Born about in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Emma (Audley) of Powis and Alice (Audley) de Montfort
Husband of
Ela (Longespée) Audley
— married
1244 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joan (de Audley) Audley, James (de Audley) Audley, Nicholas (Audley) d'Audley, James (Audley) de Audley and Hugh (Audley) de Audley
Died
at about age 52
in Ireland
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Biography
James of Audley was the son and heir of Henry of Audley[1] and his wife, Bertred Mainwaring.[2] Bertred was the daughter of Ralph Mainwaring.[2]
On 19 November, 1246, at Marlborough, the king [Henry III] after taking the homage of James of Audley, sent orders to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire and J fitz Geoffrey, justiciar of Ireland, to accept security from James for rendering his relief to the king, and then cause him to have seisin of all lands, castles and tenements of which Henry of Audley, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died.[1]
In 1270, Sir James Audley Constable of Ulster, was Lord Justiciar of Ireland [3] [4]
James was the brother of:
In 1244, James married Ela Longespée, who died in 1299.[2] Ela was the daughter of William Longespée, born circa 1209, died 1250, claimant to the earldom of Salisbury and cousin of Henry III, king of England.[2]
Children
James and Ela were the parents of five sons, who succeeded to the family estates, which were overwhelmingly concentrated in Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire:
"Audley almost certainly went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1268, and as a crusader he received a judicial protection on 10 July 1270 to accompany the Lord Edward to the Holy Land. But he never went, as he was appointed Edward's justiciar for Ireland on or before 8 August. He held the post until his death."[2]
Death
James died in Ireland as a result of a broken neck on or about 11 June, 1272.[2] His son James succeeded him, doing homage on 29 July, 1272.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III [CFR] 1246–7, ed. P. Dryburgh and B. Hartland, technical ed. A. Ciula and J.M. Vieira, Henry III Fine Rolls Project's website, nos 40 and 41, [1] : accessed 6 December, 2018
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Simon Lloyd, "Audley, James (d. 1272), magnate." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004), [2] : accessed 5 December, 2018. Subscription website accessed free via local library.
- ↑ The Present State of Great-Britain and Ireland: In Three Parts ... by Guy Miege pub: 1718
- ↑ The Peerage of Ireland: vol: 2
See also:
- Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), I:200, 493, and 566.
- Royal Ancesty by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 611
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[CFR HIII] 19 November 1246. Marlborough. For James of Audley. Because the king has taken the homage of James of Audley, order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire, having accepted security from James for rendering his relief to the king, to cause him to have seisin of all lands, castles and tenements of which Henry of Audley, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died. It is written to J. fitz G., justiciar of Ireland, in the same manner. For James of Audley. It is written to the escheators in the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire and to Henry of Wingham in the same manner, making no mention of that relief.
[CLR HIII] 29 September 1251 Writ addressed to James de Audithele, constable of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
[CPR HIII] 3 August 1258 Westminster. Commission to James de Audithele and Peter de Monte Forti to hear and determine excesses committed upon the bailiffs and men of the bishop of Hereford of the parts of Ledebirynorth by the bailiffs and men of John son of Alan of the parts of Clune, and cause amends to be made for the same according to the custom of those parts.
[CPR HIII] 18 August 1258 Woodstock. Appointment of James de Audithele and Peter Monte Forti, sheriff of Salop and Stafford, with others whom they shall associate with themselves, to receive and make amends for trespasses against the truce between Llewelyn son of Gruffudd and his men, and the king's men on the days and in the places which the said James and Peter shall prove in the marches of Salop and Cestresire, until Michaelmas.
[CLR HIII] 15 February 1260 Westminster. To the sheriff of Northampton. Contrabreve to let James de Addithleg' have 15/ out of the issues of the county for his expenses in sitting at Northampton to hear and determine trespasses together with Giles de Erdinton.
[CLR HIII] 26 October 1260 Westminster. Liberate to James de Aldythel' 20/ for Michaelmas term in the 44th year of the 40/ granted to him yearly at the Exchequer till the king shall make provision for him of that amount in wards or escheats.
[CPR HIII] 2 October 1261 St Paul's, London. Licence, at the instance of James de Alditheleg, for Ankeretta, his niece, to marry William son of Ralph le Botiler.
[CPR HIII] 5 February 1262 Westminster. Commitment, during pleasure, to James de Aldithele of the counties of Salop and Stafford with the castles of Bruges and Shrewsbury in the form proved by the king.
