Sir Andrew Judde or Judd (5 September 1492 – 1558) was a 16th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London.[1] He was knighted on 15 February 1551.[1]
Andrew Judde | |
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Lord Mayor of London | |
In office 1550–1550 | |
Monarch | Edward VI |
Preceded by | Sir Rowland Hill |
Succeeded by | Sir Richard Dobbs |
Sheriff of London | |
In office 1544–1544 | |
Monarch | Henry VIII |
Personal details | |
Born | Tonbridge, Kent | September 5, 1492
Died | London, UK | September 4, 1558
Resting place | St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London, UK 51°30′53″N 0°04′54″W / 51.5148°N 0.0818°W |
Spouse(s) | Mary Murfyn Agnes (Annys) Mary Mathews |
Children | John Richard Alice Martha |
He was born in Tonbridge, the third son of John Judde, (d. 1493), gentleman, and Margaret, daughter of Valentine Chiche.[1] His mother was the granddaughter of an earlier Lord Mayor of London, Robert Chichele, and great-niece of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, and William Chichele, Sheriff of London.[2] He left for London and apprenticed with the Skinners Company; he was later the master of the company for four terms. He accumulated a large fortune, part of which he used to establish Tonbridge School in his home town. During his career as a merchant, he personally travelled to Russia, Spain, and the coast of Africa. He served as one of the Sheriffs of London in 1544, and was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1550.[3] As a result of his vigorous opposition to Wyatt's Rebellion, he gained the favour of Queen Mary and Philip II of Spain. He served as Mayor of the Staple of Calais.
Sir Andrew Judde was married three times.[4]
(His first wife's stepsister, Frances Murfyn (c. 1520–c. 1543), married, in 1534, Thomas Cromwell's nephew, Richard.[7] Alice Squire (d. 1560), the widow of her brother, Edward Murfyn, married circa 1528, Edward North (later Baron North).[8])
Judde died on 4 September 1558 and was buried in St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London.[1]