Dud (Dudley) Tomlinson (abt.1600-abt.1684)

Colonel Dud Tomlinson formerly Dudley aka Sutton

Born about 1600 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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Ancestors

Son of Edward Sutton and Elizabeth (Tomlinson) Sutton

Brother of Mary (Sutton) Home [half], Ferdinando Sutton [half], Katherine (Tomlinson) Dudley, Jane (Dudley) Parkeshouse, Anne Sutton [half], Margaret (Sutton) Hobart [half] and Martha (Tomlinson) Wilmer

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died about 1684 at about age 84 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Dud Dudley (1599–1684) , known as Doctor Hunt, was an English metallurgist, who fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War^[1] as a soldier, military engineer, and supplier of munitions. Colonel Dud Dudley was captured during the Seige of Worcester and sent to London where he was condemned to die, when he escaped the day before his execution in 1648. He went into hiding, and practiced medicine, using the alias 'Doctor Hunt".

He was one of the first Englishmen to smelt iron ore using coke.

Dudley was the illegitimate son of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley of Dudley Castle, and grandson of Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley. Dud was the fourth of Lord Dudley's eleven children by his 'concubine' Elizabeth, the daughter of William Tomlinson (she died 3 July 1629). Strictly, he was called Dud Dudley otherwise Tomlinson. His eldest brother was Robert Dudley of Netherton Hall.

Dud married Eleanor Heaton, (1606–1675), on 12 October 1626, at St. Helen's Church, Worcester.

Dud Dudley passed away in 1684.

Research Notes

Dud Dudley was given the lease of Chasepool Lodge.^[2]^[3] His mother states in her will, that Dud's share should go to the poor. He later claimed Himley Hall.