Andrew Judde


Sir Andrew Judde, or Judd was a 16th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London.

Biography

He was born in Tonbridge, the third son of John Judde,, gentleman, and Margaret, daughter of Valentine Chiche. 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. 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 the Tonbridge School in his home town. During his career as a merchant, he personally traveled 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. As a result of his vigorous opposition to Wyatt's Rebellion, he gained the favor of Queen Mary and Philip II of Spain. He served as Mayor of the Staple of Calais.

Family

Sir Andrew Judde was married three times.

He married firstly, by 1523, Mary, daughter of Thomas Murfyn, an earlier Lord Mayor of London, and his first wife, Alice Marshall. By her he had four sons and a daughter:
He married a second time, in 1542, Agnes, about whom nothing is known.
His third and final marriage was in 1552 to Mary, the wealthy widow of another skinner, Thomas Langton, and daughter of Thomas Mathews of Colchester.
Judde died on 4 September, 1558 and was buried in St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London.