Family and marriage Lord Guildford Dudley

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lord guildford dudley second youngest surviving son of john dudley, 1st duke of northumberland, , wife, jane guildford. dudley lineage goes family called sutton. in 14th century became lords of dudley castle, whom guildford descended through paternal grandfather. edmund dudley, councillor of henry vii, executed after royal master s death. through father s mother, elizabeth grey, viscountess lisle, guildford descended hundred years war heroes, richard beauchamp, earl of warwick, , john talbot, 1st earl of shrewsbury.

the dudley children—there thirteen born in all—grew in protestant household , enjoyed humanist education. under young king edward vi, guildford s father became lord president of privy council , de facto ruled england 1550–1553. chronicler richard grafton, knew him, described guildford comely, virtuous , goodly gentleman . in 1552 northumberland unsuccessfully tried marry guildford margaret clifford, cousin of jane grey. instead, in spring of 1553, guildford engaged sixteen-year-old jane grey herself. jane grey figured higher in line of succession margaret clifford. on 25 may 1553, 3 weddings celebrated @ durham place, duke of northumberland s town mansion. guildford married jane, sister katherine matched henry hastings, earl of huntingdon s heir, , catherine, jane s sister, married lord herbert, heir of earl of pembroke. magnificent festival, jousts, games, , masques. latter, 2 different companies had been booked, 1 male, 1 female. venetian , french ambassadors guests, , there large numbers of common people ... , of principal of realm . guildford , others suffered attack of food poisoning, because of mistake made cook, plucked 1 leaf another.

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