William Dudley (died 1483) was

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and then

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. Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son of

John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley John Sutton VI, 1st Baron Dudley, KG, (25 December 1400 – 30 September 1487) was an English nobleman, a diplomat, and councillor of King Henry VI. He fought in several battles during the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, as well as ...

. He was made a

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and

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in 1471 and elevated to

in 1473, a position which he held with that of Dean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man. Dudley was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. In 1483 he supported Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, in his bid for the

Throne of England The Throne of England is the throne of the Monarch of England. "Throne of England" also refers metonymically to the office of monarch, and monarchy itself.Gordon, Delahay. (1760) ''A General History of the Lives, Trials, and Executions of All th ...

. In the last months of his life he was Chancellor of Oxford University.Loades p. 1 Dudley died on 29 November 1483.

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* *Loades, David (1996): ''John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504–1553'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, * Ross, Charles (1981): ''Richard III'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1483 deaths Canons of Windsor Deans of Windsor Bishops of Durham 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Chancellors of the University of Oxford

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Deans of Wolverhampton Deans of the Chapel Royal Year of birth unknown {{BishopofDurham-stub