Sir
James
"2nd Lord Audley"
Audley
Born in Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Nicholas (Audley) de Audley
and Joan (Martin) Audley
Brother of
Alice (Audley) Meynell
Husband of
Joan (Mortimer) Audley
— married
before 13 Jun 1330 [location unknown]
Husband of
Isabel (FitzWalter) de Audley
— married
before 1346 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Katherine (Audley) Spigurnel, Margaret (Audley) Hillary, Nicholas Audley, Joan (Audley) Tuchet, Roger Audley, Blanche (Audley) FitzWarin, James Audley, Thomas Audley, Oliver Audley and Roland Audley
Died
at age 72
in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2010
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Biography
James Audley, Knt., 2nd Lord Audley of Heleigh[1]
- James, son of Nicholas de Audley (1292-1316), 1st Lord Audley, and his wife Joan Martin,[2][3] was born at Kneesall, Nottinghamshire on 7 January 1313/14.[4]
- He was co-heir to his mother's brother, William Martin, in 1326 (with his aunt Eleanor; his mother had died in 1322).[1] In 1337, his cousin Philip VI de Columbars was allowed to transfer his rights to him, including most of the old feudal barony of Nether Stowey in Somerset.[5] James became sole heir of William Martin in 1342, when Eleanor died without issue.[6]
- James married twice:
- Joan de Mortimer, daughter of Roger de Mortimer, Knt., 1st Earl of March, and Joan de Geneville, before 13 June 1330.[1]
- Isabel _____ before 1346-7 (date of settlement),[7] "said to be daughter of Robert Fitz Walter"[1][8][9]
- Children
- Nicholas Audley, Knt., 3rd Lord Audley, Chief Justice of South Wales,[10][11] "born about 1328 (aged 50 or 60 & more in 1386)", died 22 July 1391.[12] He married Elizabeth de Beaumont; they had no issue.[1]
- Joan de Audley,[13] "second daughter, born about 1332... married John Tuchet (or Tochet), Knt."[14]
- Roger de Audley, Knt.,[10] born before 17 November 1335, was living in 1352, when "he was in arms with his brother Nicholas against their father, when they sacked Castle Heleigh".[1] He died without issue before his father, who died 1 April 1386.[10]
- Margaret de Audley[13] married Roger Hillary, Knt., son and heir of Roger Hillary, Knt., and his wife Katherine[1] before 8 December 1356 (the date of his father's will). They had no issue. Margaret died 24 April 1411.[15]
- Katherine Audley married Thomas de Spigurnell "in or before 1357 (date of settlement)... no issue"; she was living in 1366.[16][17]
- James de Audley,[18] eldest son by Isabel, was born by 1346-7,[7] living 5 May 1370, dead before 13 May 1377.[1]
- Blanche de Audley[19] married Fulk Fitz Warin, Knt., 4th Lord Fitz Warin,[1] who was born 2 March 1340/1.[20] Their son Fulk was born 2 March 1361/2;[21] Blanche died before her father.[1]
- Thomas de Audley, Knt.,[18][19] married Elizabeth Fitz Payn (they had no issue). Thomas was living 13 April 1379 but had died by 1 April 1386 (when his father died).[1]
- Rowland Audley[10][18][19] was living in 1374-6 but had died "without legitimate issue" by 1 April 1386.[1]
- Oliver de Audley,[10][18] living 26 April 1360,[22] died before his father.[10]
- James died on 1 April 1386 at Heleigh in Audley, Staffordshire, England, at age 72,[10] leaving a will dated 1385. He was buried at Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire.[1]
- His heir was his son Nicholas, by his first wife. His sons by his second wife had predeceased him: "They [James and his wife Isabel] and their son James died without heir male of their bodies, so that the premises should remain to the king and his heirs."[10][23]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume I, pages 204-208 AUDLEY 11.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume I, pages 199-208 AUDLEY.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume I, pages 81-82 AUDLEY 7.
- ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 45', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III (London, 1909), pp. 479-505. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp479-505 [accessed 9 October 2020].
- ↑ Sanders, English Baronies, p.67; Complete Peerage, Vol.3 p.379 note b.
- ↑ "Kemeys (South Wales)", Berkeley Castle Muniments, Miscellaneous, Various (BCM/K/4/24, accessed 9 October 2020).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "In 1346-7 he settled the manors of ... on himself and Isabel his wife, with the remainder to James their son and the heirs male of his body." (Richardson's Royal Ancestry I:204-208 AUDLEY 11).
