Updated with new sources: Thomas Rudyard Descent from Edward III LINE # 1. Edward III of England, b. November 13, 1312, Windsor Castle, co. Berks., d. June 21, 1377, Shene Palace, Richmond, Surrey = Philippa of Hainault [descendant of Henry II], b. June 24, 1311, Valenciennes, France, d. August 15, 1369, Windsor Castle, co. Berks. [8] [12] [23] [24] 2. John of Gaunt, 2nd duke of Lancaster, b. March 1339/40, St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, d. February 03, 1398/99, Leicester Castle, co. Leicester = Katherine de Roet, b. abt. 1350, d. May 10, 1403. [8] [9] [12] [15] [23] [24] 3. John Beaufort, marquess of Somerset, b. abt. 1371, Kettlethorpe Manor, nr. Pottersgate, co. Lincoln, d. March 16, 1409/10, St. Catherine-by-the-Tower Hospital, London = Margaret de Holand [descendant of Edward I], b. abt. 1381, Upholand, co. Lancs., d. December 30, 1439, St. Saviour's Monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey. [8] [9] [12] [15] [23] 4. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset, b. abt. 1406, Westminster, co. Middlesex, d. May 22, 1455, 1st Battle of St. Alban's = Alianore de Beauchamp [descendant of Edward I], b. September 1408, Walthamstow, co. Essex, d. March 06, 1466/67, Baynard's Castle, London. [8] [9] [12] [23] 5. Anne Beaufort, d. aft. 1496 = William Paston, Knt., Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; b. 28 May 1436, Paston, co. Norfolk, d. 1496, Paston; son of William Paston by Agnes, daughter of Sir Edmund Berry. [9] [12] [13] [15] [18] [22] 6. Anne Paston, d. bef. 1530 = Sir Gilbert Talbot [descendant of Edward III], b. abt. 1476, d. 22 Oct. 1542, Grafton Manor, co. Worcs.; son of Gilbert Talbot, Knt., of co. Salop by Elizabeth, widow of Thomas 5th baron Scrope of Masham and da. of Ralph 5th baron Greystoke by Elizabeth de Ferrers. [8] [9] [12] [14] [15] [16] [18] [22] [23] [24] 7. Elizabeth Talbot, d. bef. 19 Oct. 1542 = John Lyttelton, Esq., of Frankley Manor, co. Worcs., b. abt. 1500, d. 17 May 1532; son of William Lyttelton, Knt., of Frankley Manor by Mary Whittington. [1] [2] [7] [14] [15] [16] [18] [22] 8. Roger Lyttelton, Esq., d. bef. 11 Jan. 1588/89, Groveley, co. Warwick = Elizabeth Stanley [descendant of Edward I], da. of John Stanley of Bromwich Hall by Cecily Freebody. [2] [3] [7] [14] [16] 9. Bridget Lyttelton, d. aft. Sept. 1621 = Henry James, of Flyford Flavell, co. Worcs., son of Edmund James of Astley, co. Worcs. [3] [4] [7] [16] [21] 10. Anne James, d. aft. Sept. 1621 = Thomas Rudyard, d. 1626, of Deulacres, Leek, co. Staffs., son of Thomas Rudyard of Rudyard by Elizabeth, da. of John Osbaldston of Nethercote, co. Oxon. [4] [10] [21] 11. Anthony Rudyard, b. abt. 1610, Deulacres Abbey, Leek, co. Staffs, d. Mar. 1661/62, Deulacres, Leek; magistrate of Leek, 1654-1660 = Anne Newton [descendant of Edward I], b. abt. 1615, Wilmslow, co. Cheshire, d. Mar. 1657/58, da. of William Newton of Wilmslow by Margery, da. of Lawrence Wright of Nantwich, co. Cheshire. [4] [5] [10] [11] [19] [20] [21] 12. Thomas Rudyard, b. 1640, Leek, co. Staffs., d. 1692, Bridgetown, Barbados; attorney in the Guildhall, London; author of tracts for the London Society of Friends; associate and attorney of William Penn; original purchaser of PA; proprietor of East Jersey; deputy-governor of East Jersey 1682-1684; attorney-general of New York = Alice [Boscowen]. [5] [6] [10] [17] [19] [20] [21] Primary Documents: PCC wills, obtained from "Documents Online" at http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/ : [1] John Lyttelton, Esq., of Frankley, proved 1532 [PROB 11/24] [line 7]. [2] John Littleton, Knt., of Frankley, proved 1590 [PROB 11/75]. Among the legatees are "George Littleton eldest sonne of my deare and loving brother Roger Littleton esquire, deceastd" and "Humphrey Littleton one other of the sonnes of my said brother Roger Littleton" [lines 7-8]. [3] George Littleton of the Inner Temple, London, proved 1601 [PROB 11/96]. He gives to his "Sister James [Bridget] fyve pounds" [lines 8-9]. [4] Thomas Rudyard of Deulacres, co. Staffs., proved 1626 [PROB 11/139]. To "Mrs. Brigett James, my mother in lawe, my best nagg or mare which I shall fortune to have at the tyme of my death" [lines 9-11]. [5] Anthony Rudyard of Deulacres, co. Staffs., proved 1661 [PROB 11/310] [lines 11-12]. Secondary References: [6] Braithwaite, A. "Thomas Rudyard: early Friends' 'Oracle of Law.'" Journal of the Friends' Historical Society [London, Autumn 1956], pps. 5-19 [line 12]. [7] Butler, A., ed. The visitation of Worcestershire 1634 [Harleian Society Publications, London, 1938], p. 62 [lines 7-9]. [8] Cockayne, G. The complete peerage [St. Catherine Press, London, 1949], IV, pps. 39-44 [lines 1-3], VII, pps. 410-416 [lines 1-2]; XI, pps. 569, 706 note (a), 717 note (d), 731 chart [line 6], XII/1, pps. 49-53 [line 4]. [9] Dugdale, W. The baronage of England [G. Olms, Hildesheim ; New York, 1977], v. 1, pps. 325 chart, 331 [line 6], v. 2, pps. 114-119, 121-4 [lines 2-5]. [10] Dugdale, W., Rylands, W., & Armytage, G., eds. Staffordshire pedigrees based on the visitation of that county [Harleian Society Publications, London, 1912], v. 63, p. 95 [lines 10-12]. [11] Earwaker, J. East Cheshire: past and present [London: privately printed, 1877], v. 1, p. 128 [line 11]. [12] Faris, D. Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth-century colonists, 2nd ed. [NEHGS, Boston, 1999], pps. 109, 162-3, 285-6, 332-33, 350 [lines 1-6]. [13] Gies, F. & J. A medieval family: the Pastons of fifteenth-century England [Harper Collins, New York, 1999], p. 368 [line 5]. [14] Jeayes, I. Descriptive catalogue of the charters & muniments of the Lyttelton family [Chas. J. Clark, London, 1893], xv, xvi, 107-108 [no. 434]. John Lyttelton of Frankley settles on his wife Elizabeth, "daughter of Sir Gilbert Talbot," the manors of Frankley and Collesdon, co. Worc., and Cressage Manor, co. Salop" [lines 6-8]. [15] Nicolas, N. Testamenta vetusta: being illustrations from wills, of manners, customs, &c. as well as of the descents and possessions of many distinguished families. From the reign of Henry the Second to the accession of Queen Elizabeth [Nichols & son, London, 1826], v. 1, pps. 140-5 [John of Gaunt], v. 2, pps. 654 [John Lyttelton, Esq.], 695-6 [Gilbert Talbot, Jr.]. [lines 2-3, 5-7]. [16] Phillimore, W., ed. The visitation of the county of Worcester made in the year 1569 [Harleian Society Publications, London 1888], pps. 94, 133-4 [lines 6-9]. Online at: http://www.uk- genealogy.org.uk/england/Worcestershire/visitations/index.html [17] Raimo, J. Biographical directory of American colonial and revolutionary governors 1607-1789 [Meckler Books, Westport, CT, 1980], p. 205 [line 12]. [18] Reade, C. The house of Cornewall [Jakeman & Carver, Hereford, 1908], p. 219 [lines 5-7]. [19] Roberts, G. The royal descents of 500 immigrants to the American colonies or the United States : who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history : 2nd printing, with a bibliographical supplement, 1993-2000 [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 2001], p. 110 [lines 11-12]. [20] Rudgers, D. "Governor Thomas Rudyard of East Jersey and his descendants in New York." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record [Oct. 1990], v. 121, pps. 193-194 [lines 11-12]. [21] Sleigh, J. A history of the ancient parish of Leek in Staffordshire [Bemrose & Sons, London, 1883], pps. 126, 129 [lines 9-12]. [22] Wambaugh, E. Littleton's tenures in English [Fred B. Rothman & Co., Littleton, CO, 1985 reprint], intro, p. li [lines 5-7]. [23] Weis, F. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700. 7th ed., additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. ; asst. by David Faris [Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1992], pps. 3 [lines 1-4], 10 [line 6]. [24] Weis, F. The Magna Charta sureties, 1215 : the barons name in the Magna Charta, 1215, and some of their descendants who settled in America during the early Colonial years, 4th ed., with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., with David Faris [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1991], pps. 32 [line 6], 190 [lines 1-2]. ***** © 2003 by: Kevin D. Bradford, M.L.S. 315 Woodway Drive Paducah, KY 42001 kdb60@earthlink.net

Kevin, There is quite a lot about the Rudyard family (preceding your step 10) including their acquisition of land around Dieulacress Abbey in Leek in John Sleigh (1862) `A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek'. Some may be interested in a bit of local history as a background. Dieulacress Abbey was founded by Ranulph Blundeville, earl of Chester (who was a close associate of king John and who married the widow of John's older brother Geoffrey). Its name is said to derive from the utterance (in French) of Blundeville's wife "God increase it" (cf. the augmentative function of the vegetable soul). Not a lot remains from the Abbey. There is however a very usual font in St Mary's, Stafford which is believed to date from those times of the crusading Richard I and his younger brother John (who abnormally for the early Plantagenets spent a lot of his time in England and bore such titles as Lord of Ireland and Lord of Lancaster). Near the bottom, the font has lions trampling on apes and the inscription (in Latin) "You are not wise if you do not flee from lions". Near the top the font has naked women (very unusual for a Western European Christian church) and a damaged insciption (in Latin) "Thou bearest from Jerusalem ???? endowing me with grace and beauty". I understand there is Christian reference to "resisting lions" but this is rather different. Some have commented on a possible connection to the Knights Templars at Keele though there is no real evidence to support a connection t0o them. Others have commented on ancient legends of the "Black men of Biddulph Moor", said to relate to middle eastern bailiffs (said to be the origins of the surname Bailey) and concubines brought back to the locality. John -- . . John S Plant PhD MBCS MIDI KLUO . Chartered Information Systems Practitioner .......unifying cerebral creativity with intelligent algorithms Tel.(01782)58 3064 : j.s.plant@isc.keele.ac.uk :: Computing Services, Fax.(01782)58 3636 : helpdesk@isc.keele.ac.uk ::: Keele Information Services. .....Dr.J.S.Plant,Computing Services,Keele University,Staffordshire,ST5 5BG.