Catherine GIFFARD

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• FamilySearch ID: 9C73-2JN
• Name: Katherine DE GIFFARD
• _UID: 3FDFBEA634924BA4A7A16E0230AE967DE0EB

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He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Katherine Giffard, Co-heiress of mother Maud Clifford
d/o sir John Clifford, Knt & Maud Clifford
b- 1272 (age 27 1299) - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
m- sir, Nicholas I Audley,Knt, d- 1299
d- 1322 - Ledbury, Herefordshire, England


He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

Catherine married Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir on 23 Oct 1288 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Nicholas was born before 1258 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1299 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH6J-69G

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• FamilySearch ID: 9CW9-1SH
• Name: Thomas De ALDITHLEY
• _UID: A0A7971DAEE9442DA2D43EEAD774AF841F68

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Thomas of Aldithley or Audley, son and heir, b. 1288, was aged over 10 at his father's death. He m. Eve, daughter and heir of John of Clavering (2nd Lord Clavering), by Hawise, daughter of Robert de Tibetot. He dsp while still a minor, shortly before 21 Nov 1307. Writ for Inq.p.m. 16 Jan 1307/8. His widow m. 2ndly, bef. 2 Dec 1308, Sir Thomas de Ufford, who was slain at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314. After his death, she lived with, but did not marry, (possibly owing to some difficulty in obtaining a dispensation; or to avoid the fine which she would have had to pay on marriage) Sir James Audley (who d. 1333/4) 1st cousin of her 1st husband. She m. finally, Robert of Benhale, (Lord Benhale). [Complete Peerage I:339]

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Thomas married Eve Baroness De CLAVERING in 1st Husband 1St Wife -Very Young. Eve was born about 1290 in Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died about 1369 in Langley Abbey, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L197-JLB

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• FamilySearch ID: GFGD-FFQ
• Name: Nicholas 1St Baron De ALDITHLEY
• _UID: 164452600AF84A33AAD658FEF781869CFBBE

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BARONY of AUDLEY (I)

NICHOLAS AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, brother and heir to Thomas, born 11 November 1289. He had seizin of his brother's lands, having proved his age 27 March 1313/4. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Nicholao de Audele, 8 January (1312/3) to 25 August (1318) whereby he may be held to have become LORD AUDLEY. He married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Nicholas married Joan MARTIN in 1312 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. Joan was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LVS9-VC3
• _UID: 2D6EB59CE7B74398921044F390294881C0DE

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BARONY OF AUDLEY (II)

JAMES (AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY), 2nd LORD AUDLEY, son and heir, born 8 January 1312/3, at Knesale, co. Notts, and baptised there; aged 3 at his father's death, and 14 in 1326, at the death of his maternal uncle, William Martin, to whose vast estates in counties Pembroke and Devon he was coheir, and eventually (by the death, in 1343, of his mothcr's sister, Eleanor, widow of Philip, Lord Columbers) sole heir, and would then apparently have been entitled to any Peerage which his aforesaid uncle may be held to have possessed. He had selzin, though not of age, 25 May 1329. Though still a minor, 21 March 1333/4, he was summoned to Parliament. as early as 25 Jan 1329/30 to 8 Aug 1386. An order for his arrest issued on 28 July 1348 because he had not attended the King and Council when summoned. He had exemption for life from attending Parliament 20 April 1353.

He married, 1stly, before 13 June 1330, Joan, daughter of Roger (MORTIMER), 1st EARL of MARCH, by Joan, 1st daughter and heir of Sir Piers de Geneville (2nd but 1st surviving son and heir apparent of Geoffrey, 1st Lord Geneville), which Earl had been his guardian. She died between 1337 and 1351. He married, 2ndly, before Dec 1351, Isabel (c), said to have been daughter of Roger (Le STRANGE) 5th LORD STRANGE OF KNOKYN. She was living in 1366. He died I April 1386, at Heleigh, and was buried at Hulton Abbey, aged 73. Will, in which he styles himself "Lord of Rouge Chastel [i.e. Red Castle, Salop] and of Heleigh," dated 1385. [Complete Peerage I:339-40 XIV:50, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) In a pedigree of Touchet, dated 1597, apparently prepared for George, 1st Earl of Castlehaven (Ireland) (who d. 1617), this Isabel is said to have been daughter of Robert, Lord Fitzwalter. See "Genealogist", N.S. vol xxxvi, p. 15. Roger, 5th Lord Strange (of Knockyn), was not b. till circa 1326 and m. as a child, in or bef. 1338. See that title.

