Sir Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley

Sir Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley

Male 1289 - 1347  (~ 58 years)

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  • Name Hugh de Audley 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix 1st Baron Audley 
    Birth ~ 1289  Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Ambassador to France  [1
    Occupation Sheriff of Rutland  [1
    Death 10 Nov 1347  Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Tonbridge Priory, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780. The remains of the priory were demolished in 1842 when the South Eastern Railway built the railway through Tonbridge, the original Tonbridge station standing on its site.

      Map, image & history ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge_Priory
    Person ID I43460  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2016 

    Father Sir Hugh de Audley, Knight, 1st Baron Audley of Stratton,   b. 1267, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1326 (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Isolde (Isabella) de Mortimer,   b. 1270, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1338, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage ~ 1290  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F15626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Margaret de Clare,   b. 12 Oct 1293, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1342, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1, 6
    • King Edward arranged a second marriage for her to another favourite, Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.
    Children 
     1. Lady Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley,   b. 1318-1322, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1349, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    Family ID F15771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~ 1289 - Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Nov 1347 - Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Tonbridge Priory, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
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    Sir Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester (3rd Creation) (c. 1291 - 10 November 1347)
    Sir Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester (3rd Creation) (c. 1291 - 10 November 1347)
    Coat of Arms of Hugh de Audley

  • Notes 
    • Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester (3rd Creation) (c. 1291 – 10 November 1347) was the second son of Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley by Iseult de Mortimer and Great great grandson of King Henry II. He held many offices including Knight of Stratton in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, of Gratton, Staffordshire, the King's bachelor, Sheriff of Rutland, and was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.[1][5]

      ...was the second son of Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley by Iseult de Mortimer and Great great grandson of King Henry II. He held many offices including Knight of Stratton in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, of Gratton, Staffordshire, the King's bachelor, Sheriff of Rutland, and was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.[1][5]


      His father, Hugh I de Audley (ca. 1267 - ca. 1326), was from Stratton Audley in the English County of Oxfordshire.[5][2] His mother was Isolde (Iseult) (c. 1260 – 1336 or after[5]), daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, a member of the Mortimer family of Marcher Lords, many of whom were Earl of March.[2] Isolde was the widow of Sir Walter de Balun.[5][2] Hugh de Audley and Isolde had two children in addition to Hugh, John de Audley, born circa 1293, and Alice de Audley, born circa 1304 who married firstly Ralph de Greystoke, and later Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby[2]


      Hugh de Audley was born in Stratton Audley in the English County of Oxfordshire. He married Margaret de Clare, widow of Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall), who was the favourite (and possibly lover) of King Edward II of England.[2][4] They had a daughter, Margaret de Audley (born c. 1318 in Stafford), who was abducted as a wife by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford.[2][4] He served as High Sheriff of Rutland from 1316 to 1324 and again from 1327 to 1349.[6] Following his death, de Audley was buried in Tonbridge Priory.[4][2][6] [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7358] "Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester (3rd Creation) (c. 1291 - 10 November 1347)" bigraphy, http.

    2. [S9092] "Some Descendants of (Sir) James DE AUDLEY Knight, Justiciar of Ireland (1220 - 1272)", http://web.archive.org/web/20150.

    3. [S7016] Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 40,.

    4. [S7019] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52638556.

    5. [S7021] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107074359.

    6. [S8992] "Lady Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall, Countess of Gloucester (12 October 1293 - 09 April 1342)" biography, http.