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	7 Richard DUDLEY c1685->1724
spouse's records	m Mary BROMLEY 1706

Richard began the DUDLEY line at Terling, his marriage to Mary BROMLEY in 1709 being the first Dudley record in the parish. They baptised 8 children altogether, but at least 4 died young. One of their sons was a blacksmith so it is possible that Richard was too, as this trade often stayed in the family.

At present, Richard's parish of origin is not known, neither has his burial been identified. His wife Mary was probably buried at Terling in 1761

C=Christened

age DATE RD MB

EVENT

? 1685 26Oct1688 26Apr1709 24 21 26Feb1710 25 22 14Apr1711 26 23 20Oct1712 27 24 26Jan1713 28 25 29Nov1714 29 26 15Jul1716 31 28 2Mar1718 33 30 1721 36 33 10Dec1722 37 34 Jun1724 39 36 28Dec1724 39 36 6Sep1725 40 37 4May1761 73

Richard born Mary Bromley C at Braintree (see BROMLEY records) m at Terling son Edward C at Terling dau Eliza born, C 23Apr at Terling dau Eliza buried at Terling son Richard born, C 25Feb Terling son Thomas born, C 28Dec Terling son Richard buried at Terling son Richard born, C 16Mar Terling son William born son George born, C 16Dec Terling dau Mary born Mary and William C at Terling dau Mary buried at Terling Mary buried Terling?

Richard's age based on an assumed age at marriage

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died

C=Christened B=Buried

BIRTH

The Dudley name is not common in Essex and the registers of most parishes in which DUDLEY references occur have been examined, but Richard's baptism has not been found. Peter DUDLEY was a yeoman of Danbury in 1577 but surviving Danbury registers start at 1673. No Terling manorial records have been found to indicate his origin. The IGI has many DUDLEYs in the vicinity of Dudley, Staffordshire; apart from these the following Richard DUDLEYs were C between 1670 and 1690:

C 12Mar1670 s Richard & Elizabeth DUDLEY at Thurlaston, Leicester

C 23Jun1679 s Edward & Mary DUDLEY at St Botolph Bishopsgate, London

C 14Jny1691 s John & Mary DUDLEY at Stepney St Dunstan MDX

there was a Richard DUDLEY C at Norwich in 1609

John AUDLEY m Sarah FREEMAN 18Sep1683 at Wimbish ESS (15miles from Terling)

MARRIAGE

Richard-6 was baptised at Terling in 1718, son of Richard & Mary; several baptisms to these parents are preceded by the following marriage at Terling:

m 26Apr1709 Ric DUDLEY & Mary BROMLEY

DESCENDANTS

from the Terling register

C 26Feb1710 Edw s Ric & Mary DUDLEY

C 23Apr1711 b14Apr1711 Eliz d Ric & Mary DUDLEY; B 20Oct1712 Eliza DUDLEY infant

C 25Feb1713 b26Jan1713 Ric s Ric & Mary DUDLEY; B 15Jul1716 Ric DUDLEY child

C 28Dec1714 b29Nov1714 Thos s Ric & Mary DUDLEY

C 16Mar1718 b 2Mar1718 Ric s Ric & Mary DUDLEY

C 16Dec1722 b10Dec1722 Geo s Ric & Mary DUDLEY

C 28Dec1724 Mary d Ric & Mary DUDLEY age about 6m; B 6Sep1725 Mary DUDLEY infant

C 28Dec1724 Wm s Ric & Mary DUDLEY age about 3

DEATH

There is only one possible Richard burial recorded at Terling:

B 25Apr1765 Ric DUDLEY

if Richard m at age 21 then he would have been 77 at this time. For reasons discussed in DUDL-B6, however this burial is considered more likely to refer to Richard's son aged 47 than to Richard-7. There are no DUDLEY burials at Terling between 1725 and 1751 but the original registers do not seem to be deficient for this period

there is only one suitable burial of Mary at Terling:

B 4May1761 Mary DUDLEY

but this record could refer to either of two Mary DUDLEYs both born in 1749 so aged 12 at burial; these might have been noted as "child" in the register, but this is not certain. If the record refers to Richard's wife, she was aged about 73 at burial

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