Episode 313: The Dudley's

They served every Tudor monarch, and often paid dearly for it.


From their medieval stronghold at Dudley Castle to the heart of
the Tudor court, the Dudley family shaped English history for
five hundred years. They raised money for Henry VII, ruled the
realm under Edward VI, tried to make Lady Jane Grey queen, and
stood beside Elizabeth I as she faced the Spanish Armada.


This episode traces their meteoric rise and tragic fall from
Edmund Dudley’s execution, to John Dudley’s failed gamble for the
crown, to Robert Dudley’s service to Elizabeth, and finally to
exile in Florence, where the last of the line became a scientist
and mapmaker.


Sources mentioned:


House of Dudley by Joanna Paul:
https://www.amazon.com/House-Dudley-History-Tudor-England/dp/1639363289


Dudley Family History on Internet Archive


https://ia601608.us.archive.org/29/items/historyofdudleyf115dudl/historyofdudleyf115dudl.pdf


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