Audley, Thomas (1487/8 - 1544)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 13
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 5
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1488
Death Date: 1544-04-30

Notes

Attended Buckingham (later Magdalene) College, Cambridge; admitted to Inner Temple 7 July 1510

Parents

Father: Audley, Geoffrey ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Barnardiston, Christina ( - 1537/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1519
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Grey, Elizabeth ( - 1557)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1538-4-22
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Grey, Elizabeth ( - 1557)

  1. Female offspring: Audley, Mary (d. 1546)
  2. Female offspring: Audley, Margaret (1540 - 1564)

Primary Title

1st Baron Audley of Walden

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1532-05-30
    Vacated 1544-04-30
  • 1st Baron Audley of Walden
    Assumed 1538-11-29
    Vacated 1544-04-30
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1540-04-23 (date nominated; installed 19 May 1540)
    Vacated 1544-04-30

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Town Clerk, Essex 1514 1532 Held jointly in 1514--15, then solely
Burgess, Essex 1516 n.d.
JP, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Essex 1523 n.d.
MP, Essex 1523 n.d.
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
Counsel, Council of Mary, Princess of Wales, Marches of Wales 1525-7 n.d.
Attorney, Duchy of Lancaster 1526-12 1531-09
JP, Essex 1528 n.d.
MP, Essex 1529 n.d.
Speaker of the House of Commons, England 1529-11 1532/3-02
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1530 n.d.
JP, Essex 1530 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
King's Serjeant, England 1531-11-14 n.d.
JP, Essex 1531/2 n.d.
Chancellor, Court of Augmentations, England 1532-5-30 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1532 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1532 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1532 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1532 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1532 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1532 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Devon 1532 n.d.
JP, Kent 1532 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1532 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1532 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1532 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1532 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1532 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1532 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1532 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1532 n.d.
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1532-5-20 n.d.
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1532-6-5 n.d.
Lord Chancellor, England 1532/3-1-26 1544-04-30
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1535 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1536 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1536 1540
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
JP, Essex 1536 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1536 1537
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1536 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1536 1540
JP, Northamptonshire 1536 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1536/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1536/7 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1536/7 1538
JP, Derbyshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1540
JP, Westmorland 1536/7 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Warwickshire 1536/7 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1537 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1537 n.d.
JP, Kent 1537 1540
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1537 1541
JP, Gloucestershire 1537 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1537 1538
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Nottinghamshire 1537 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1537 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1537/8 1539
JP, Cumberland 1537/8 1540
JP, Cambridgeshire 1537/8 1539
JP, Sussex 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1537/8 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Devon 1538 1541
JP, Essex 1538 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1538 1540
JP, Lincolnshire 1538 1540
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Hampshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1538 1539
JP, Norfolk 1538 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1538 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
JP, Cambridgeshire 1538 1539
JP, Huntingdonshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1538 1540
JP, Sussex 1538 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1539 1540
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Essex 1539/40 1542
JP, Northamptonshire 1539/40 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540 n.d.
Constable, Hertfordshire 1540 1544-04-30
High Steward of Lands of Religious Houses, North of Trent 1540-9 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1540 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1540 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1540 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1540 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1540-7 1544
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1542
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1540/1 1542
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1541 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1541/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1542 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Kent 1542 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1542 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1542 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Devon 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Christchurch, Aldgate,
    Audley built a house on the former site of Holy Trinity (also called Christchurch) Priory.
  • Hay House, Earls Colne, Essex
    Patrimony
  • Walden Abbey, Essex
    Granted
    Acquired: 1538-03
    Divested: 1544-04-30
  • Aldgate, London (city-county)
    Audley was granted the site of Holy Trinity Priory (dissolved 1531) where he built a house. The house became known as 'Duke's Place' after it came into the possesssion of Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, who married Audley's daughter Margaret.
  • Christ Church, Aldgate townhouse, London (city-county)
    Died here
    Divested: 1544-04-30

Lands

  • Essex: Abberton & Abbots Manor
    Acquired: 1538
    Acquired via exchange
  • Essex: Berechurch Manor
    Acquired: ca. 1531
  • Essex: Colchester Priory & Tilty Abbey
    Acquired: 1542-04
    Granted
  • Essex: Prittlewell Priory
    Acquired: 1536-05-28
    Granted
  • Essex: Rye Manor
    Acquired: 1538
  • Essex: St. Botolph's, Colchester
    Acquired: 1536-05-26
    Granted
  • Hertfordshire
    Acquired: 1537
    Further lands acquired in 1538
  • Suffolk: Gosbeck Manor
    Acquired: 1538

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1527-1528 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Audley's Minstrels
Performance 1537-1538 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance 1539-1540 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance 1540-1541 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance 1543-1544 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance 1537-1538 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Chancellor's Players
Performance 1538-1539 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Chancellor's Players
Performance 1538-1539 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Privy Seal's Minstrel
Performance 1538-1539 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Audley's Minstrels Audley, Thomas (1488 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Chancellor's Minstrels Audley, Thomas (1488 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Lord Chancellor's Players Audley, Thomas (1488 - 1544) Players 2
Lord Privy Seal's Minstrel Audley, Thomas (1488 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels Audley, Thomas (1488 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, 1983.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)