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| | Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley Of Walden Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | He was educated for the law, entered the Middle Temple, was town clerk of Colchester, and was in the commission of the peace for Essex in 1521. |
 | | On 29 November 1538 he was created Baron Audley of Walden; and soon afterwards presided as Lord Steward at the trials of Henry Pole, Lord Montacute, and of the Marquess of Exeter. |
 | | In 1539, though inclining himself to the Reformation, he made himself the King’s instrument in enforcing religious conformity, and in the passing of the Six Articles Act. |
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