[CFR HIII] 8 March 1262. Windsor. Concerning counties that have been committed. The king has committed the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire with the castles of Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury with appurtenances to James of Audley to keep until Michaelmas next to come, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer for the time when the king previously committed the aforesaid counties to him until the abovesaid term in the form lately provided before the king (coram Rege). Order to the archbishops etc. and all others of the aforesaid county to be intendant and respondent to James as sheriff of the aforesaid counties and as constable of the aforesaid castles in all things that pertain to the custody of the same, as aforesaid. In [testimony] of which thing etc. Order to the coroners.
[CLR HIII] 1 July 1262 Westminster. Writ issued to allocate monies to James de Aldithel', sheriff of Stafford and Salop
[CLR HIII] 20 July 1262 Westminster. Liberate to James de Aldithel', constable of the castles of Salop and Bruges, 50 marks granted to him for keeping the said castles during this year.
[CLR HIII] 2 November 1262 Oxford. Allocate to James de Aldithel', keeper of town and new castle under Lyme, in the farm of the town, 40/ which he shald have paid at the last Michaelmas Exchequer, and which was granted to him of the king's gift in recompense for losses sustained during the recent disturbance in the kingdom.
[CPR HIII] 25 August 1264 Canterbury. Whereas a certain ordinance or provision of peace has lately been made in the march of Wales between Simon de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester, Thomas de Clare, John son of John, Peter de Monte Forti the elder, and other barons, of the one part, and Roger de Mortuo Mari, James de Aldithele and their co-marchers, of the other part, for the observance of which the said Roger has given his son William as a hostage to John son of John, and the said James has given his son Nicholas as hostage to the said Peter, subject to the king's acceptance of the provision; the king ratifies both the provision of peace and the delivery of the said hostages.
[CPR HIII] 8 December 1264 Woodstock. Safe conduct until Sunday after the feast of the Conception of the Virgin and for the whole of that day, for Roger de Mortuo Mari, James de Aldithele, Roger de Clifford, William la Zuche, Warin de Bassinburn, and Payn de Cadurcis, coming to the king wherever he may be in England, with their houshold and goods.
[CPR HIII] 28 November 1266 Kenilworth. Promise to James de Aldithele, who has delivered to the king Nicholas de la Huse, whom he had in his keeping by the bail of Edward the king's son, that the king will keep him harmless by reason of this towards the said Edward and others.
[CPR HIII] 10 July 1270 Westminster. Protection with clause wolumus, for four years from Easter, for James de Aldithele, who is going the Edward the king's son to the Holy Land.
[CIM V1 1219-1307] No 1059. 13 November 1276 Rothelan. Madog, lord of the manor of Kenardesle, enfeoffed thereof Thomas his son, who could not hold his own against the Welsh and made an agreement with James de Audedele the elder to marry his niece, and have Apedal and Cestreton in county Stafford, and 50s of rent in Wyzmank, in exchange for the said manor. The said James peacefully held the manor for five or six years, and, when it pleased him to go to Almain [Germany], with Richard king of Almain, committed the custody thereof to Gruffudd ap Madog, who married his sister; he held the same for a month and was ejected therefrom by the Welsh, who held the manor until the said James returned to England. Having assembled his power, the said James ejected the Welsh, and held the manor, and erected small buildings thereon. He afterwards committed the custody of the manor to certain of his bailiffs; in defiance of whom the Welsh burned the buildings and held the manor, until, war having arisen between England and Wales, Hamon Lestrange ejected the occurpiers of the manor, whereby Roger Lestrange had ingress therein. The manor is held of the king in chief. William de Audidele has a greater right therein than the said Roger, by the feoffment, which James, his father, had, and the confirmation of Madog, father of the said Thomas.
Audley-92 and Audley-10 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person. James married Ela but had an illegitimate son (named James) by Alice de Mohun (Royal Ancestry, I:201-202 AUDLEY 8; IV:609-611 SEYMOUR 9). The entry for Alice de Mohun says her liaison with James was after her husband Robert de Beauchamp had died (in 1263). James had married Ela in 1244 and she outlived him (according to Richardson, he died 1272 - not 1276 as in Audley-92).
Sons of James and Ela listed by Richardson are James, Knt., Henry, William, Knt., Nicholas, Knt., and Hugh, Knt. (AUDLEY 8). The entry for Nicholas (AUDLEY 9) says he was heir to his older brother William in 1282.
The illegitimate son of James by Alice de Mohun, who was also named James de Audley, married Alice ______, and they had a son named James. The illegitimate son died "in or before 1285" (I:202 AUDLEY 8.i).
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