Missing - Ross on Wye Herefordshire

Black marble and alabaster wall monument to William Rudhale 1609 & wife Margaret Croft (now lost) above their kneeling 2 sons and 7 daughters who survived to adulthood

 

William Rudhall / Rudhale 1554- 1609 was the eldest son of John Rudhall 1558 & Mary daughter of William Fettiplace

He was the great grandson of John Rudhall 1530 & Ann Milbourne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/w0877J

His sister Frances Woodward 1623 has a memorial at Linton nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/NkYs1x

 

He m Margaret 2nd daughter of Sir James Croft 1590 & Alyce daughter of Richard Warnecombe & Anne Bromwiche: Widow of William Wigmore

Children - 4 sons & 13 daughters

1. Sir Richard bc 1573 - 1596 aged 24 (Richard was a soldier who accompanied the Earl of Essex in the expedition against Cadiz in 1596 and was rewarded with a knighthood for his services. During the English expedition against Spain in 1597, Richard contracted a fever and died from its effects after returning to Plymouth)

2. Gilbert bc 1577 - 1594 aged 17

3. John 1636 m 1628 (2nd husband) Mary www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/G2FF1K daughter of Sir William Pitt 1636 ( Comptroller of the Royal Household and Principal Officer of the Exchequer) & Edith Cadbury : Mary was the widow of Sir Alexander Choke 1625 of Shawbury & Shalbourne son of Francis Choke of Yatton Mary m3 John Vaughan of Ruardon

4. Col.William bc 1589 - dsp 1651 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/qb2731

1. Alice died an infant

2. Frances bc 1575 m Herbert Westfaling 1572-1652 son of Herbert Westfaling & Anne daughter of William Barlow by Agatha Wellesbourne (At the death of her sister Mary in 1668, Frances' heir, grandson Herbert Westfaling, became the Lord of Rudhall pursuant to the direction of the 1636 will of John Rudhale)

3. Anne bc 1583 m 1600 Thomas Prlce / Pryse of Brecknock

4. Joan bc 1581 - 1625 m 1602 ( 1st wife) with a £300 dowry) Sir Walter Pye 1635 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7j7905 MP of the Mynde, Much Dewchurch, son and heir of Roger Pye of Mynde www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/m64C2E by Bridget daughter of Thomas Kyrle and Joan Abrahall: Walter m2 1628 Hester daughter of John Ireland and widow of Ellis Crisp, Alderman of London 1625.

5. Joyce bc 1579-1638 m Sir Samuel Aubrey of Clehonger heir of Morgan Awbrey a wealthy salt merchant & widow Joan Vaux Holman

6. Margaret bc 1585 m John Morgan of Llantilio Pertholey

7. Katherine bc 1591 m Richard Broughton of Owlebury

8. Mary bc 1593- 1668 unmarred On the death of her brother John in 1636, Mary was given a trust that included the use of the manors and estates not included in John's marriage settlement. Mary was also the heir of her brother William, who died in 1651. When Mary died in 1668, the Rudhall trust was divided among the remaining heirs of her married sisters.

9 - 13 . Joyce, Joan, Ursula, Margaret &Alice - died young www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8eY706

 

The family ended with the death of Mary Westfaling 1760-1830 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d24A60 sole heiress and lineal descendant of the families of Rudhall and Westfaling

 

William is thought to have restored the 14c almshouses in church street

Above are their arms - or, on a bend az. 3 catherine wheels arg. (Rudhale) quartering; 1, gu. a chev. between 3 escallops arg. (Milborne); 2, or fretty, gules plat‚e, (Verdon); 3, arg. a bend between 6 martlets gul. (Furniva)l; 4, gules, a fesse compon‚e, an annulet for difference, (Whittington); 5, gul. a fret ermine, (Hyndford); 6, arg. a chev. gul. between 3 hurts, (Baskerville); 7, az. a lion ramp. arg. armed and langued ppr. (Lovetot); 8, sab. a bend between 6 ctosses croslet fitch‚e or, (Blacket); 9, sab. a cross engrailed between 4 nails arg. (Marbury); 10, arg. 3 bars wavy az.; 11, sab. 3 swans 2 and 1 arg. Under a crest of a dexter hand, couped at wrist, grasping a bunch of roses and tulips.

A slate slab bears the latin inscription:

"GULIELMUS RUDHALE, ARMIGER, SERVIENTIS AD LEGEM QVI PROPTER DORMIT PRO NEPOS, EX MARGARETA FILIA VIRI CLARISSIMI IACOBI CROFT MILITIS, REGINAE ELIZABETHAE E SECRETORIBUS CONSILIIS ET HOSPITII SVI CONTRAROTULARII, QVATVOR FILIOS ET TREDECIM FILIAS SVSCEPIT, FILIOS DVOS ET FILIAS SEPTEM RELIQVIT SUPERSTITES. FIDE IN DEVM, AMORE IN VERBO DIVINI MAGISTRI, CHARITATE IN PATRIAM, BENEFICENTIA IN PAVPERES, AEQVITATE IN OMNES SINGVLARI, VITAM EGIT PIE, PEREGIT TRANQVILLE 21ø AVG 1609 AETATIS SVAE ANNO 55 BEATI MORTUI QVI IN D¥O MORIUNT"

(William Rudhall, gent, who served in the law, ... and wife Margaret daughter of Sir James Croft, knight, secretary to the council of Queen Elizabeth and Comptroller of the Royal Household, having issue 4 sons and 13 daughters , of whom survive 2 sons and 7 daughters. Faithful toward God and his word , loyal to his Country, benefactor to the poor , .... Quietly he died 21st August 1609 aged 55 .... ) - Church of St Mary the Virgin , Ross on Wye, Herefordshire

 

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