- ↑ Some sources say his wife Isabel was the daughter of Roger le Strange, but that is chronologically unlikely (see comments 9 October 2020 to this profile and Research Notes added to Isabel le Strange's profile on that date, when the profile was detached as his wife). Note that Wikipedia's article James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley incorrectly names his 2nd wife as Isabel le Strange (accessed 9 October 2020).
- ↑ The Complete Peerage, volume 14 (Addenda volume), page 50, note c: In a ped. of Touchet, dat. 1597, apparently prepared for George, 1st Earl of Castlehaven (who d. 1617) this Isabel is said to have been da. of Robert, Lord Fitzwalter. See Genealogist N.S. vol 35, p. 15 - (which is here https://archive.org/stream/genealogist3619selb#page/n53/mode/2up ).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 M. C. B. Dawes, M. R. Devine, H. E. Jones and M. J. Post, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 38', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 16, Richard II (London, 1974), pp. 72-87. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol16/pp72-87 [accessed 8 October 2020]
- ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. I, p. 340
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume I, pages 207-208 AUDLEY 11.i.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 M. C. B. Dawes, M. R. Devine, H. E. Jones and M. J. Post, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 69', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 16, Richard II (London, 1974), pp. 433-455. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol16/pp433-455 [accessed 8 October 2020].
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011) volume IV, page 215 TUCHET 9.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume I, pages 206-207 AUDLEY 11.iv.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume I, page 207 AUDLEY 11.v.
- ↑ Great Britain. Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 10. 1354-1360. (London, 1908). Internet Archive https://archive.org/stream/calendarofcloser10grea#page/404/mode/2up [accessed 9 October 2020].
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 'Fines of mixed counties: Edward III', in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 11, ed. G Wrottesley and F Parker (London, 1890), pp. 183-192. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/staffs-hist-collection/vol11/pp183-192 [accessed 8 October 2020]. See also Abstracts of Feet of Fines CP 25/1/288/46, number 578 (image of document at AALT).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Abstracts of Feet of Fines CP 25/1/195/17, number 54. Image of document at AALT
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume II, page 663 FITZ WARIN 12.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume II, page 663 FITZ WARIN 13.
- ↑ Oliver was apparently living in 1360, when he is found in a 26 April 1360 settlement (see Abstracts of Feet of Fines, CP 25/1/288/46, number 578, image of document at AALT).
- ↑ Sir William Pole, Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, page 390, notes that all of his sons, except Nicholas, predeceased him.
- Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 20
- Collections for a History of Staffordshire (Staffordshire Record Society, 1906) New Series Vol. 9, Page 246: "Lord of Heley"
- Cokayne, G.E., Gibbs, V., ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910-). See also WikiTree's source page for Complete Peerage.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Wrottesley, G. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, 1905, Internet Archive (page numbers given in notes in Richardson's works)
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[CPR EII] 9 December 1316 Clipstone. Grant to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wigmore, for his service in Ireland, of the marriage of the son and heir of Nicholas de Audley, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's custody.
[CCR EIII] 15 May 1329. To John Giffard. Order to deliver to James de Audley, son and heir of Nicholas de Audley, kinsman and coheir of William Martin, tenant in chief of the late king, the lands that belonged to Nicholas and the purparty of William's lands, which were in John's custody by the late king's commission, as the king has rendered James all his lands all though he has not yet reached full age. [CIPM EIII V7] No 699. James, son ad heir of Nicholas de Audeleye. Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the sid James, whose father held of King Edward II, in chief, 6 February 9EIII [1335]. The jury determined that James was born at Knesale, county Nottingham, and was baptized in the church there, and that he was 21 years of age on Monday next after the Circumcision last.
[CPR EIII] 21 April 1331 Wingham. James de Audeleye going on pilgrimage to Santiage, has letters nominating Hugh de Bynebelle and Richard de Bogh, his attorneys in England for two years.
[CIPM EIII V7] 699 James, son and heir of Nicholas de Audley. Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said James, whose father held of King Edward II, in chief, 6 February 9EIII.
