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Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1532-06-24 (possibly born 24 June 1533)
Death Date: 1588-09-04

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 26 July 1553 for supporting Lady Jane Grey; condemned 23 Jan. 1553/4; attainted 1554; probably released from the Tower 18 Oct. 1554; pardoned 22 Jan. 1554/5; restored in blood 7 March 1557/8; attainder reversed 1571

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Robsart, Amy (1532 - 1560)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1549-6-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: ODNB gives 4 June 1550 as the date of marriage
  2. Howard, Douglas (1542 - 1608)
    Type: other
    Union began: 1573
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Sheffield's involvement with Leicester possibly began as an affair during the 1570s; however Sheffield claimed a private marriage occurred at Leicester's house at Esher, Surrey between 11 Nov. and 25 Dec. of this year
  3. Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1578-9-21
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Private wedding ceremony possibly occurred as early as 1576

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 14th Earl of Leicester
  • Lord Robert Dudley

Titles

  • 1st Baron Denbigh
    Assumed: 1564-09-28
    Vacated: 1588-09-04
  • 14th Earl of Leicester
    Assumed: 1564-09-29
    Vacated: 1588-09-04
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1559-04-24 (date nominated; installed 3 June 1559)
  • Lord Robert Dudley
    Assumed: 1551
    Vacated: 1564
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1550
    Vacated: 1588-09-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Cheshire
High Steward, Worcestershire
High Steward, Hertfordshire Possibly held this office
MP, Norfolk 1547
Constable & Steward, Norfolk 1550 -12 -13 Stewardship held jointly with Sir John Robsart
Keeper, London 1552 -12 -27
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1552 Held jointly with father-in-law Sir John Robsart
Master of the Buckhounds, England 1552 -9 -29
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1553 Held jointly
MP, Norfolk 1553 -3
Master of the Horse, England 1558 -11 -18 (dated nominated; letters patent 11 Jan. 1558/9) 1587 -06 Surrendered office to step-son Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Lieut, Berkshire 1559 -11 -24
Lord Lieut, Warwickshire 1559 -5 -10 1560 Held jointly with Sir Ambrose Cave
MP, Norfolk 1559
Privy Councillor, England 1559 -4 -23
Constable, Berkshire 1561/2 -2 -23 1588 -09 -4
Constable, Warwickshire 1561/2 -2 -26 (date office purchased from Sir Robert Throckmorton)
High Steward, Warwickshire 1561/2 -2 -26 (date office purchased from Sir Robert Throckmorton) Gave or sold office to brother Ambrose, Earl of Warwick
JP, Warwickshire 1561/2
JP, Worcestershire 1561/2
JP, Herefordshire 1561/2
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1563 -7 -15 1588 -09 -4
High Steward, Berkshire 1563 -9 -9
Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1564 -12 -31 1588 -09 -4
Constable & Master Forester, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564 -11 -4
High Steward & Receiver, Yorkshire: North Riding 1564 -11 -4
JP, Warwickshire 1564
JP, Worcestershire 1564
JP, Herefordshire 1564
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1565 -7 -2 1588 -09 -4
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1565
High Steward, Berkshire 1566
High Steward, Berkshire 1567 -11 -20
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Warwickshire 1568
High Steward, Berkshire 1568/9 -2 -20
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1569 1570
Lord Lieut, Worcestershire 1569 -11 -20 1570 -11 -15
High Steward, Bristol 1570 -4 -20 1588 -09 -4
High Steward, Northamptonshire 1571 -12 -4
Keeper, Northamptonshire 1571 -12 -4
Master Forester, Northamptonshire 1571 -12 -4
High Steward, Norfolk 1572 -6 -10 1588 -09 -4
High Steward, Norfolk 1572 -6 -18 1588 -09 -4
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Denbighshire 1573
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Warwickshire 1573
High Steward, Hampshire 1574
High Steward, Norwich 1574 1588 -09 -4
High Steward, Warwickshire 1575 (reappointed 28 May 1578)
High Steward, Middlesex 1575 -7 -9
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Merionethshire 1578 -9 -26
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Caernarvonshire 1578 -9 -26
Chancellor & Chamberlain, Anglesey 1578 -9 -26
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Caernarvonshire 1579
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Merionethshire 1579
High Steward, Hertfordshire 1579
Warden, Hampshire 1580 -6 -15
Warden, Hampshire 1580 -6 -15
High Steward, Berkshire 1581 -8 -8
High Recorder, Essex 1583
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Anglesey 1584
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Flintshire 1584
JP, Worcestershire 1584
JP, Herefordshire 1584
JP, Warwickshire 1584
JP, Northamptonshire 1584
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1584
Chief Justice in Eyre & Warden, South of Trent 1585 -11 -25 1588 -09 -4
Lord Lieut, Middlesex 1585
Lord Lieut, Essex 1585 -7 -3 1588 -09 -4
Lord Lieut, Hertfordshire 1585 -7 -3 1588 -09 -4
Lord Lieut, Rutland 1587
Lord Lieut, Leicestershire 1587
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1587
Steward of the Household, England 1587 -11 -2 1588
Capt-gen & Lieut, Essex 1588 -7 -1

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Kew House, Surrey
    Acquired: 1558-12
    Divested: 1564
    Given to Dudley by Elizabeth; sold
  • Kenilworth Castle, Manor & Lordship, Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1563-06
    Granted
  • Durham Place, (city) in Middlesex
    Acquired: 1564
    Divested: 1569/70-01
  • Leicester House, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1569/70-01
    Formerly called 'Paget Place.' Purchased from Thomas, 3rd Baron Paget
  • Leicester House, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1570
    Purchased.