James married Joane De MORTIMER before 13 Jun 1330 in (His 1St Marr.). Joane (daughter of Roger De MORTIMER, Sir/1St Earl Marche/8Th Baron and Joan De GENEVILLE, Lady) was born about 1314 in Wigmore, Ludlow, Herefordshire, England; died between 1337 and 1351 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Isabel FITZWALTER before Dec 1351 in 2ND Wife. Isabel was born about 1328 in Woodham Walter, Malden, Essex, England; died after 1366. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GNJB-FXH
• _UID: 8D88A2C303EB4AA589DBB83ABE72BA29C01B

Alice married Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. Ralph was born about 1305 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2A16B3B40C9843B480CE0161ABFD043CDA56

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BARONY of AUDLEY (III)

NICHOLAS (AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY), 3rd LORD AUDLEY [and, as some may consider, LORD MARTIN], son and heir by 1st wife, born about 1328. He was knighted before 1352, and in 1352 was in arms, with his next brother Roger, against their father, when they sacked Castle Heleigh. He was in the wars with France (v.p.), 1359 and 1372, arid was afterwards Chief Justice of South Wales, 1 February 1381/2. He was summoned to Parliament 17 December 1387 to 12 December 1390.

He married (settlment (1329/30-1330/1) 5 Edward III, both being then under 12) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry (BEAUMONT)) LORD BEAUMONT, by Alice, suojure COUNTESS OF BUCHAN [Scotland]. He died s.p., 22 July 1391, (Writ for Inq. p. m. 30 July 1391) when the BARONY OF AUDLEY, 'together, apparently, with the BARONY OF MARTIN, fell (in accordance with modern doctrine) into abeyance between his sisters or their descendants (c). Will dated and probated the year of his death. His widow died 27 October 1400. Her will, in which she directs to be bur. in Hulton Abbey, with "my very honourable husband Lord D'Audeley," dated 30 September and proved 2 November of the same year. [Complete Peerage I:340 XIV:50, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) These were (1) John Tuchet, his great nephew, by Joan his sister of the whole blood. (2) Margery, his other sister of the whole blood, then aged 40, and the wife, in or bef. 1353, of Sir Roger Hillary, but who dsp in 1410/1, and (3) "Fulk, son of Fulk Fitz-Warin, son of (another) Margery, half sister of the said Nicholas." Thomas, Rowland, and James Audley, brothers of the whole blood of the last named Margery, all dsp in their half-brother's life time. In Close Roll, 31 Edward III, m. 17 d, mention is made of Katharine, daughter of Sir James Audley of Rouge Castel and Heleye, wife of Thomas Spigurnel. She therefore must have been another sister or half sister of Nicholas, Lord Audley, but must have dvf and sp.

Nicholas married Elizabeth De BEAUMONT before 1333. Elizabeth was born about 1330 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland; died on 27 Oct 1400 in Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8DA20B880C2F48E89C0F5939EDDF825B1389

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Joan Audley; m. Sir John Tuchet, of Markeaton, co. Derby, b. 25 July 1327, d. shortly bef. 10 Jan 1361/2, son of Thomas Tuchet and Joan. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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He [John Tuchet] married Joan, 2nd daughter of James (DE AUDLEY, or ALDITHLEY), 2nd LORD AUDLEY, by his 1st wife, Joan, daughter of Roger (DE MORTIMER), 1st EARL OF MARCH. He died shortly before 10 January 1361/2. [Complete Peerage XII/2:59, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: John TUCHET, Of Markeaton, Sir. John was born on 25 Jul 1327 in Mackworth, Belper, Derbyshire, England; died before 10 Jan 1361-1362 in Markheaton, Belper, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GNJB-VF1
• _UID: DE5AC4E3A2724E82B4014F1404D1513E3FC9

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Isabel, (illegitimate?, half?) sister and eventual heiress of Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord (Baron) Basset of Drayton (who dsp 10 May 1390, since when that Barony has been abeyant or dormant). [Burke's Peerage]

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Isabel, a sister (bastard? uterine?) of Ralph, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Complete Peerage II:3-6 note (f) indicates that Isabel may have been illegitimate, a half-sister, or a full sister. In any case her brother Ralph the 3rd Lord Basset (who dsp), left the bulk of his estate to Isabel's son, Hugh; thus Isabel was the major heir, and was probably legitimate.

Isabel married Sir Thomas SHIRLEY, Mp about 1350 in Shirley, Derbyshire, England. Thomas was born before 1300 in Eatington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England; died in 1362 in Shirley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Gerard BRAYBROOKE, Of Colmworth & Horsenden, Sir about May 1369 in 2ND Husband, 2ND Wife. Gerard was born about 1332 in Colmworth, Bedfordshire, England; died on 1 Feb 1402-1403 in Horsenden, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GFFY-MQ3
• _UID: 6D47291E7B9F4BFCA7C302A18D572ED9544C

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BARONY of BASSET (of Drayton) (III)

RALPH (BASSET), LORD BASSET OF DRAYTON, grandson and heir, aged 8 in 1343, being son and heir of Ralph Basset, by Alice, daughter of Nicholas AUDLEY [LORD AUDLEY], of Heleigh, co. Stafford which last Ralph was son and heir apparent of the last Lord, and died v.p. about 1335. He had livery of his father's lands 6 June 1355. He joined the army of the Black Prince, and was at Bordeaux 8 January 1355/6. He was summoned to Parliament from 26 December 1357 to 6 December 1389 and greatly distinguished himself in the various wars with France. K.G., 1368. On 30 October 1386, at the age of 51 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy.

