Individual Details
James Touchet 5th Baron Audley
( - 23 Sep 1459)
James was the son of John Touchet, 4th Baron Audley and his wife Elizabeth. He was the commander of the Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Blore Heath defending the throne of King Henry VII. He was defeated by Sir Roger Kynaston of Stocks near Ellesmere and beheaded after the battle. A cross was erected on the spot where he was reported to have been killed.
Parents:
John Touchet 1371–1408
Elizabeth Stafford Touchet 1375–1405
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (c. 1398 – 23 September 1459) of Heleigh Castle was an English peer.
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, son of Elizabeth Stafford and her husband John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, was a distinguished veteran of the Hundred Years' War. In the opening phase of the Wars of the Roses he raised troops from his estates in Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and commanded the Lancastrian force that moved to block the Yorkist Earl of Salisbury's route to Ludlow where he intended linking up with the rest of the Yorkist army.
The two forces clashed in the Battle of Blore Heath on 23 September 1459 and Audley was killed by Sir Roger Kynaston of Stocks near Ellesmere (Kynaston incorporated emblems of the Audley coat-of-arms into his own). Audley's Cross still stands on the battlefield marking the spot where he died.
Audley was buried in Darley Abbey, north of Derby, about 40 miles (64 km) away from Blore Heath. Unfortunately, the Abbey no longer stands, so his final resting place is no longer marked.
Marriages and children
Audley married twice:
Firstly, having obtained a marriage licence dated 24 February 1415, to Margaret de Ros (c. 1400 - before 14 February 1430), daughter of Margaret FitzAlan (D'Arundel) and her husband William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros. They were granted a Papal Dispensation for being related in the 3rd and 4th degrees of kindred.[1][2][3] Together they had three children:[1][2][3]
John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley (c. 1426 - 26 September 1490),[1][2][3] son and heir.
Elizabeth Touchet (c. 1420 - before 8 November 1464), who married Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham.[1][2][3]
Anne Touchet (c. 1424 - 1503), who married Sir Thomas Dutton, who died at the Battle of Blore Heath (1459) along with his father-in-law.[1][2][3]
Secondly, having obtained a marriage licence on 14 September 1430, he married Eleanor de Holland, an illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and his mistress Constance of York, daughter of Infanta Isabella of Castile and Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. They too were granted a Papal Dispensation, as they were related in the 3rd and 3rd degrees of affinity.[1][2][3] With Eleanor de Holland he had a further seven children as follows:[1][2][3]
Sir Humphrey Touchet (c. 1434 - 6 May 1471), who married Elizabeth Courtenay, widow of Sir James Luttrell (1426/7-1461) of Dunster Castle in Somerset, feudal baron of Dunster,[1][2][3] (who died fighting for the Lancastrian cause at the Battle of St Albans in 1461) and a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay (1404–1463) of Powderham in Devon.[4] Like his father, he supported the House of Lancaster. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Tewkesbury and tried before Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Norfolk. Executed with other Lancastrian leaders in the Market Square he was buried under the pavement in the Chapel of St Nicolas, in the Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Thomas Touchet (c. 1440 - June 1507),[1][2][3] who married a certain Catherine.[citation needed]
Edmund Audley (c. 1443 - 23 August 1524), who served successively Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.[1][2][3]
Margaret Touchet (c. 1431 - before 2 February 1481), who at some time before 12 January 1459[1][2][3] married Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, son of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigone Plantagenet.
Constance Touchet (born c. 1432), who in 1464 married (as his second wife) Sir Robert Whitney (born 1436 - aft. 1467), an active participant in the Wars of the Roses, son of Eustace Whitney and Jennet Trussell[1][2][3] and widower of Alice Vaughn, daughter of Thomas Vaughn.[5]
Eleanor Touchet (born circa 1442), who married Humphrey Grey, son of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigone Plantagenet, in 1460.[1][2][3]
Anne Touchet (born circa 1446), who married Sir Richard Delabere.[1][2][3]
Parents:
John Touchet 1371–1408
Elizabeth Stafford Touchet 1375–1405
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (c. 1398 – 23 September 1459) of Heleigh Castle was an English peer.
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, son of Elizabeth Stafford and her husband John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, was a distinguished veteran of the Hundred Years' War. In the opening phase of the Wars of the Roses he raised troops from his estates in Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and commanded the Lancastrian force that moved to block the Yorkist Earl of Salisbury's route to Ludlow where he intended linking up with the rest of the Yorkist army.
The two forces clashed in the Battle of Blore Heath on 23 September 1459 and Audley was killed by Sir Roger Kynaston of Stocks near Ellesmere (Kynaston incorporated emblems of the Audley coat-of-arms into his own). Audley's Cross still stands on the battlefield marking the spot where he died.
Audley was buried in Darley Abbey, north of Derby, about 40 miles (64 km) away from Blore Heath. Unfortunately, the Abbey no longer stands, so his final resting place is no longer marked.
Marriages and children
Audley married twice:
Firstly, having obtained a marriage licence dated 24 February 1415, to Margaret de Ros (c. 1400 - before 14 February 1430), daughter of Margaret FitzAlan (D'Arundel) and her husband William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros. They were granted a Papal Dispensation for being related in the 3rd and 4th degrees of kindred.[1][2][3] Together they had three children:[1][2][3]
John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley (c. 1426 - 26 September 1490),[1][2][3] son and heir.
