SUTTON, Lord Dudley, K.G. (Knight of the Garter), in 1522 rented a house in Tothill Street, Westminster, and presumably resided there. He died aged about seventy-two on 31 Jan 1531/2. (Age twenty-six when found to be cousin and co-heir of Edward Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester.) Edward Dudley (SUTTON) ([BARON DUDLEY]) was the 7th and last to bear the title BARON.