Biography of Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 1509-1555

Paternal Family Tree: Guildford

Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford

1549 Kett's Rebellion

1551 Edward VI's 14th Birthday

1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

1553 Grey and Dudley Triple Wedding

1553 Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters

Before 1496 [her father] Edward Guildford (age 22) and [her mother] Eleanor West (age 14) were married.

In 1509 Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland was born to Edward Guildford (age 35) and Eleanor West (age 28).

In 1525 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 16) were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland had become her father's ward.

In 1527 [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 23) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 18).

Around 1530 [her daughter] Mary Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 21).

In 1530 [her son] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 21).

Around 1531 [her son] Henry Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 27) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 22).

On 24 Jun 1532 [her son] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 28) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 23).

Before 1534 [her father] Edward Guildford (age 60) and Joan Pidleston were married.

In 1534 [her father] Edward Guildford (age 60) died.

Around 1535 [her son] Guildford Dudley was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 31) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 26).

Around 1538 . Some sources say around 1544. [her daughter] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon was born to [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 34) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 29).

On 12 Mar 1542 [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 38) was created 1st Viscount Lisle.

In 1547 [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 43) was created 1st Earl Warwick.

Around 1549 [her son] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Whorwood were married. He the son of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 45) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 40).

Kett's Rebellion

On 27 Aug 1549 the rebels were defeated by an army led by [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 45). Henry Willoughby (age 32) was killed at Mousehold Heath, Norwich [Map].

On 03 Jun 1550 [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 12) were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 50) and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 53). He the son of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 41). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 04 Jun 1550 [her son] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Amy Robsart (age 17) were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 12) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 29) attended. He the son of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 41).

In 1551 [her son-in-law] Henry Sidney (age 22) and [her daughter] Mary Dudley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42).

Edward VI's 14th Birthday

11 Oct 1551, the day before his fourteenth birthday, King Edward VI (age 13) celebrated at Hampton Court Palace [Map] by rewarding his guardians; it may have been a case of his guardians rewarding themselves.

[her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42) by marriage Duchess Northumberland. His son Henry Dudley (age 25) was knighted.

Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 34) was created 1st Duke Suffolk for having married King Edward VI's first cousin Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 34). Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk by marriage Duchess Suffolk.

William Paulet (age 68) was created 1st Marquess Winchester. Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

His guardian William Herbert (age 50) was created 1st Earl Pembroke. Anne Parr Countess Pembroke (age 36) by marriage Countess Pembroke.

Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 51), the King's uncle attended.

Henry Dudley was knighted at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1551. 04 Nov 1551. The 4 of November the sayd Quene (age 35) rode from the sayd place to the Kinges pallace at Whitehall by Westminster in hir charyot, accompanyed with diuers knightes and gentlemen, carles and lordes, the Lady Margaret Dowglas (age 36), the Duches of Richmond (age 32), the Duches of Suffolke (age 32), the Duches of Northumberland (age 42), with diuers other noble women of England and ladyes of Scotland followinge after them; the Dukes of [her husband] Northumberland (age 47) and Suffolke and the Lord Treasurer (age 68) receivinge her within the Court gate, all the guard standinge on euery syde of the Court; and at her entringe in at the hall the Kinges Maiestie (age 14) stode in the upper ende of the hall, the [her son] Earle of Warwicke (age 24) [Note. assumed to be referring to the subsiduary title of the Duke of Northumberland] houldinge the sworde afore the Kinge; she kneelinge downe, the Kinges Maiestie tooke her up and, kissinge her, he tooke her by the hand, she comminge with him, he led her up into the chamber of presence, and so from thence to the Queues chamber of presence, where he kissed all the ladyes of Scotland, and so departed for a while; and that daye she dyned on the Quenes syde with the Kinges Maiestie, the Kinges service and hers comminge both togeather, richely serued in gylt plate; the Kinges seruice on the right hand of the table, and the Quenes on the left hand, she sittinge by the Kinge apart by his cloth of estate; the goodly cupbord of plate of gould and gylte that day there occupyed, with the rich hanginges and costly meates, was wondrous to see. All the ladyes of England and Scotland dyned in the Quenes great chamber, and were serued in siluer all theyr meates; dinner ended, the Kinges Maiestie shewed her his galleries and gardens, with other commodityes of that place; and about foure of the clocke he brought her downe againe by the hand into the hall, where he received her and there kissed hir, and so she departed to the Bishops house againe to Pawles in lyke manner as she went thither.

Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

In 1553 [her son] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick (age 30) were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys. He the son of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 44).

Henry Machyn's Diary. 10 Feb 1553. The x day of January [Note. Probably February] rod my lade Mare('s) (age 36) grasse from Saynt [John's] and thrugh Flettstrett unto the kyng at Westmynster, with a grett nombur of lords and knyghtes, and alle the [great] women lades, the duches of Suffoke (age 35) and Northumberland (age 44), my lade marqwes of Northamptun (age 26), and lade marqwes of Wynchester, and the contes of Bedfford (age 74), and the contes of Shrowsbere (age 53), and the contes of Arundelle, my lade Clynton (age 26), my lade Browne (age 24) and Browne [sic in manuscript], and many mo lades and gentyllwomen; and at the oter gatt ther mett her my lord of Suffoke (age 36) and my [her husband] lord of Northumberland (age 49), my lord of Wynchester (age 70), my lord of Bedfford (age 68), and therle of Shrusbery (age 53), the therle of Arundell (age 40), my lord Chamburlayn, my lord Admerolle, and a gret nomber of knyghtes and gentyllmen, and so up unto the chambur of pressens, and ther the Kynges (age 15) grace mett her and salutyd her.... owyn a-pon payne of presunmentt and a grett [penalty, as ye] shalle fynd in the actes in secund yere of kyng ... the perlementt tyme of the sayd yere, and nott to be ... plasse as taverns, alle-howses, ines, or wher ... for cummers and gestes, and has commandyd unto alle shreyffes and baylles, constabulls, justes of pesse, or any .. thay shall se truthe (and) justys as thay shalle [inform the] kyng and ys consell, and bryng them to pressun of ... sun or poyssuns as be the offenders ther off for ... her of odur.

1553 Grey and Dudley Triple Wedding

On 25 May 1553 a triple wedding was celebrated at Durham Place, the London townhouse of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49), father of [her son] Guildford Dudley (age 18) and [her daughter] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon (age 15) ...

Guildford Dudley and [her daughter-in-law] Lady Jane Grey (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 36) and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 35). He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 44). They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

[her son-in-law] Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon (age 18) and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon (age 39) and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 42).

[her grandson-in-law] Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 15) and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 52) and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 22 Aug 1553 [her son] Henry Dudley (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk (age 13) were married. He the son of [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 44). They were third cousin once removed.

Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters

On 22 Aug 1553 [her husband] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 26), his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.

Thomas Palmer and John Gates (age 49) were hanged, drawn and quartered.

On 21 Oct 1554 [her son] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 27) died at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map].

In 1555 Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 46) died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 01 Feb 1555. [The j day of February was buried the duchess of Northumberland at Chelsea where she lived, with a goodly herse of wax and pensils, and escocheons, two baners] of armes, and iiij [banners of images, and] mony mornars, and with ij haroldes of armes. Ther was a mageste and the valans, and vj dosen of torchys and ij whyt branchys, and alle the chyrche hangyd with blake and armes, and a canepe borne over her to the chyrche.

Note. P. 81. Funeral of the duchess of Northumberland. Jane daughter and sole heir of sir [her father] Edward Guilford, lord warden of the Cinque Ports, and widow of [her former husband] John Dudley, duke of Northumberland. She gave birth to thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters. Her monument, decorated with coloured brass plates, still remains in Chelsea church, and is engraved in Faulkner's History of that parish. Her will, which is remarkable as having been written entirely with her own hand, though of considerable length, is printed in Collins's Memoirs of the Sidneys, &c. prefixed to the Sidney Papers, fol. 1746, p. 33.

[her daughter] Temperance Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.

[her daughter] Katherine Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.

[her son] Charles Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.

[her daughter] Margaret Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.

Royal Ancestors of Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 1509-1555

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 1509-1555

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 1509-1555

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Guildford

GrandFather: Richard Guildford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Waller

Father: Edward Guildford

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pympe

GrandMother: Ann Pympe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury

Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger la Warr 3rd Baron de la Warr 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West

GrandFather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hussey

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Peverell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Mother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mortimer

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer

GrandMother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Cornwall 3rd Baron Burford 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cornwall 5th Baron Burford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Barre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Croyser

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Talbot 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England