He married 1stly about May 1338, Joan, daughter of Thomas BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK, by Catherine daughter of Roger (MORTIMER), EARL OF MARCH. She died s.p. He married, 2ndly, Joan (sister of John, DUKE OF BRITTANY and COUNT OF MONTFORT in France, EARL OF RICHMOND in England), daughter of Jean DE BRETAGNE, COUNT OF MONTFORT, by Jeanne, daughter of LOUIS DE FLANDRE, COUNT OF NEVERS. He died s.p., 10 May 1390. He was buried under a " goodly monument in Lichfield Cathedral, " when the Barony became dormant,. or, possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great aunts (f). His widow obtained a grant, 23 April 1398, of the Honour of Richmond (formerly belonging to her brother) which, however was resumed by Henry IV. She died 8 November 1402, and was buried in the Abbey of Lavendon, near Olney, Bucks. [Complete Peerage II:3-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(f) The heirship of the last Lord is somewhat doubtful. As to many of the estates the heir was found to be, according to one inq., Thomas, Earl of Stafford, son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret Basset, sister to the grandfather of the deceased; but, according to another inq., the heirs were (1) the said Earl of Stafford and (2) Alice, wife of William Chaworth, descended from Maud, a sister of the said Margaret, who m. Sir William Herriz. These findings were confirmed by another inq. (1403), on the death of Joan, widow of the last Lord Basset. It is certain that the last Lord devised all his estates to his nephew ("mon neveu"), Hugh Shirley, and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to William Stafford (brother of the Earl of Stafford), and to divers others. It is certain, also, that the Shirley family inherited, by this devise, considerable estates in the counties of Nottingham, Leicester, and Warwick (touching which Sir Ralph Shirley had a memorable dispute with the Earl of Stafford), many of which remained in the Shirley family till the death of Earl Ferrers in 1827. Isabel, the mother of Hugh Shirley, appears to have been sister of the last Lord Basset--possibly of the half blood--which, even were she his paternal sister, would at that time have precluded heirship; but inasmuch as Alice, mother of the last Lord, m. Hugh de Meinill, she might, not improbably, have been a bastard sister, and "the last Francis Townshend, Esq, Windsor Herald (1784-1819), on the authority of Robert Glover, Somerset, a most learned and skilful herald, considered the illegitimacy of Isabel Shirley to be indisputable; quoting a lineal descendant and heir, in which she is called natural sister of the last Baron, and the coat assigned to her is debruised by a baton. If the illegitimacy of Isabel be established, this dignity (the Barony of Basset) would be in abeyance between the representatives of Thomas, Earl of Stafford (who is presumed to be the present Baron Stafford), and those of the said Dame Alice Chaworth, who (upon the decease of her great-granddaughter and heir), in 1507, were (1) Joan, wife of Sir Thomas Dynham; (2) Elizabeth, wife of Anthony Babington; and (3) Anne, wife of William Mering, who dsp.

A tabular pedigree of the coheirs of this Barony (on the supposition that Isabel Shirley was a bastard) is in Coll. Top. et Gen., vol vii, p. 257, while at p. 392 of the same volume, are given the arguments in favour of her legitimacy; which are also urged (with, perhaps still greater force) by Sir Egerton Brydges in Collins, vol iv, p. 91.

Courthope adds this note, which shows a belief (right or wrong) in the Shirley family that the Barony of Basset had vested in them: "It may here be remarked as an instance of unaccountable negligence or ignorance, that in the Patent creating George Townshend, Lord Ferrers of Chartley and Lord Compton (heir general of the above Sir Thomas Shirley and Isabel Basset) to be Earl of Leicester in 1784, he is called Baron de Ferrers of Chartley, Baron Bourchier, Lovaine, Basset, and Compton. In 1784 it is unquestionable that the Baronies of Ferrers of Chartley and Compton were vested, jure matris, in the Hon. George Townshend, but it is confidently alleged that he was not legally possessed either of the Baronies of Bourchier, Lovaine, or Basset. As it would scarcely be imagined that titles of honour should be lightly attributed in a patent under the Great Seal, this assertion requires to be supported by facts, and the following brief account of each of the Baronies in question may be deemed satisfactory. . . ."

Note: The patent to George Townshend in 1784 recognizes Isabel as a legitimate heir and sister of Ralph Basset, 3rd/Last Baron of Drayton.

Ralph married Joan Of BRITTANY, Countess Of Richmond in 2ND Wife. Joan was born before 1345 in Richmond, North Riding Yorkshire, England; died on 8 Nov 1402 in Lavendon Abbey, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Joan BEAUCHAMP about May 1338 in 1st Wife. Joan was born about 1335 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]