Thomas Tuddenham

Sir Thomas Tuddenham
Born10 May 1401
Eriswell, Suffolk
Died23 February 1462(1462-02-23) (aged 60)
Tower Hill, London
BuriedAustin Friars, London
Spouse(s)Alice Wodehouse
FatherSir Robert Tuddenham

Sir Thomas Tuddenham (10 May 1401 – 23 February 1462)[1] was an influential Norfolk landowner, official and courtier. He served as Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Keeper of the Great Wardrobe. During the Wars of the Roses he allied himself with the Lancastrian side, and after the Yorkist victory in 1461 was charged with treason and beheaded on Tower Hill on 23 February 1462.

Parish church at Eriswell, Suffolk, where Sir Thomas Tuddenham was baptised
  1. ^ Greenstreet 1878, pp. 82–3.