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Audley, Thomas (1487/8 - 1544)

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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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Audley of Walden

Titles

  • 1st Baron Audley of Walden
    Assumed: 1538-11-29
    Vacated: 1544-04-30
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1532-05-30
    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
JP, Essex 1520
JP, Essex 1523
MP, Essex 1523
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
Counsel, Council of Mary, Princess of Wales, Marches of Wales 1525 -7
Attorney, Duchy of Lancaster 1526 -12 1531 -09
JP, Essex 1528
MP, Essex 1529
Speaker of the House of Commons, England 1529 -11 1532/3 -02
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1530
JP, Essex 1530
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
King's Serjeant, England 1531 -11 -14
JP, Essex 1531/2
Chancellor, Court of Augmentations, England 1532 -5 -30
JP, Surrey 1532
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1532
JP, Berkshire 1532
JP, Staffordshire 1532
JP, Bedfordshire 1532
JP, Westmorland 1532
JP, Norfolk 1532
JP, Middlesex 1532
JP, Nottinghamshire 1532
JP, Northumberland 1532
JP, Hertfordshire 1532
JP, Northamptonshire 1532
JP, Lincolnshire 1532
JP, Herefordshire 1532
JP, Huntingdonshire 1532
JP, Leicestershire 1532
JP, Lancashire 1532
JP, Kent 1532
JP, Dorset 1532
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1532
JP, Cumberland 1532
JP, Derbyshire 1532
JP, Devon 1532
JP, Cornwall 1532
JP, Shropshire 1532
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1532
JP, Cambridgeshire 1532
JP, Warwickshire 1532
JP, Oxfordshire 1532
JP, Sussex 1532
JP, Buckinghamshire 1532
JP, Rutland 1532
JP, Somerset 1532
JP, Hampshire 1532
JP, Gloucestershire 1532
JP, Suffolk 1532
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1532 -5 -20
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1532 -6 -5
Lord Chancellor, England 1532/3 -1 -26 1544 -04 -30
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1535
JP, Northumberland 1536
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536
JP, Essex 1536
JP, Bedfordshire 1536
JP, Oxfordshire 1536 1537
JP, Staffordshire 1536
JP, Dorset 1536 1540
JP, Rutland 1536
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536
JP, Cambridgeshire 1536
JP, Northamptonshire 1536
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536
JP, Devon 1536
JP, Cornwall 1536 1540
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536
JP, Lincolnshire 1536
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1536/7 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1536/7 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1536/7
JP, Westmorland 1536/7
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1540
JP, Warwickshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Derbyshire 1536/7 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1537
JP, Lancashire 1537 1538
JP, Gloucestershire 1537
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
JP, Middlesex 1537
JP, Kent 1537 1540
JP, Nottinghamshire 1537
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1537 1541
JP, Westmorland 1537
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Hampshire 1537/8
JP, Northumberland 1537/8
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
JP, Cambridgeshire 1537/8 1539
JP, Leicestershire 1537/8 1539
JP, Cumberland 1537/8 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1537/8 1540
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8
JP, Sussex 1537/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538
JP, Cambridgeshire 1538 1539
JP, Essex 1538
JP, Staffordshire 1538
JP, Huntingdonshire 1538
JP, Berkshire 1538
JP, Lincolnshire 1538 1540
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Norfolk 1538
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
JP, Surrey 1538 1539
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1538
JP, Hertfordshire 1538 1540
JP, Hampshire 1538
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1538 1540
JP, Sussex 1538
JP, Devon 1538 1541
JP, Middlesex 1539 1540
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Essex 1539/40 1542
JP, Northamptonshire 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1540
Constable, Hertfordshire 1540 1544 -04 -30
High Steward of Lands of Religious Houses, North of Trent 1540 -9
JP, Norfolk 1540
JP, Cambridgeshire 1540
JP, Northumberland 1540
JP, Hampshire 1540
JP, Staffordshire 1540
JP, Lancashire 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Westmorland 1540
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1540 -7 1544
JP, Derbyshire 1540/1
JP, Berkshire 1540/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1542
JP, Surrey 1540/1 1542
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1541
JP, Cumberland 1541/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1542
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542
JP, Gloucestershire 1542
JP, Rutland 1542
JP, Cumberland 1542
JP, Kent 1542
JP, Bedfordshire 1542
JP, Warwickshire 1542
JP, Worcestershire 1542
JP, Hampshire 1542
JP, Norfolk 1542
JP, Lincolnshire 1542
JP, Middlesex 1542/3
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3
JP, Somerset 1542/3
JP, Suffolk 1542/3
JP, Devon 1542/3
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3
JP, Berkshire 1542/3
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3
JP, Shropshire 1542/3

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
  • 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)
    Divested: 1544-04
    Died here
  • Walden Abbey, Essex
    Acquired: 1538-03
    Divested: 1544-04
    Granted

Lands

  • Essex: Abberton & Abbots Manor
    Acquired: 1538
    Acquired via exchange
  • Essex: Berechurch Manor
    Acquired: 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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Audley's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Chancellor's Minstrels
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Chancellor's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Chancellor's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Privy Seal's Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

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

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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.