Hugh DE AUDLEY

1289 - 1347  (58 years)

• Name	Hugh DE AUDLEY  [1]
  Birth	1289	Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Aft 1316	Rutland, England   [2]
  	Sheriff of Rutland
  TitleOfNobility	20 Nov 1317  [2]
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  TitleOfNobility	16 Mar 1336	England   [2]
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  Name	Hugh "Earl Glouchester" DE AUDLEY  [2]
  Name	Sir Hugh DE AUDLEY  [2]
  _FSFTID	GJJ9-DYL
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJJ9-DYL
  _UID	ED595479E2D44F9A9249F1FF608CA61C2BB4
  Death	10 Nov 1347	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1]
  Burial	Aft 10 Nov 1347	Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594766613	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir Hugh DE AUDLEY, 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley,   b. Abt 1270, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England d. 1325, Wallingford, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Iseult LE RUS,   b. 1270, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England d. Abt 4 Aug 1338, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F536728729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Family ID	F754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret DE CLARE,   b. 12 Oct 1293, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 9 Apr 1342, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1317	Windsor, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Margaret AUDLEY,   b. 1318, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Sep 1349, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F536728728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• 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. Family His father, Hugh I de Audley (ca. 1267- ca. 1326), was from Stratton Audley in the English County of Oxfordshire. His mother was Isolde (Iseult) (c. 1260-1336 or after), daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, a member of the Mortimer family of Marcher Lords, many of whom were Earl of March. Isolde was the widow of Sir Walter de Balun. 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, 1st Baron Greystoke and later Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby. Life 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. 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. He served as High Sheriff of Rutland from 1316 to 1324 and again from 1327 to 1349. Following his death, de Audley was buried in Tonbridge Priory.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret Audley, person ID LHDG-NGQ. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Hugh de Audley, person ID GJJ9-DYL. (Reliability: 3).