Tuchet, James (1398 - 1459)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Markeaton, Derbyshire

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1452-1452 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

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.