Iseult (Rous) de Audley (1262 - abt. 1338)

Born 1262 in Eastington, Gloucestershire, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

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Died about 4 Aug 1338 at about age 76 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

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In a posting dated 12/17/17 Douglas Richardson writes that Isolde, wife of Walter de Balun and Hugh de Audley was the daughter of Roger Le Rus. In a 1289 Court of Common Pleas, Isolde, holder of the Manor of Eastington, the daughter of Roger le Rus, sued Reynold de Balun over rights to the manor. She is clearly identified as the daughter of Le Rus. If you can read Latin, the cited document is: here^[1] See also Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 1: Audley of Stratton Audley.

Isolt de Mortimer was also known as Isolde de Mortimer. From before 1286/87, her married name became de Balun. From between 1288 and 7 January 1293, her married name became Audley. She brought her second husband the manors of Eastingdon, Gloucestershire and of Thornbury, Herefordshire. As a result of her marriage, Isolt de Mortimer was styled as Lady Audley on 15 May 1321. On 12 April 1326 she had livery of the manor of Arley, Staffordshire. ^[2]

Children of Isolt de Mortimer and Hugh Audley, 1st Lord Audley (of Stratton Audley):

• Sir James Audley+4 b. b 1289, d. b 1 Mar 1333/34
• Hugh Audley, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester b. c 1289, d. 10 Nov 1347
• Alice Audley b. c 1304, d. 12 Jan 1373/74

Isolde de Mortimer was born circa 1260 at of Eastington, Gloucestershire, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England; her ancestry is uncertain.^[3]She married Sir Walter de Balun circa 1270; They had no issue.^[4] Isolde de Mortimer married Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley, Constable of Montgomery Castle, Sheriff of Shropshire & Staffordshire, Justice of North Wales, son of Sir James de Audley, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, Justiciar of Ireland, Keeper of Newcastle-upon-Lyme Castle and Ela Longespee, before 1292. They had 2 sons (Sir James; & Sir Hugh, Lord Audley, Earl of Gloucester) and 1 daughter (Alice, wife of Sir Ralph de Greystoke, 1st Lord Greystoke, & of Sir Ralph de Neville, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby).^[5] Isolde de Mortimer died circa 4 August 1338.^[6]

Family 1

• Sir Walter de Balun

An article in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 116: 16-7, gives Isolt as the daughter of Edmund de Mortimer, and this opinion has been followed by Weis/Sheppard/Faris in Ancestral Roots (9-30, 207-30) and by Faris in Plantagenet Ancestry (Audley 13). -- Christopher Nash

From VCH Worc (Arley): "It passed from Roger to his son Edmund in 1282 [CP V, 379], and was granted by the latter to his daughter Iseult and her first husband Walter de Balun for their lives. After Walter's death Iseult married Hugh de Audley, and on his forfeiture in 1322 the manor was granted by the King to Iseult [Cal. Close, 1323-7, p. 467], who held it until her death about 1339-40 [Abbrev.Rot.Orig. (Rec. Com.), ii, 130]. The reversion after her death, during the minority of Roger de Mortimer, had been granted in 1336 to William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton [Duchy of Lanc. Royal Chart., no. 277], who had married Elizabeth widow of Edmund de Mortimer, grandson of the Edmund who had granted the manor to Iseult. [Cal. Close, 1354-60, p. 271; CP V, 379]. Roger came of age about 1348, but Elizabeth held the manor until her death in 1356, when it passed to her son Roger [Cal. Close, 1354-60, p. 271], who had become Earl of March by the reversal of his grandfather's attainder in 1354 [CP V, 243]." -- Christopher Nash

Family 2

• Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley, Constable of Montgomery Castle, Sheriff of Shropshire & Staffordshire, Justice of North Wales b. c 1267, d. c 1 Apr 1325

Children

• Sir James de Audley d. c 1 Mar 1334.
• Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley, 8th Earl Gloucester, Sheriff of Rutland b. c 1289, d. 10 Nov 1347.
• Alice de Audley b. c 1300, d. 12 Jan 1374.

Research Notes

My research indicates that Iseult and her first husband, Walter de Balun, received the grant of the manor of Arley, Staffordshire from Edmund de Mortimer for the term of their lives. The grant evidently took place in or before 1286, in which year I believe Walter de Balun died. In 1305, following Edmund de Mortimer's death, his widow, Margaret, sued Iseult and her second husband, Hugh de Audley, for dower in the manor. In 1325 Iseult paid a fine of 10 pounds to the King for having acquired the manor of Arley without license from the king [References: William Salt Arch. Soc., vol. 7, pp. 6,137-138,142; vol. 9, pg. 132]. In the various wrangling over this property, there is no indication that Iseult had the manor in free marriage, or any indication that she was related to Edmund de Mortimer. Indeed, the gift being for life is unusual, as marriage settlements were usually permanent gifts, not lifetime grants. I also find it unusual that if Edmund de Mortimer granted the manor to Iseult and Walter for their lives that his widow, Margaret, would later sue them for dower, especially if Iseult was Edmund's daughter. Reading the records on this matter, I'm frankly skeptical that Iseult de Audley was Edmund de Mortimer's daughter. -- Douglas Richardson, GEN-MEDIEVAL, 19 Jan 2002

My Mortimer family notes show that Edmund de Mortimer had an uncle, Hugh de Mortimer (died 1273) of Chelmarsh, who married Agatha de Ferrers (died 1306), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. If Iseult de Audley was the child of Hugh and Agatha, it would give her grandson, Sir James de Audley, the needed links to both the Mortimer and Ferrers families. Also, it would solve the obvious chronology problem of Iseult being Edmund de Mortimer's daughter. -- Douglas Richardson, GEN-MEDIEVAL, 25 Jan 2002

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, "C.P. Addition: Isolde le Rous, wife of Walter de Balun and Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley," Soc.genealogy.medieval (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.genealogy.medieval/Iseult$20de$20mortimer%7Csort:date/soc.genealogy.medieval/os6MHVrqEtg/xFRQGDKlCQAJ : accessed 20 January 2018).
2. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 347. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 670.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, pp. 74-75.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 242.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, pp. 69-71.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson.., Vol. I. p. 201.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. V. p. 75.

• Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 52. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
  

• Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, Volume I, pp. 346-348.

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