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Tuchet, James (1398 - 1459)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1398
Death Date: 1459-09-23

Notes

Summoned to parliament 26 Feb. 1420/1--26 May 1455, but exempted for life from attendance at parliament and councils 26 Oct. 1447

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1415-3
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Audley (of Heleigh)

Titles

  • 5th Baron Audley (of Heleigh)
    Assumed: 1408-12-19
    Vacated: 1459-09-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Herefordshire 1412/13
Chief Justice, South Wales 1423 -11 -17
JP, Shropshire 1423
JP, Staffordshire 1423
JP, Derbyshire 1423 1425
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1424
JP, Shropshire 1424
JP, Staffordshire 1424
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, Herefordshire 1427
JP, Herefordshire 1427/8
JP, Derbyshire 1429
JP, Staffordshire 1429/30
JP, Shropshire 1430 1432
JP, Derbyshire 1431
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1432/3
JP, Staffordshire 1432
JP, Herefordshire 1435
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1436
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7
JP, Derbyshire 1437
Chamberlain, South Wales 1438/9 -2 -11
JP, Shropshire 1438/9 1441
JP, Staffordshire 1438/9
JP, Derbyshire 1439
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1
Chamberlain, South Wales 1441 -10 -24
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1441 Commission included suburbs of London
JP, Derbyshire 1441
JP, Staffordshire 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Carmarthenshire 1442
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cardiganshire 1442
JP, Staffordshire 1442
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1442/3
JP, Herefordshire 1442/3
JP, Derbyshire 1443
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1443/4
JP, Derbyshire 1444
JP, Staffordshire 1446
JP, Shropshire 1448
JP, Staffordshire 1449
JP, Derbyshire 1449
JP, Shropshire 1449
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1450 Commission included suburbs of London
JP, Herefordshire 1450/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1452 Commission included the liberty & town
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1452
JP, Herefordshire 1452/3
JP, Staffordshire 1453 1454
JP, Derbyshire 1453 1458
JP, Shropshire 1453 1453/4
JP, Herefordshire 1455 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1456/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1456/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1456/7
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1457
JP, Shropshire 1457
JP, Shropshire 1458
JP, Staffordshire 1458/9

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Markeaton, Derbyshire

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Audley's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Audley's Entertainers Tuchet, James (1398 - 1459) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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