Henry DE AUDLEY
(-1246)
Bertrade DE MAINWARING
(-Aft 1249)
William DE LONGESPÉE, Knt.
(Bef 1209-1250)
Idoine DE CAMVILLE
(-1252)
James DE AUDLEY, Justice of Chester
(-1272)
Ela DE LONGESPÉE
(-1299)
Hugh "the Elder" DE AUDLEY, 1st Baron Audley
(Abt 1267-1326)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Isolda DE MORTIMER

Hugh "the Elder" DE AUDLEY, 1st Baron Audley

  • Born: Abt 1267, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England
  • Married: Before 7 Jan 1293
  • Died: Shortly before 9 Mar 1325/6, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England

  Research Notes:

He was summoned to Parliament 15 May 1321, whereby he is held to have become Lord Audley.

He joined the rebellion of the Earl of Lancaster in 1322, but surrendered and was held prisoner in Wallingford Castle. 1

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Hugh de Alditheley or Audley, brother of Nicholas, Lord Audley of Heleigh, was summoned to parliament as "Hugh de Audley, Seniori" on 15 May, 1321, 14th Edward II. His lordship had been engaged during the reign of Edward I in the king's service and was called "Senior" to distinguish him from his son. Being concerned in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, 15th Edward II [1322], the baron was committed a close prisoner to Wallingford Castle but making his peace with the king he obtained his release and suffered nothing further. He sat in the parliament on the 11th [1318] and 14th [1321] of Edward II. He m. Isolda, widow of Walter Balim, and left two sons, by the elder of whom, Hugh, he was succeeded. 2

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Inquisition Post Mortem

657. Hugh Daudeleye alias de Audeleye 3

Writ of certiorari to John Loveday and others, on the petition of James Daudeleye for livery of the manor of Stretton, which Ela Daudeleye gave to Hugh Daudeleye, whose heir he is, and to the heirs of his body; which manor was taken into the king's hand by the rebellion of the said Hugh, who has now died. 9 March, 19 Edward II [1326].

OXFORD. Inq. Saturday after the Annunciation, 19 Edward II.

Stretton. The manor was given by Ela de Audeleie to Hugh de Audeleye her son and the heirs of his body by her charter on Monday after St. Frideswide, 1 Edward I, and the said Hugh peacefully continued his seisin thereof until through his rebellion it was taken into the king's hand. The manor is held of Eblo le Estraunge and Alesia his wife, as of her right, by service of one-third knight's fee.

James de Audeleie is his son and heir.

Writ of certiorari to John Inge and others, on the petition of James de Audeleye for a fourth part of the manor of Mere, co. Stafford, which was taken into the king's hand by the rebellion of the said Hugh his father, now deceased, 17 March, 19 Edward II.

STAFFORD. Inq. Thursday in Easter week, 19 Edward II.

Mere. William de Mere enfeoffed the said Hugh of a fourth part of the manor, and a fourth part of a fourth part, and of 4 acres land and 12 acres turbary in Mere by Assheleye, in 11 Edward II, and the said Hugh in the same year granted the same back, by fine levied in the king's court, to the said William for life with reversion to the said Hugh and his heirs; and after the death of the said William the king's escheator seized the same into the king's hand by reason of the rebellion of the said Hugh, who was at that time in the king's prison at Wallyngford, and there they still remain. The lands &c., are held of Thomas de Halghton, by service of ¼ knight's fee.

James his son, is his next heir.

Petition to the king and council from the aforesaid James for livery of the lands &c. abovesaid, which are in the king's hand through the quarrel of the earl of Lancaster. Endorsed. Let this petition be sent to the chancery, and if it be so, let the said James be restored to his heritage with the issues &c.

C. Edw. II. File 94. (19.)

  Marriage Information:

Hugh married Isolda DE MORTIMER, daughter of Edmund DE MORTIMER, Lord of Wigmore, and an unknown mistress, before 7 Jan 1293. (Isolda DE MORTIMER was born before 1273 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England and died after 20 Jul 1336.)

Sources


1 Foundations for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands, Hugh de Audley.

2 Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 17, Audley, or de Aldithley, Barons Audley, and Subsequently Earl of Gloucester.

3 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, and other analogous documents, preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward II, Vol. VI, pp. 410-411.


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