22 Facts About Andrew Dudley

Andrew Dudley was appointed captain of the fortress of Guines in the Pale of Calais in late 1551.

Andrew Dudley was one of three sons of Edmund Dudley, a councillor of King Henry VII, and his second wife Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edward Grey, 4th Viscount Lisle.

Andrew Dudley served in the household of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and as an officer of the exchequer in the 1540s.

The brother of the Lord High Admiral, Andrew Dudley served in the royal navy and commanded the new royal ship Swallow in 1545.

Andrew Dudley was to oversee the "annoyance of the Scots" in the North Sea and to interrupt the shipping of munition from France to Scotland.

Andrew Dudley was ordered to show his fleet near St Andrews Castle to encourage the besieged allies of England.

Andrew Dudley was 30 miles from Yarmouth when he saw the Great Lion, with the Lyonesse, the Mary Gallante and another unnamed Scottish ship.

Andrew Dudley was told to lay up the Pauncey and other ships for repair; he was to release his Scottish prisoners, except notables, "gentlemen of estimation", and 40 sailors judged to be the best seamen and pilots.

Andrew Dudley then sailed North to treat with the Fife lairds who had killed Cardinal Beaton.

The lairds, who became known as the "Castilians", signed a contract with Andrew Dudley, according to which they were to receive English aid to hold the castle against the Scottish government:.

Andrew Dudley struck a bargain with Lord Gray, a disaffected Scottish noble who owned Broughty Castle, a fortress near Dundee.

Andrew Dudley assisted the campaign at sea, under the command of Lord Clinton.

Shortly after the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh Andrew Dudley was knighted by Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.

Andrew Dudley was assisted by Thomas Wyndham who sailed several times up the Tay towards Perth looking for supplies.

Andrew Dudley's plan was to draw his besiegers to attack him and he kept behind his main force.

Andrew Dudley was relieved at Broughty by Thomas Wyndham's nephew, Sir John Luttrell.

In early 1551 Andrew Dudley became captain of the English garrison at Guines.

In 1552 Andrew Dudley was made a Knight of the Garter; at the end of the year he was sent on a diplomatic mission to discuss Edward VI's hopes to mediate for peace between the Empire and France.

Jehan Scheyfve, the Emperor's agent, reported that Andrew Dudley was discreet, and only mentioned that Charles had given him a present.

Andrew Dudley had even reserved a number of items from the wardrobe at Westminster for the marriage, including jewels, silver and gilt cups, a hair-brush, velvet dog-collars, and a pair of pictures of Diana and Actaeon.

Andrew Dudley assembled a force of 500 men at Ware, Hertfordshire to assist in his brother's campaign against Mary Tudor.

Andrew Dudley pleaded guilty and only asked that his jewels that were in the keeping of his wardrobe colleague Arthur Stourton should not be lost.