| Description | [6 Jas I
i) Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley
ii) Elizabeth Tomlinson of Tipton, Staffs., Spinster and Dudde [Dud] Tomlinson [Dudley] and Martha Tomlinson [Dudley] her son and daughter others
9a land in Port (or Portway) Field.
Consideration: £20
Rent: 9s
Witnessed.
Endorsed '4/11'
Note: Elizabeth Tomlinson was the mistress of Lord Dudley (described by Gilbert Lyttelton as 'a lewd and infamous woman, a base collier's daughter'): she is said to have borne him 11 children, including Dudde or Dud Dudley. |