Family
 John Rudhale 1)Son of William Rudhale and Anne Milborne. Born 1498 2) Died 1530, 31 or 32 years 1) 2) Election: Elected as MP for Herefordshire 1529 2) Will signed: 27 Jul 1530 1) Election: Admitted to Inner Temple 7 Feb 1515/16 2) Notes: History of Parliament mentions the below. "Although when he made his will on 13 May 1530, barely two months after his father’s death, Rudhale professed himself ‘whole in mind and in body’, his own death followed swiftly and the will was proved on the same day, 27 July, as his father’s. It reveals him as a conscientious son and father in his limitation of his funeral expenses to 40s. so that his own father’s debts could be paid and his six or more young children provided for. His wife, who is not mentioned, may have predeceased him; his executors were his mother and a cousin, and another relative, his ‘master’ Sir Thomas Englefield, judge of the common pleas and joint master of the wards, was appropriately entrusted with the wardship of the heir." John's will was interpreted at an inquest held 6 Dec 1532 in order to determine which Rudhall properties should be held for his son, John. The inquest found that John left £20 for daughters Ann, Jane, Joyce (Jocosa) and Isabella and £40 was paid "to enable [Mr. Justice Englefield] to purchase the wardship and marriage of John Rudhale his son". Thomas Englefield was son of Thomas (c1450-1514), son of John Englefield and Jane daughter of John Milbourne. Thomas the father's first wife was Margery daughter of Richard Danvers. Thomas the son's wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Throckmorton. It would therefore seem the kinship was through John's mother, a relative of John Milbourne. Married/ Related to:  Isabel Whittington 3)Daughter of Richard Whittington and Unknown. Died before 1530 Probably - not mentioned in her husband's will 2) Notes: Co-heiress of her uncle, John Whittington, a clerk in holy orders - inheriting half the manor of Staunton, Worcestershire, along with her brother-in-law, William Horton, wife of Maud Whittington. William was subsequently outlawed for killing John Pauncefoot at Gloucester, and Isabel came into possession of the manor. Following John's decease, Isabel married to Walter Horton, of Catton, Derbyshire. Following her second marriage, she sued Charles Rudhall with respect to lands forming part of her inheritance. Child: 1. John RudhaleBorn ± 1526 Aged 3 at his father's death, and of age in 1547. Died Aug 1558, approximately 32 years | |||
Sources
1) Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Record for John Rudhale. Will mentions; "my eldest sonne... Anne and Jane my daughters... my daughters Joyce and Isabell...beloved mother Anne Rudhale...cousin Griffith Barton". External Linkhttp://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5111&h=862346&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 23 (Data from direct source)
2) Source: The History of Parliament . External Link
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/rudhale-john-1498-1530. Reference: Rudhale, John (1498-1530), of Rudhall, Herefs. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary "Short title: Horton v Rudhale. Plaintiffs: Walter HORTON of Catton, co. Derby, esquire, and Isabel his wife, a daughter and heir of Richard Whytyngton, esquire. Defendants: Charles RUDHALE, gentleman, and Reynold BYSSHOP. Subject: Land in Staunton claimed by defendants as glebe. Worcestershire". Dated: 1538-1544. Reference: C 1/1006/49-50 (Data from secondary evidence)