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William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham. A younger son of John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley he was made a canon of St George’s Chapel Windsor in 1471 and elevated to dean in 1473 a position which he held with that of dean of Wolverhampton: thereafter the two posts were customarily held by the same man.He was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476 and was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476.