Individual Details

Sir Humphrey Tuchet

(Abt 1435 - 4 May 1471)


== Biography ==
}Sir Humphrey Touchet (b. c. 1435; taken prisoner at the Battle of Tewkesbury and executed 6 May 1471) was the son of John Touchet, 5th Baron Audley and his second wife, Eleanor Holland. He mar. Elizabeth (Courtenay) Luttrell (widow of his cousin Sir James Luttrell, of Dunster, co. Somerset (b. c. 1426; beh. after the Battle of St Albans Feb 1460/1); she mar. (3) aft. 1472 Thomas Mallet, and (4) aft. 1474 Robert Carey), dau. of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, co. Devon, by his wife Elizabeth Hungerford, dau. by his first wife of Walter [Hungerford], 1st Baron Hungerford. They had 1 son (Sir John) and 3 daughters (Jane; Elizabeth, wife of John Sydenham, Esq; & Philippe, wife of Richard Hadley).Douglas Richardson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&lpg=PP1&pg=RA3-PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 219]
Humphrey was a supporter of the House of Lancaster and fought at the battle of Tewkesbury, 4 May 1471, was taken prisoner, and tried before [[York-1245|Richard, Duke of Gloucester]] and the Duke of Norfolk. He was executed in the Market Square on the 6th and was buried under the pavement in the Chapel of St Nicolas, in the Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin.

===Research Notes===
According to the author of Richard III: His Life and Character, It would suggest that Sir Humphrey Tuchet/Touchet (also known henceforth as Audley), was a traitor. He was forgiven for those acts and then was found again for treason. This is a good possible explanation to why the surname would hence change. Known in times that what the family would call an embarassment would be removed to stop the family from being further tarnished. Not a 100% sure that this is the accurate assumption of the surname change but after reading multiple volumes of incidences concerning Sir Humphrey, the CLN would be Audley. However, with this said, it does not show supporting evidence that the line continued to use Audley as the surname. It just shows that Sir Humphrey was known as Sir Humphrey Audley as well as Sir Humphrey Tuchet/Touchet. The intent of the offsprings' LNAB does not show if it was to be Tuchet/Touchet or Audley.
* Please also see G2G discussion [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/333965/touchet-vs-audley?show=341416#c341416 Touchet vs Audley]

== Sources ==


===Books===
# [https://books.google.com/books/about/Royal_Ancestry.html?id=d1h3mwEACAAJ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]. Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham. Douglas Richardson. 2013. Vol III, pg 646. Vol V, pg 198.# [https://books.google.com/books?id=0ByDAwAAQBAJ&dq=Sir+Humphrey+Audley&source=gbs_navlinks_s Dunster: A Castle At War]. Jim Lee. Memoirs Publishing. 2014. pg 76# [https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=Sir+Humphrey+Audley&source=bl&ots=-7vZSw6W22&sig=n6EHObtoYmE-auQne0cdzNVhR2M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjciKGWi9jRAhVNyWMKHev2BUE4FBDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Humphrey%20Audley&f=false The Red Rose and the White: or, The story of the fifty years' war between the houses of York and Lancaster]. G. Routledge and Sons. 1880. Oxford University. pg 135# [https://books.google.com/books?id=sdtNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=Sir+Humphrey+Audley&source=bl&ots=OVZ3cEyRUx&sig=dcObdbbEpfnI5qg32e5GizoBers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjciKGWi9jRAhVNyWMKHev2BUE4FBDoAQggMAI#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Humphrey%20Audley&f=false Richard III: His Life and Character]. Smith. 1906. University of Iowa. pg 76# [https://books.google.com/books?id=nMQBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=Sir+Humphrey+Audley&source=bl&ots=v_8V3Xk6yG&sig=mi4llsgqRzJWzpVZ59uE5Spv1yI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjciKGWi9jRAhVNyWMKHev2BUE4FBDoAQglMAQ#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Humphrey%20Audley&f=false Transactions- Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 12]. The Society. 1888. pg 48# [https://books.google.com/books?id=p-zNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95&lpg=PT95&dq=Sir+Humphrey+Audley&source=bl&ots=WX9XgQYjqF&sig=8KYCO7x8KxBzv0GiyYgLmfJbyYs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjciKGWi9jRAhVNyWMKHev2BUE4FBDoAQgsMAY#v=onepage&q&f=false Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker]. David Clark. Pen and Sword. 2007. Chapter Four.

===Websites===
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tuchet,_5th_Baron_Audley Wikipedia: James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley]# [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/sydenham-sir-john-1493-1557 Biography of Sir John Sydenham]# [http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/warsoftheroses/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=45 Battle of Tewkesbury]# [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TOUCHET.htm#Humphrey%20TOUCHET%20(Sir%20Knight)1 Tudor Place: Sir Humphrey Touchet]# [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102049446 Find a Grave]# [http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-24_f_113.pdf Copy of the will, dated 12 January 1527 and proved June 6, 1532 of Sir John Audley]

===Online Genealogies===
# [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glenngenealogy/p5213.htm The Genealogy of Everette Clarence Glenn and Muriel Ruth Brown: HUMPHREY TOUCHET de AUDLEY]

===Free Spaces on WikiTree===
# ''[[Space:The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom|The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom]]'' (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910) Vol. 1, [https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo01coka#page/341/mode/1up Page 341]: note 1: "His (James) sons by his 2nd wife took the name of Audley. They were (1) Sir Humphrey A., slain at Tewkesbury 1471, said to be ancestor of the Audley family of Norfolk..."

==Acknowledgements==
* WikiTree profile DeAudley-4 created through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by [[Todd-730 | Paula Marksman]].

    Events

    BirthAbt 1435Heleigh, Staffordshire, England
    Death4 May 1471Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
    Alt nameTouchet
    Reference No3990029
    Reference No4064471
    Reference No60

    Families

    FatherSir James "5th Baron Audley" Tuchet (1398 - 1459)
    MotherEleanor "Baroness of Audley" Holand (1405 - 1452)
    SiblingMargaret Tuchet (1431 - 1481)
    SiblingConstance Tuchet (1440 - 1470)
    SiblingEdmund Tuchet (1437 - 1524)
    SiblingThomas Touchet (1439 - 1507)