[CPR EIII] 13 March 1343 Order to the escheator in the counties of Devon & Cornwall, to deliver to James de Audley, kinsman and heir of Eleanor late the wife of Philip de Columbaris, tenant in chief, the lands late of the said Eleanor, he having done fealty, and the king having respited his homage until the next Parliament.
The following two entries all involved lands that James inherited from his mother, who was the eventual sole heir of families of Martin and Tracy of Barnstaple. The reason why he had the inheritance reverting back to the crown following his death, or that of any male grandchildren fathered by sons, is not apparent at this stage, but a possibility is the PR entry of November 1354.
[CPR EIII] 23 April 1353 Westminster. Licence for James de Audelegh, lord of Helegh, to enfeoff Hugh de Neuhall, parson of the church of Blakedon, and Roger Magot, vicar of the church of Fremyngton, of the manors of Blakedon, county Somerset, Bovytracy, Northleu, Holdesworth, county Devon, and Tackebere, county Cornwall, held in chief, and to grant that the manor of Ludeford, county Somerset, likewise held in chief, shall after the death of Humphrey Trumwyn, the present tenant, remain to the said Hugh and Roger, and for them to re-grant the same to him for life, with reversion to the king and his heirs. Licence for James de Audelegh, lord of Helegh, to enfeoff Hugh de Neuhall, parson of the church of Blakedon, and Roger Magot, vicar of the church of Fremyngton, of the manors of Barnestaple, Combe Martyn, Fremyngton and Southmolton, and the hundreds of Fremyngton and Southmolton, county Devon, and the advowsons of the churches of the said manors of Combe Martyn, Fremyngton and Southmolton, held in chief, and the reversion of the manor of Dertyngton and the advowson the church thereof, in the same county, likewise held in chief, expectant on the demise of Margaret late the wife of William Martyn, the son, and for them to regrant the premises to him and Isabel, his wife, for life, with remainder to James, their son in tail male, and remainder over to the king and his heirs.
[CPR EIII] 20 November 1354 Westminster. Whereas James de Audley, knight, lord of Heleygh, indicted of some trespasses, extortions and excesses before the justices of oyer and terminer in the counties of Gloucester and Somerset, at Bristol, submitted to the king's grace and made fine with him by 2000/ for payment thereof; the king, because the said James has made oath before him and the council that he will bear himself well in future and for other causes moving him, has pardoned 1000/ of the said fine. And because the said James and Nicholas, his son,, have made a recognisance before him in the chancery of 1000/ for the payment of the remaining 1000/ whereof they will pay 100/ twice yearly at Easter and Michaelmas until the whole be paid within five years of this date, acquits the said James and his mainpernors of the said fine of 2000/.
[CPR EIII] 2 December 1354 Westminster. General pardon to James de Audley of Helegh, knight. The like pardon has Nicholas son of James de Audeley, knight.
[CPR EIII] 14 February 1375 Westminster. James de Audley appointed as one of the commissioners of peace, pursuant to the statutes of Winchester, Northampton and Westminster for the county of Devon.
[CIPM RII V16] 193 James de Audley, knight. Writ 5 April 9RII. He died on 1 April last, Nicholas de Audley, knight, his son, aged 50 years and more is his heir.
[CPR EIII] 4 February 1344 Westminster. Exemplication, at the request of James de Audelye, of the tenor of the record and process of a plea as follows;- Pleas at Westminster before J de Stonore and his fellows, justices of the Bench, on the octave of Trinity, 17EIII. Devon to wit.
William Chaumbernoun was summoned to answer the said James touching a plea that he permit him to present to the church of Ilfridecombe. Plaintiff says that one Henry Tracy was seised of the advowson and present to the church his clerk, Oliver Tracy, who was instituted in the time of HIII, and by his death the church is now void. From Henry the advowson descended through Matilda, his daughter [should be corrected to grand daughter, as Eve, the daughter of Henry Tracy, who married Guy de Brien predeceased her father. As Eve predeceased her father, she never held the advowson] and heir, William [III Martin], her son and heir, to William [IV Martin], son and heir of the last-named, who died without heir of himself, whereby the advowson passed to Eleanor and Joan, his sisters, and, the said Eleanor [married Philip VI de Columbaris] dying without heir of herself, her pourparty thereof descended to Joan [married Nicholas II de Audley] as her sister and heir, and from her to plaintiff as her son and heir.
