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Eleanor "Baroness of Audley" Holand
(Abt 1405 - 1452)
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== Biography ==Eleanor Holand was the illegitimate daughter of [[Holland-587|Edmund Holland]], 4th Earl of Kent (1382-1408) and [[York-1252|Constance of York]] (c1374-1416).'Henry VI: January 1431', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. Chris Given-Wilson, Paul Brand, Seymour Phillips, Mark Ormrod, Geoffrey Martin, Anne Curry and Rosemary Horrox (Woodbridge, 2005), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/parliament-rolls-medieval/january-1431 [accessed 20 November 2020].Eleanor's birth around 1406[1] would appear that Constance had the affair with Edmund before he married Lucia on 24 January 1406.[2] Constance's [[Despencer-99|husband]] had died in 1400.
Eleanor married James Tuchet, Knt., 5th Lord Audley.Source: ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]) They had issue:
* [[Touchet-28|Margaret Touchet]]
*[[Touchet-35|Elizabeth Touchet]]* [[Touchet-37|Humphrey Touchet]]'Close Rolls, Henry VI: March 1454', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 6, 1454-1461, ed. C T Flower (London, 1947), pp. 49-54. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol6/pp49-54 [accessed 21 November 2020].
* [[Touchet-34|Edmund Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-26|Thomas Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-29|Ann Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-32|Constance Touchet]]
She died c. 1459.
== Sources ==
* '''ROYAL ANCESTRY''' by Douglas Richardson Vol. V, page 197'''JAMES TUCHET (or AUDLEY)''' Knt. He married (1st) '''MARGARET ROOS (or ROS).''' He married (2nd) '''ELEANOR HOLAND''', illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holand, K.G., Earl of Kent, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., Duke of York (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had three sons, Humphrey, Knt., Edmund [Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford, Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter], and Thomas, and three daughters, Margaret (wife of Richard Grey, Knt., Lord Powis [died 1466] and Roger Vaughan, Knt. [died 1471], Anne (wife of Richard Delabere, Knt.), and Constance. In 1431 Margaret, Duchess of Clarence, Joan, Duchess of York, and others petitioned Parliament complaining that Eleanor being illegitimate calls herself the "daughter and heir" of Edmund Holand. Eleanor brought action in Court Christian to disprove her bastardy, but lost her suit. SIR JAMES TUCHET (or AUDLEY), 5th Lord Audley, was defeated and slain at the Battle of Blore Heath, Shropshire 23 Sept. 1459, in command of the Lancastrian forces. * Douglas Richardson, ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Magna+Carta+Ancestry:+A+Study+in+Colonial+and+Medieval+Families,+2nd+Edition+...&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OtM8U6S0IOfr2QWhq4DwAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=despenser&f=false pp 76-77] #9 Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser* Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, pp 436-7. KENT #11 Edmund Holand
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== Biography ==Eleanor Holand was the illegitimate daughter of [[Holland-587|Edmund Holland]], 4th Earl of Kent (1382-1408) and [[York-1252|Constance of York]] (c1374-1416).'Henry VI: January 1431', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. Chris Given-Wilson, Paul Brand, Seymour Phillips, Mark Ormrod, Geoffrey Martin, Anne Curry and Rosemary Horrox (Woodbridge, 2005), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/parliament-rolls-medieval/january-1431 [accessed 20 November 2020].Eleanor's birth around 1406[1] would appear that Constance had the affair with Edmund before he married Lucia on 24 January 1406.[2] Constance's [[Despencer-99|husband]] had died in 1400.