Elizabeth Touchet (c. 1420 - before 8 November 1464), who married Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham.[1][2][3]
Anne Touchet (c. 1424 - 1503), who married Sir Thomas Dutton, who died at the Battle of Blore Heath (1459) along with his father-in-law.[1][2][3]
Secondly, having obtained a marriage licence on 14 September 1430, he married Eleanor de Holland, an illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and his mistress Constance of York, daughter of Infanta Isabella of Castile and Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. They too were granted a Papal Dispensation, as they were related in the 3rd and 3rd degrees of affinity.[1][2][3] With Eleanor de Holland he had a further seven children as follows:[1][2][3]
Sir Humphrey Touchet (c. 1434 - 6 May 1471), who married Elizabeth Courtenay, widow of Sir James Luttrell (1426/7-1461) of Dunster Castle in Somerset, feudal baron of Dunster,[1][2][3] (who died fighting for the Lancastrian cause at the Battle of St Albans in 1461) and a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay (1404–1463) of Powderham in Devon.[4] Like his father, he supported the House of Lancaster. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Tewkesbury and tried before Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Norfolk. Executed with other Lancastrian leaders in the Market Square he was buried under the pavement in the Chapel of St Nicolas, in the Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Thomas Touchet (c. 1440 - June 1507),[1][2][3] who married a certain Catherine.[citation needed]
Edmund Audley (c. 1443 - 23 August 1524), who served successively Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.[1][2][3]
Margaret Touchet (c. 1431 - before 2 February 1481), who at some time before 12 January 1459[1][2][3] married Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, son of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigone Plantagenet.
Constance Touchet (born c. 1432), who in 1464 married (as his second wife) Sir Robert Whitney (born 1436 - aft. 1467), an active participant in the Wars of the Roses, son of Eustace Whitney and Jennet Trussell[1][2][3] and widower of Alice Vaughn, daughter of Thomas Vaughn.[5]
Eleanor Touchet (born circa 1442), who married Humphrey Grey, son of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigone Plantagenet, in 1460.[1][2][3]
Anne Touchet (born circa 1446), who married Sir Richard Delabere.[1][2][3]
Events
| Christen | 26 Dec 1397 | Mackworth, Derbyshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Feb 1415 | Margaret de Roos | |||
| Death | 23 Sep 1459 | Blore, Staffordshire, England | | ||
| Burial | Aft 23 Sep 1459 | Darley Abbey (Monastery), Derby, Derbyshire, England | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret de Roos (1398 - 1425) |
| Child | John Touchet 6th Baron Audley (1423 - 1490) |
Notes
Christen
JAMES TUCHET SON AND HEIR OF JOHN TUCHET, KNIGHT 670 Writ for proof of age ‡ 30 March 1420. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. He claims to have been born in Derby and and baptized at Mackworth in Derbyshire, and by letters patent from Henry IV [2 May 1409; CPR 1408-13, p. 76] the lands and tenements which John Tuchet, knight, held of Henry IV in chief were granted during his minority to William Roos of Helmsley, knight, whose executors should be warned. Endorsed: Simon de Leke, William Heton, and John Roos, executors of the will of William de Roos at Mackworth [sic], were warned to appear at Derby on 9 April. Derbyshire. Proof of age. Derby. 9 April. [Plumley]. Robert Irland , 60, says that James was born at Derby and baptized in the church at Mackworth on 26 Dec. 1397. He knows because he was in the church during the baptism and saw him raised from the font, and on the same day had a daughter Margaret buried at the church. John Irton , 62, was also in the church and saw James baptized. On the same day his son William was born and baptized in the church. Thomas Dodyngselles , 64, also saw James raised from the font and on the same day broke his left shin. Thomas de Bradshawe , 63 years, knows James's age from the date of his indented charter, one part of which he retains, by which he enfeoffed Thomas Tuchet, clerk , in ?1 a. arable in Mackworth on the day of James's birth and baptism. John in the Lane, 62, knows because he saw the baptism and his wife Katharine died and was buried in the churchyard on the same day. William Tuchet , 60, saw James raised from the font while he was offering mass for Katharine's soul. Robert West , 68, stood godfather to Robert son of Richard Tuchet who was baptized in the church on the same day. Richard Finche , 61, had a son Richard who took holy orders and celebrated his first mass in the church on that day. John Spencer , 66, saw James raised from the font while he was offering mass for the soul of Katharine, who was buried on the same day. Henry de Rolleston , 65, and Robert Gerard, 62, each held a large white candle during James's baptism. James and Thomas Brewode , 68, held a silver basin full of hot water in which the abbot of Darley , James's godfather, washed his hands after James's baptism. C 138/54/118 mm. 1-2 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A number of corrections and other additions have also been made.Death
Battle of Blore HeathBurial
Darley Abbey no longer stands, so James' final resting place is unknown. Only two buildings remain today. One is now the Abbey Pub, thought to have been part of the Abbot's residence, and the other is part of a private dwelling on Abbey Lane.Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial 124433441.