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| 1485 | Adviser |  |
| Appointed Adviser to Henry VIII |
| 1502 | Birth | |
| Birth of John Dudley |
| 1504 | Speaker House of Commons | |
| Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons |
| 1506 | President | |
| Appointed President of the King's Council |
| 1509 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower of London |
| 25th April Tower of London Empson & Dudley are scapegoats for the extortion of Henry VII's ministers |
| 1509 | Trial | |
| London Sentenced to death for for treason but acquitted |
| 1533 | Birth | |
| 7th Sep Birth of Robert Dudley, same date as Elizabeth I |
| 1542 | Peerage | |
| Warwick Created Viscount Lisle |
| 1544 | Siege of Boulogne | |
| Boulogne Dudley helps capture Boulogne under Edward Seymour |
| 1547 | Peerage | |
| Warwick Created Earl Warwick, title granted by Edward VI |
| 1550 | Marriage | |
| 4th June Lord Robert Dudley marries Amy Robsart |
| 1551 | Peerage | |
| Northumberland Created Duke of Northumberland |
| Warwick Created Duke of Northumberland |
| 1551 | Regency | |
| Appointed Regent, rules on behalf of Edward VI |
| 1552 | Execution of Seymour | |
| 22nd Jan Orders the execution of the Duke of Somers et |
| 1552 | Legislation | |
| The Act of Uniformity prescribes penalties for not attending Church services |
| 1552 | Lord Protector | |
| 22nd Jan Appointed Lord Protector |
| 1552 | Publication | |
| The new Prayer Book is introduced |
| 1552 | Reform | |
| The Act of Uniformity prescribes penalties for not attending Church services |
| The new Prayer Book is introduced |
| 1553 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Apologises for reversing the will of Henry VIII in favour of Lady Jane Grey, too late |
| Tower of London Arrested & placed in the Tower after the death of Edward VI |
| 14th July London Sent to Framligham to arrest Mary I, an unpopular request with the people of London |
| 19th July Cambridge The Council declares for Mary & Dudley is arrested |
| 1553 | Death | |
| 21st Aug Tower of London Death of John Dudley, executed |
| 21st Aug Tower of London Executed by Queen Mary after the fall of Lady Jane Grey after 2 weeks |
| 1553 | Execution of Dudley | |
| 21st Aug Tower of London Executed for trying to prevent Mary's succession |
| 1553 | Marriage | |
| London Marries his 4th son to Lady Jane Grey |
| 21st May Forced to marry Lady Jane Grey by his father, the Duke of Northumberland |
| 1553 | Peerage | |
| Warwick Created Earl Warwick |
| 1553 | Rebellion | |
| 12th July Leaves London in an effort to suppress Mary's rebellion |
| 19th July Cambridge The Council declares for Mary & Dudley is arrested |
| 1553 | Succession | |
| Creates a puppet soveriegn to prevent Mary undoing all his Protestant reforms |
| Westminster Abbey Gets Edward VI to alter the succession to Lady Jane Grey |
| Westminster Abbey Helps get Lady Jane Grey crowned Queen, married to his 2nd son Lord Guildford Dudley |
| Westminster Abbey Proclaims Lady Jane Grey Queen after Edward's death |
| 18th July Dudley demands reinforcements but at Baynard's castle Lord Arundel declares Mary Queen |
| 1554 | Death | |
| Feb Tower of London Death of Guildord Dudley, executed by Mary as a consequence of the Wyatt rebellion |
| 1554 | Execution of Dudley | |
| 21st Aug Tower of London Executed by Queen Mary as a consequence of the Wyatt rebellion |
| 1555 | Plot | |
| Henry Dudley plots an invasion of England to place Elizabeth on the throne |
| 1558 | Master of the Horse | |
| London Appointed Master of the Horse by Elizabeth I |
| 1559 | Privy Council | |
| Appointed Privy Councillor |
| 1560 | Death | |
| 8th Sep London Dudley's wife dies under suspicious circumstances |
| 1560 | Scandal | |
| 8th Sep London An inquest says Dudley's wife's death was accidental |
| 1561 | Peerage | |
| Warwick Created Earl of Warwick, 21st |
| 1562 | Lord Protector | |
| Appointed Protector of the Realm if Elizabet I is too ill to rule |
| 1564 | Marriage | |
| London Suggested as a husband for Mary Queen of Scots by Elizabeth I |
| 1564 | Peerage | |
| Leicester Created Earl of Leicester, 1st |
| 1565 | Marriage | |
| Kenilworth Given Kenilworth castle to equip him for a marriage to Mary, she marries Lord Darnley |
| 1565 | Peerage | |
| Leicester Created Earl of Leicester |
| 1574 | Birth | |
| Birth of Robert Dudley, son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester |
| 1575 | Conference of Kenilworth | |
| Kenilworth Entertains Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle |
| 1578 | Marriage | |
| Dudley marries Lettice Knollys , widow of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex |
| 1585 | Invasion of Holland | |
| Has 6,000 English troops to aid the United Provinces against Spain |
| 1586 | Siege of Zutphen | |
| Zutphen Conducts the siege of Zutphen without success |
| 1587 | Invasion of Holland | |
| The English withdraw from the Netherlands |
| 1588 | Invasion of England | |
| Aug Tilbury Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester maintaines a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the estuary of the River Thames against any incursion up-river towards London |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada | |
| Aug Tilbury Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester maintaines a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the estuary of the River Thames against any incursion up-river towards London |
| 1590 | Death | |
| Death of Ambrose Dudley without an heir, the title & estates return to the Crown |
| 1594 | Discovery of Guiana | |
| Explores Guiana |
| 1596 | Siege of Cadix | |
| Cadiz Takes part in the siege of Cadiz |
| 1605 | Exile of Dudley | |
| Refused titles of father & uncle by Star Chamber & deserts family for Italy |
