Edmund Dudley
Edmund Dudley (on RHS).
Henry VII in centre.
From
here.
Edmund Dudley.
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wikipedia.
Became MP for
Lewes in 1491.
He
mar 2ndly, between 1500 and 1503,
to
Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle
[descendant of
Edward I
and of
Aoife Mac Murrough].
Speaker of the House of Commons 1504.
He was an administrator and a financial agent of
Henry VII.
He
enriched himself and made enemies.
Henry VII died April 1509.
Henry VIII came to the throne.
The unpopular
Dudley was quickly arrested, June 1509.
Jailed in
Tower of London.
In the Tower he sought to gain the favour of the new King
by writing
The Tree of Common Wealth (1510),
a treatise in support of absolute monarchy.
He was
executed (beheaded) for treason
at
Tower Hill,
17 August 1510.
Edmund had issue by 2nd wife:
- John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland,
born 1504.
Publication of
The Tree of Common Wealth
in 1859.
