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Sir. James TOUCHET, Baron

Sir. James TOUCHET, Baron[1, 2, 3]

Male Abt 1392 - 1459  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name James TOUCHET  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Prefix Sir. 
    Suffix Baron 
    Born Abt 1392  Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Baron of Audley , Audley, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 12
    • 2nd Baron of Audley
    Name James 5Th Baron De Audley TOUCHET 
    _UID AB38E6EE399F4A7083003C95F309C9FB5DD4 
    Died 23 Sep 1459  Battle Of Blore Heath, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 10, 11
    Cause: died in the Battle of Blore Heath, Shropshire, England 
    Person ID I7085  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father John 4Th Baron De Audley TUCHET, Of Heleigh, Sir,   b. 23 Apr 1371, Markheaton, Belper, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1408, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth (Isabel) De STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1375, Amblecote, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jun 1405  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married Bef 1398  [13
    Family ID F6724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret De ROS, Baroness Of Audley,   b. 1398, Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 18 Aug 1423, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1414-1415  , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15
    Children 
     1. Sir. John TOUCHET, Baron,   b. Abt 1420, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1490, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     2. Margaret TUCHET,   b. Abt 1421, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 2 Feb 1480-1481, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     3. Anne TUCHET,   b. Abt 1422, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1503  (Age ~ 81 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eleanor De HOLAND, Baroness Of Audley,   b. Abt 1407, Woodstock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 14 Feb 1429  Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 9, 10
    _STAT Papal Dispensation 
    Children 
     1. Margaret TOUCHET,   b. 1431, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 2 Feb 1480-1481, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Elizabeth TOUCHET,   b. 13 Jan 1433, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sir. Humphrey Touchet De AUDLEY,   b. Abt 1435, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1471  (Age ~ 36 years)
     4. Edmund TOUCHET,   b. 1437, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1524, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Thomas TOUCHET,   b. 1439, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1507, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     6. Eleanor TOUCHET,   b. Abt 1442, , Heleigh, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Constance TUCHET,   b. Abt 1443, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3570  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James Touchet, 5th Lord (Baron) Audley; Chief Justice 1423 and Chamberlain of South Wales 1438/9 and 1441, supported Henry VI in Wars of Roses. [Burke's Peerage]
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      James Tuchet, Lord Audley, b. c 1398, d. 23 Sep 1459, MP 1421-1455; m. (1) c 1415 Margaret de Ros (1-8), living 1423. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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      BARONY OF TUCHET (II)

      BARONY OF AUDLEY (V)

      JAMES (Tuchet), LORD AUDLEY, son and heir, aged ten years in 1408. He was summoned to Parliament 26 February 1420/1 to 26 May 1455, the writs being directed Jacobo de Audley. Chief Justice of South Wales 17 November 1423, Chamberlain of South Wales 11 February 1438/9, and again 24 October 1441. He distinguished himself in the wars with France, having the chief command of some forces in 1430. On 26 October 1447, he had exemption for life, as James Tuchete, Lord of Audley, from attendance in Parliament. Having raised 10,000 men on behalf of Henry VI, he was defeated and slain by the Yorkists at the battle of Blore Heath, Salop.

      He married, 1stly, Margaret, da. of William (Roos), LORD Roos, by Margaret, daughter of John (ARUNDEL), LORD ARUNDEL (Papal Dispensation. 6 Kal. March 1415, to him to remain in marriage contracted but not consummated). She was living 15 Kal. September 1423. He married, 2ndly, (Papal Dispensation to remain in marriage contracted but not consummated) though related in the 3rd degree, dat. 16 Kal. March 1429/30) Eleanor, illegitimate daughter of Edmund (de Holland), 4th Earl of Kent, by Constance, widow of Thomas (le Despencer), 2nd son of 5th Lord Despencer and sometime Earl of Gloucester, daughter of Edmund (of Langley), 1st Duke of York. He died 23 September 1459, aged about 61. [Complete Peerage I:341 XIV:51, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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