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The Purefoys were, some of them, Puritans, conspicuous in Cromwell's time. This was a very ancient house, and many branches of it are traced in the County Histories of England. The Dudleys, and many of their kinsmen and friends dwelt in the Parish of St. Dunstan's, in the West of London, where we find a "Roger Dudley" mentioned in the records. There were two of the name of "Roger Dudley" in London A. D. 1560-1600. It is recorded, that Dorothy, dau. of Roger Dudley, gent., was baptized there March 31, 1603, and Richard, son of Roger Dudley, was buried Aug. 20, 1603. Also, William Purefoy,(*) gent., was married to Jane Purefoy, Jan. 23, 1611, and Thomas, son of John Dudley, gent., was baptized there May 30, 1591. At St. Dunstan's, also, John Purefoy of Shalston, in Bucks, married Anne, daughter, of Thos. Windsor Esq., of Bentley. This John Purefoy was brother to Judge Nicolls' father-in-law, Richard Purefoy, whose wife, (Anne) aided, Gov. Thomas Dudley to get his education. And this Anne Windsor was granddaughter of Sir Andrews Windsor, K. C. B., brother of Edmund Dudley's first wife, that is, Edmund, the father of John, the Duke of Northumberland, grandfather of Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Leicester House, the London residence of Robt. Dudley, Earl of Leicester, stood adjoining to St. Dunstan's, in the West, near to Temple Bar, on he Westminster side. It was after Leicester's time called Essex House.
(*) This was the M. P. for Coventry, A. D. 1625.
(Dudley, "History...", p.20)
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