Lands

  • Denbighshire: Chirk Borough Lordship
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Granted
  • Denbighshire: Denbigh Castle & Lordship
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Divested: 1585
    Granted; mortgaged
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire: Cam, Slimbridge & Hinton Manors
    Acquired: 1585-07-02
    Granted a 'third part' of these manors jointly with Ambrose Dudley
  • Gloucestershire: Churcham
  • Gloucestershire: Dry Marston Manor
    Acquired: 1566-06
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Lower Court
  • Gloucestershire: Simondshall & Wotton under Edge
    Acquired: 1573-07-25
    Granted jointly with Ambrose Dudley
  • Herefordshire: Clifford Manor
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Divested: 1567
    Granted; sold
  • Herefordshire: Ewias Lacy & Snowshill Manors
    Acquired: 1563
    Divested: 1567
    Granted ca. 1563--66; sold
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire: Burton Lazars Manor
  • Lincolnshire
  • Montgomeryshire: Arwystli & Cyfeiliog Lordships
  • Norfolk: Coxford Priory Lands
    Acquired: 1550-05-24
    Divested: 1554
    Granted by father as part of marriage settlement; year attained
  • Norfolk: Hemsby Manor
    Acquired: 1552/3-02-04
    Granted by father; forfeited upon attainder 1554; restored Jan. 1556/7
  • Norfolk: Robsart Estate
    Acquired: 1556/7-01
    Inherited (via wife)
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire: Cornbury House & Forest
    Acquired: 1583
    Leased
  • Oxfordshire: Langley Manor
    Acquired: 1583
    Leased
  • Rutland
  • Shropshire: Cleobury Mortimer Manor
    Acquired: 1563-06-09
    Granted
  • Shropshire: Ernewood Manor
    Acquired: 1582
    Purchased (?). Portion of manor also in Worcestershire.
  • Shropshire: Wyre Forest
    Acquired: 1584-07-16
    Leased from the Crown. Portion of forest also in Worcestershire.
  • Staffordshire
  • Staffordshire: Drayton Basset
    Acquired: 1579
    Divested: 1580
    Purchased lease; sold
  • Suffolk
  • Warwickshire: Balsall & Long Itchington
    Acquired: 1572
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Grafton House
  • Warwickshire: Hampton in Arden Manor
    Acquired: 1573-07
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Honiley
    Acquired: 1581
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Kenilworth Abbey site
    Acquired: 1581
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Kenilworth Rectory
    Acquired: 1572
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Knowle Manor
    Acquired: 1573-07
    Divested: 1580
    Granted; sold
  • Warwickshire: Napton on the Hill Rectory
  • Warwickshire: Rudfen Manor
    Acquired: 1565-09
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Sheldon Manor
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Worcestershire: Abberley & Alton Woods
    Acquired: 1588
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Bewdley
    Acquired: 1571-05
    Leased from Crown
  • Worcestershire: Bretferton, Great & Little Hampton Manors
    Acquired: 1566-06
    Granted
  • Worcestershire: Halesowen Monestary Lands
    Acquired: 1556-11-20
    Divested: 1558
    Lands formerly belonging to mother; given to Robert by his brother Ambrose; sold
  • Worcestershire: Wyre Forest
    Acquired: 1584-07-16
    Leased from the Crown. Part of the forest also in Shropshire.
  • Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Beverley Lordship & Borough
    Acquired: 1560/1-03-01
    Divested: 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Meaux Monastery site
    Acquired: 1560/1-03-01
    Divested: 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Watton Monastery site
    Acquired: 1559/60-01
    Divested: 1564-09
    Granted; divested ca. Sept. 1564--6

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Robert Dudley's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Steward's Players
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Lord Steward's Players
Performance - Ashburton (Unknown), Ashburton, Devon Sir Robert Dudley's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Sir Robert Dudley's Players

Patronized Troupes

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Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Lord Steward's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Lord Steward's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Sir Robert Dudley's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Musicians Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearward Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Lord Robert Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
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Earl of Leicester's Trumpeters Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Sir Robert Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Earl of Leicester's Player Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Lord Robert Dudley's Drummer and Piper Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Musicians 1
Earl of Leicester's Bearwards Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Performing Animals 1
Lord Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1
Lord Dudley's Players Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588) Players 1

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