Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Thomas Dudley a Yardley Hastings, wani ƙauye kusa da Northampton, Ingila, a ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 1576, ga Roger da Susanna (Thorne) Dudley. Iyalin sun daɗe suna da alaƙa da Sutton-Dudleys na Dudley Castle (Duke na Northumberland, Earls na Warwick da Leicester, Viscounts Lisle, da Barons Dudley); akwai kamanceceniya a cikin makamai, amma ƙungiyar da ta wuce yiwuwar zuriya ɗaya ba a tabbatar da ita ba. Roger Dudley, wani kyaftin a rundunar sojojin Ingila, an kashe shi a yaƙi. An yi imani da cewa an kashe shi a 1590 Battle of Ivry
, amma an san Susanna Dudley ya riga ya zama gwauruwa ta 1588. An kuma ba da shawarar yakin 1586 na Zutphen a matsayin dalilin mutuwar Roger Dudley.