Defendant says that the said Oliver was not instituted to the church on the presentation of Henry, that Oliver de Chaumbernoun his great great grandfather was seised of the advowson and presented to the church one Henry de Mountfort, his clerk, who was instituted in the time of king John, that from Oliver the advowson descended to Henry, his son and heir, who presented to the church after the death of the said Henry de Mountfort, Solomon de Roucestre, his clerk, and he was instituted in the time of Henry III, and afterwards Henry Tracy, by a deed which he produces, released to the said Henry son of Oliver, by the name of Henry de Camo Arnulphi, and his heirs, all right in the advowson, that from the said Henry the advowson descended to William Chaumbernoun, his son and heir, who presented to the church then void by the death of the said Solomon, Reginald de Chaumbernoun, his clerk, and he was instituted in the time of Edward I, that from William the advowson descended to Henry, his son and heir and from Henry to him as his son and heir, and he presented to the church, void by the death of the said Reginald, John de Chaumbernoun his clerk, who was instituted in the time of the king that now is, and afterwards, on the death of the said John, John de Lester, his clerk, who has been instituted to the said church. And the sheriff is charged to sumon a jury a fortnight after Midsummer, at which day the jury find that the said Oliver Tracey was admitted and institued to the church as plaintiff says above, that the commencement of the voidance thereof was by the death of the said John de Lester two days before St George last. Asked how much the church is worth, they say it is worth by the year 120 marks. Therefore it is adjudged that plaintiff recover his presentation and have a writ to the bishop of Exeter accordingly, and that he recover the value of a moiety of the church by the year because the term of six months is not yet elapsed and that defendant be in mercy.
Richardson says that James's daughter Katherine (by his 1st wife) & his 2nd wife Isabel (probably FitzWalter) were living in 1366 & that Oliver, his son by Isabel, had died "presumably before 4 May 1366" - why presume that? I cannot find anything in the entries to say what happened 4 May 1366 that would have let us know that Katherine and Isabel were living and Oliver had probably died.
Searching BHO - 40 Edward III / May 1366 docs I found required a subscription to look at. The most promising lead I found (requiring a subscription) had the following suggested citation: 'Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1366', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 12, 1364-1369, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1910), pp. 229-244. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol12/pp229-244 [accessed 10 October 2020].
And this description in the search results:
Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1366
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 12, 1364-1369
there were, and if not of his heritage of Audeley elsewhere, ... and her damages should be declared. French. July 10. Lyndhurst. To James de Audeleye ... which have arisen between the said James and Elizabeth..
But that still wouldn't explain the 4 May 1366 date.
The Close Rolls, which I have checked, have no relevant information.
My difficulty with Richardson's surmise is that son Rowland seems to have been alive then, and, unless I have missed something, he is not mentioned in this record either. So I am not convinced Richardson is right.
edited by Michael Cayley
5 May 1370 http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_44_60.shtml#381 and 11 June 1374 http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_195_17.shtml#54
edited by Charlene Newport
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_288_46.shtml#578
Hi! Catherine pointed out that he only married twice: Joan and Isabel... Richardson has "Isabel _____, said to be daughter of Robert Fitz Walter" (Royal Ancestry, volume I, page 204 AUDLEY 11).
The Wikipedia article for James says his wife Isabel is daughter of Roger le Strange, apparently citing thepeerage (which is not considered a reliable source). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Audley,_2nd_Baron_Audley
The fineprint in Richardson does my eyes in, even with a magnifying glass, but I saw no mention of le Strange. Fitz Warin was apparently from several issues of Genealogist & he also listed a reference saying Isabel was daughter of William Malbank, Baron of Wich-Malbank (Owen, Desc. of Pembroke 2 (1897): 491).
We can cover options in the text, but barring a clear primary source as to which Isabel was his 2nd wife, should we maybe go with an Isabel Unknown profile?
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Complete Peerage, Vol. I., 2nd edition, p. 340 footnote (a) says "The present Editor can find no evidence for the statement that James Audley m. 2ndly "Isabel, da. and coh. of William Malbank, usually called Baron of Wich Malbank," indeed the Malbank Barony had ended in coheirs more than 100 years before."
So the implication is that the the leStrange connection is highly unlikely chronologically, and the FitzWalter is based on a later source. I'd still be inclined to leave the LNAB as FitzWalter or at least place it as another last name.
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
edited by Charlene Newport
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneesall