THE DUDLEYS OF DURHAM

Deciphering Dudley of Durham: Newcastle Coal Kings & Mayflower Links [Ref: 6240]

Tracing a prominent Tudor line from Durham civic leaders and Newcastle coal merchants to colonial connections.

The Deciphered Lineage & Transcription

Top Section (Durham Civic & Merchant Roots): Dudley of Durham | Newcastle & Chopwell John Dudley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne = d. of William Carr of Newcastle. Robert Dudley, Alderman & Mayor of Newcastle 1602, Collector of Customs, knighted 1603 by James I = Anne d. of Christopher Mitford. Middle Section (Coal Magnates & Landed Holdings): Ambrose Dudley of Chopwell, Co. Durham d. 1620 = Isabel d. of Richard Berners. Tobias Dudley of Chopwell d. 1638 = Anne d. of Sir William Blakiston of Gibside. Ownership of Chopwell Woods, coal pits, and shipping staiths along the River Tyne. Lower Section (Colonial & Mayflower Connections): Intermarriages with Mitford, Blakiston, Clavering, and Radcliffe families. Colonial lines branching through Newcastle merchant networks to early New England & Virginia shipping trade. Citations: Surtees' History of Durham II 280 ; Welford's Newcastle & Gateshead III ; Vis. of Durham 1615. If you are interested, see Saturday’s story on The Black Gold of the Tyne