[1] 1406 according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Holland,_4th_Earl_of_Kent Wikipedia]. Richardson's ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' (pp 76-77, #9 Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser) implies Eleanor's birth was closer to 1400:from her [[York-1252|mother's profile page]]
"...Sir Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord le Despenser, was beheaded at Bristol 16 Jan. 1399/1400, and was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey. Because of her kinship with the king, his widow, Constance, was treated with great generosity. She was granted the greater part of her husband's lands for life and given custody of their son and heir, Richard. About this time she was allegedly betrothed to marry Edmund Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent, by whom she had a daughter, Eleanor Holand. ... It is doubtful that this betrothal, if valid, ever resulted in marriage. In Feb. 1405, Constance..." (p 77)
"... He [Edmund Holand] fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. During this period, he was allegedly betrothed to marry Constance of York, widow of Thomas le Despenser.... They had one daughter, Eleanor. In 1405, ..." (p 500, #8 Edmund Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent)
[2] Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Holland,_4th_Earl_of_Kent Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent]
Eleanor married James Tuchet, Knt., 5th Lord Audley.Source: ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]) They had issue:
* [[Touchet-28|Margaret Touchet]]
*[[Touchet-35|Elizabeth Touchet]]* [[Touchet-37|Humphrey Touchet]]'Close Rolls, Henry VI: March 1454', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 6, 1454-1461, ed. C T Flower (London, 1947), pp. 49-54. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol6/pp49-54 [accessed 21 November 2020].
* [[Touchet-34|Edmund Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-26|Thomas Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-29|Ann Touchet]]
* [[Touchet-32|Constance Touchet]]
She died c. 1459.
== Sources ==
* '''ROYAL ANCESTRY''' by Douglas Richardson Vol. V, page 197'''JAMES TUCHET (or AUDLEY)''' Knt. He married (1st) '''MARGARET ROOS (or ROS).''' He married (2nd) '''ELEANOR HOLAND''', illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holand, K.G., Earl of Kent, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., Duke of York (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had three sons, Humphrey, Knt., Edmund [Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford, Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter], and Thomas, and three daughters, Margaret (wife of Richard Grey, Knt., Lord Powis [died 1466] and Roger Vaughan, Knt. [died 1471], Anne (wife of Richard Delabere, Knt.), and Constance. In 1431 Margaret, Duchess of Clarence, Joan, Duchess of York, and others petitioned Parliament complaining that Eleanor being illegitimate calls herself the "daughter and heir" of Edmund Holand. Eleanor brought action in Court Christian to disprove her bastardy, but lost her suit. SIR JAMES TUCHET (or AUDLEY), 5th Lord Audley, was defeated and slain at the Battle of Blore Heath, Shropshire 23 Sept. 1459, in command of the Lancastrian forces. * Douglas Richardson, ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Magna+Carta+Ancestry:+A+Study+in+Colonial+and+Medieval+Families,+2nd+Edition+...&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OtM8U6S0IOfr2QWhq4DwAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=despenser&f=false pp 76-77] #9 Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser* Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, pp 436-7. KENT #11 Edmund Holand
== Acknowledgements ==Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
=== Magna Carta Project ===: This profile needs PPP to prevent the selected Last Name at Birth from being changed without discussion first. Although not currently in a trail between a [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] and a [[:Category:Surety Barons|Surety Baron]] identified by the [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta Project]], the project is manager of this profile to support PPP. See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for information about Magna Carta trails & see [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/510196/ this G2G post] that explains "if PPP, then project account/project box". ~ [[Noland-165|Noland-165]] 17:40, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1405 | Woodstock, Kent, England | |||
| Marriage | 14 Feb 1430 | Sir James "5th Baron Audley" Tuchet | |||
| Death | 1452 | Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England | |||
| Alt name | Holland Tuchet | ||||
| Reference No | 3409684 | ||||
| Reference No | 3461618 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir James "5th Baron Audley" Tuchet (1398 - 1459) |
| Child | Margaret Tuchet (1431 - 1481) |
| Child | Constance Tuchet (1440 - 1470) |
| Child | Sir Humphrey Tuchet (1435 - 1471) |
| Child | Edmund Tuchet (1437 - 1524) |
| Child | Thomas Touchet (1439 - 1507) |
| Father | Sir Edmund "4th Earl of Kent, 5th Baron of Holand" Holland KG (1384 - 1408) |
| Mother | Constance York (1374 - 1416) |