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Category Archives: Andrew Dudley
Living on The Strand
The Elizabethan aristocracy, when in London, resided on the Strand. If you could afford to live in one of the former bishop’s palaces between the street called The Strand and the bank of the Thames (and rebuild them) you had … Continue reading
A Grand Conspiracy in 1553? – Foreign Affairs
On 13 March 1553 the English privy council busied itself with granting a licence for the export of 200,000 pairs of old shoes.1 On 27 June 1553 the members of the same council swore themselves to secrecy about their forthcoming … Continue reading
Posted in 1553, Andrew Dudley, errors & myths, John Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged ambassadors, Antoine de Noailles, France, Habsburg, Henry Sidney, Mary I, murder
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Andrew Dudley Meets the Emperor
On 28 December 1552 the Duke of Northumberland imparted his latest thoughts on English diplomacy to his right hand man, Sir William Cecil. King Edward had just okayed the council’s suggestion “to employ ministers abroad for the public weal of … Continue reading
Posted in 1553, Andrew Dudley, Edward VI, John Dudley
Tagged ambassadors, Charles V, Diego de Mendoza, France, Henry Sidney, Mary I
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John Dudley’s Childhood, in London
John Dudley was born between February 1504 and February 1505,1 probably in London, Candlewick Street. Apparently, he was named after his grandfather, Sir John Dudley of Atherington, himself a younger son of another John, the formidable first Baron of Dudley … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Dudley, Edmund Dudley, family & marriage, Henry VIII, John Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged education, Elizabeth Grey, household, Italian, Jerome Dudley
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Andrew Dudley’s Rich Apparel
In January 1550 John Dudley, Earl of Warwick was consolidating his position after a recent plot to arrest him by conservative earls, who “some imagineth that they went about the subversion of religion”. To all parties concerned it was clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles V, clothes, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Cumberland, household, jewels
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Edward VI – Growing Into His Own
20th century historians have not always been kind to Edward VI, the nine-year-old boy who followed his oversized father, Henry VIII, on the throne in 1547. The famous G. R. Elton, in his best-selling England under the Tudors, was positively … Continue reading
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Tagged Duke of Somerset, Henry Sidney, John Gates, minority, Thomas Darcy, Thomas Seymour
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Royal Blood! So What?
Ambrose, Robert Dudley’s elder brother, may have been married to secret royal blood, we learn in a new book, Bessie Blount, by Elizabeth Norton. In recent years it has become fashionable to enlarge Henry VIII’s family of illegitimate children, Elizabeth … Continue reading
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