John Tuchet (abt. 1470)

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Biography

John Tuchet was the second son of John Tuchet, Lord Audley and Anne Echingham, his wife. As his older brother James was born in 1463–64,^[1] John was presumably born in late 1460s. Like his brother, John took part in the Cornish Rebellion of 1497; and unlike his brother who beheaded for his part, John was spared and eventually pardoned. This is presumably the reason for the curious phrase, "to rewarde my sonne John Audley if he come to have the kinges grace" in his mother's will, dated 11 November 1497.^[2]

In 1499 John Audley conspired in a plot to free the Earl of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck from the Tower of London He was subsequently indicted for his part in the rebellion, though no trial is recorded.^[3] and on 12 February 1504/05 as John Audley of Woolwich, Kent and Stawey, Somerset, he was granted a general pardon.^[4] Stowey, Somerset, had been held by his brother James before his attainder, but at this time was held by James' brother-in-law John Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarren.^[5]

John married Isabel Mylbery, allegedly an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV.^[6] The principal source on Isabel Mylbery is a manuscript from circa 1510 by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King at Arms. It shows the arms of "Johannes Awdeley, frater Jacobi domini de Awdeley" (John Audley, brother of James lord of Audley) impaled by those of "Dame Isabelle uxor eius" (Dame Isabel, his wife), denoting their marriage. John's arms are those of the Audley family together with a crescent, the traditional cadency mark for a second son.^[7]

Research Notes

Antiquarian claims

Chetwynd's History of Pirehill Hundred (Staffordshire), in a manuscript dated c.1670, presents a pedigree of the Audleys showing that "Johes Touchet" married "fil. noth. Regis E. IV., ob. s.p.".^[8] (bastard daughter of King Edward IV, who died without issue).

A pedigree of the family of Tuchet dated 1597, apparently drawn up for George, Lord Audley (later 1st Earl of Castlehaven), 3x-great-nephew of John, shows "Joħes Audeley filius 2 p'r Thoma Patris Georgii Audeley de Buglautõ in vita A° 1596 existensis"^[9] (John Audley, second son, father of Thomas father of George Audley of Buglawton alive in 1596).

Sources

1. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry, vol 5, pp 199–200 "TUCHET 16". Salt Lake City, 2013.
2. ↑ The National Archives. "Will of Dame Anne Lady Audeley, Widow of Close of the Monastery of Saint Saviours of Bermondsey, Surrey" (PROB 11/11/407), records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
3. ↑ Arthurson, Ian. The Perkin Warbeck conspiracy, 1491-1499 . Second edition. (Stroud: The History Press, 2009.) Online at archive.org.
   page 296: citing 53rd Report of the Deputy Keeper, p.31
   page 303: citing 3rd Report of the Deputy Keeper, p.217, 53rd Report of the Deputy Keeper, p.34, Arthurson, Espionage and Intelligence p149-151 for types of codes.
   page 312: citing 53rd Report of the Deputy Keeper, p.33 and footnote *
4. ↑ Black, J. G. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office. Henry VII volume 2: A.D. 1494-1509. (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.) Page 392.
5. ↑ Dunning, RW, Baggs, AP, Bush, Robin, Siraut, Mary. "Parishes: Nether Stowey", in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5, (London: Institute of Historical Rsearch, 1985) pp. 190-200. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol5/pp190-200#p16 [accessed 1 March 2024]
6. ↑ Smollett, Tobias George. A Complete History of England (3rd ed.), vol 5, p 150. [Note: there seem to have been two printings of the 3rd ed. of Smollett with different page sizes. In the larger printing, the reference is vol 3, p 452.] London, 1758. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.
7. ↑ Beauclerk-Dewar, Peter and Powell, Roger. Royal Bastards (e-Book), chap 12. Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2008.
8. ↑ Parker, F. "Chetwynd's History of Pirehill Hundred , with Notes". Collections for a History of Staffordshire, New Series, Volume 12 (1909), pages 1-273. "Pedigree of the Audleys", page 229.
9. ↑ Rylands, J. Paul. A Vellum Pedigree Roll of the Family of Touchet, of Nether Whitley and Buglawton, Co. Chester, and Touchet, Baron Audley of Heleigh, Co. Stafford. The Genealogist, Volume 36 (1920), pages 9-21 page 16.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V page 471

D. Richardson, Royal Ancestry source for the LNAB of Elizabeth Wayte. She listed as (Lucy-51) now.

Source: Royal Ancestry by D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V p. 468 ... Illegitimate children of Edward IV of England, by a mistress, Elizabeth Wayte, widow of ____ Lucy, and daughter of Thoma Wayte, Esq., of Hampshire [see Ricardian 12 (2000-2): 490-505; More Hist. of King Richard III (2005)]: