Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: James Touchet, Lord Audley


Related Topics

In the News (Thu 26 Nov 09)

  
  Didier Touchet HALL - The James Touchet's Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John's son James, fith baron, was slain by the Yorkists at the battle of Blore Heath, 23 septembre 1458, leaving a son John, sixth baron (death 1491), who had livery of his lands in 1459-60, joined Edward IV, was summoned to parliament from 1461 to 1483, and was sworn of the privy council in 1471.
George Touchet, Benedictine monk, born at Stalbridge, Dorset, was second son of Mervyn Touchet, twelfth lord Audley and second earl of Castlehaven, and younger brother of James Audley, third earl of Castlehaven.
James Touchet, Baron Audley of Heleigh, third Earl of Castlehaven (1617?-1684), the eldest son and heir of Mervyn, lord Audley, second earl of Castlehaven, by his first wife, Elisabeth, daughter and heiress of Benedict Barnham, alderman of London, was born about 1617.
members.aol.com /touchetd/SurLesTracesDesTouchetdAngleterreetdIrlande/JamesTouchetEarlOfCastlehaven3rd.html   (2812 words)

  
 Battle of Blore Heath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This led to a period of intense fighting in which Audley himself was killed, possibly by Sir Roger Kynaston of Stocks near Ellesmere.
Legend has it that Margaret of Anjou watched the battle from the spire of the church in nearby Mucklestone, before fleeing when she realised Audley was being defeated.
Audley is buried in Darley Abbey in Derbyshire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Blore_Heath   (970 words)

  
 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg182.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
James married (2) Eleanor de Holand daughter of Edmund de Holand, 4rth Earl of Kent, Baron Wake, Woodstock and Holand and Lady Constance of York on 14 Feb 1429/1430.
James Baskerville was born in 1430 in Eardisley, Herfordshire, England.
James married (5) Margaret Tudor daughter of Henry VII Tudor, King of England and Elizabeth of York on 25 Jan 1501/1502 in By proxy, and in person at Holyrood abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland on 08 August 1503.
www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg182.htm   (1427 words)

  
 James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley was a medieval general, who led the Lancastrian forces during the Battle of Blore Heath in the Wars of the Roses.
Audley died sometime in the afternoon of September 23 1459, when he was slain at the Battle of Blore Heath.
Audley was buried in Darley Abbey, north of Derby, about 40 miles away from Blore Heath.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/James-Tuchet,-5th-Baron-Audley.htm   (254 words)

  
 chittick.com | history | chittick family history
William Touchet distinguished himself in the wars of Gascony and Scotland, tem Edward I., and had summons to Parliament from the 29th December, 1209, to the 3rd of Novemeber, 1306.
Contemporary with this Lord Touchet was Sir Robert Touchet, Knight, of Tattenhale, County Chester, who was succeeded by his son, Sir Thomas Touchet, who died 23rd of Edward III., leaving a son, Sir John Touchet, Knight, a gallant and distinguished soldier in the martial times of Edward IV.
Sir Thomas Touchet gave lands in Wombruge, Co. Salop, to the Canons of that place, and died 23rd Edward III., leaving issue John, his son and heir, twenty-two years of age, which John, in 20th of Edward Ill., being then a knight, was in the wars of France, and at the relief of Aquillon.
www.chittick.com /history/erminda/barons_audley.html   (1090 words)

  
 Johan TORBERNSEN - Gerhard of TOUL
Descendents of Humphrey I of TORUN, Lord of Torun
1 Humphrey II of TORUN, Lord of Torun =Heiress of BANYAS 2 Humphrey III of TORUN, Lord of Torun =Stephanie of MILLY, Heiress of Oultrejourdain 3 Humphrey IV of TORUN, Lord of Torun =Queen Isabelle I of JERUSALEM 3 Isabella of TORUN =Roupen III of ARMENIA, Prince of Armenia =Philippa of ANTIOCH
\-Philippe of MONTACUTE James TOUCHET, Lord Audley \- ISABELL
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dphaner/HTML/people/p000011p.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Blore Heath 1459 : Tactical positioning
James Touchet, Lord Audley was the principle Lancastrian commander, in charge of at least 6-12,000 men.
The pronounced valley of the Crumbledale (still visible today) allowed Audley to shelter his sizeable army from view, and he possibly hoped to catch the Yorkists by surprise as they emerged from the dense woodland to the north of Blore Heath.
Coincidentally, James Touchet, Lord Audley and William Montague, Earl of Salisbury, the great-grandfathers of the leaders of the two armies at Blore Heath, had fought side by side at both Crecy and Poitiers at the beginning of the Hundred Years War.
www.bloreheath.org /tactics1.php   (612 words)

  
 Kymm Coveney's Ancestry - Person Page 15
James Touchet 4th Lord Audley married Eleanor Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland 3rd Earl_of_Kent and Constance de Langley.
Constance Touchet was the daughter of James Touchet 4th Lord Audley and Eleanor Holland.
James Whitney was the son of Sir Robert Whitney and Eleanor Holland.
members.fortunecity.com /dickcoveney/p15.htm   (1464 words)

  
 LORD AUDLEY AND TOUCHET GENEALOGY
JAMES TOUCHET, 2nd baron Audley, who distinguished himself in the wars of France, in 1418; but in 1428, being sent by Queen Margaret to oppose Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury, then in arms in favour of the house of York, he was defeated and killed at Blore-heath, co. Stafford, with 2400 of his companions.
He was accused by Lady Audley of raping her mother Elizabeth at the instigation of her husband, Melvyn.
James was furious when Castlehaven arranged for Amptil to marry his daughter by his first marriage, giving Amptil a dowry of £7,000.
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/touchet.htm   (1675 words)

  
 [No title]
James was killed in that battle on 23 September 1459 that took place at Blore Heath, Shropshire, England.
James I 1566-1625- Religious dissension was the basis of an event that confirmed and fueled James' paranoia: the Gunpowder Plot of November 5, 1605.
James also disliked the Puritans who became excessive in their demands on the king, resulting in the first wave of English immigrants to North America.
home.netcom.com /~blakravn56/genealogymain.doc   (5095 words)

  
 The Trial of Mervyn Touchet, Earl of Castlehaven, 1631   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Mervyn Touchet was the twelfth Lord Audley in the peerage of England, and the second Lord Audley and Earl of Castlehaven in the peerage of Ireland.
The Lord Chief Justice argued that such a conspirator or participant could be a legal witness until he himself was convicted of the felony, "for otherwise, Facts of this nature would seldom or never be discovered".
Lady Audley, young Lady Audley, Giles Broadway, and Florentius Fitz-Patrick testified, and after two hours of deliberation the jurors unanimously found Castlehaven guilty of rape, and fifteen of the twenty-six jurors found him guilty of sodomy (a majority was enough to convict).
www.infopt.demon.co.uk /touchet.htm   (3239 words)

  
 Audley's Cross -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A cross was erected on the spot where Audley was reported to have been killed after the battle, and replaced with the current stone cross in 1765, which was renovated in 1949 on the 500th anniversary of the battle.
On this spot was fought the Battle of Blore Heath 1459.
Lord Audley, who commanded the (A resident of Lancaster) Lancastrian forces was defeated and slain.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/audleys_cross.htm   (89 words)

  
 Blore Heath 1459 : Protagonists
Audley was buried in Darley Abbey, close to his Derbyshire Manor house of Markeaton.
He was Lord of Dudley in South Staffordshire, and also of Malpas in Cheshire.
He was a similar age to Audley, having been born in 1399, making him 58 years of age at the time of the battle.
www.bloreheath.org /protagonists.php?ref=protagonists   (287 words)

  
 Audley's Cross - TheBestLinks.com - 1459, Staffordshire, Battle of Blore Heath, Blore Heath, ...
Audley's Cross - TheBestLinks.com - 1459, Staffordshire, Battle of Blore Heath, Blore Heath,...
Audley's Cross, 1459, Staffordshire, Battle of Blore Heath, Blore Heath, James...
A cross sited in Blore Heath, Staffordshire to mark the spot on which James Touchet, Lord Audley was killed at the battle of Blore Heath in 1459.
www.thebestlinks.com /Audley__27__s_Cross.html   (174 words)

  
 26 Eng.
Therefore, calling a parliament of his lords to a Carthusian monastery near the royal manor which he himself later named Richmond, he earnestly sought a plan whereby the storm of the moment could be avoided.
James acted thus because he knew that his name was hateful to a goodly portion of his people, which would approve of no deed of his.
Then Duke François died, at which time the lords of Britanny divided into differing parties, partly for the sake of money and partly out of factional zeal, so much so that they seemed no longer to be defending their nation, but rather to be bound for perdition.
www.philological.bham.ac.uk /polverg/26eng.html   (16789 words)

  
 THE VERDICTS OF EACH OF THE JURORS IN THE TRIAL OF
Married in 1600 to Ann, daughter of Lord Russell; male heir bom 1601.
Took his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Percy in 1626 and succeeded his father as Earl of Northumberland in 1632.
Married Lettice, third daughter of the 1st Earl of Cork and once the intended spouse of James, Lord Audley Male heir bom 1615.
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/touchet/touchettrial.htm   (944 words)

  
 Margaret of Anjou - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
With the king captured, Margaret, managed to escape, and immediately began raising an army in Wales and the north of England, where she was assisted by Henry's half-brother, Jasper Tudor.
In 1459, hostilities resumed at the battle of Blore Heath, where Margaret is said to have witnessed her commander, James Touchet, Lord Audley defeated by a Yorkist army under Richard Neville.
Moving her headquarters to York, she gained a major success at the Battle of Wakefield on December 30, 1460, when the combined armies of the Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury were destroyed.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Margaret_of_Anjou   (601 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Audley is taken prisoner, brought before the King and council on 19 Jun and condemned
The rebels are defeated by the Earl of Oxford & Lord Daubeney
Accompanies James IV on a border raid on England
badley.info /history/1497.year.html   (651 words)

  
 Berkshire History: Biographies: Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (1400-1460)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In the Summer of 1434, King James of Scots having strongly remonstrated touching the misgovernment on the east marches, of which the Earl of Northumberland was warden, it was decided, probably on the advice of Bedford, to place the government of both marches in Salisbury's hands.
Here, he was attacked, next morning, by Lord Audley, whom Salisbury, according to Hall, tempted across the brook by a feigned retreat and then drove him in confusion, down the slope, before the rest of his troops had crossed the stream.
But his half-nephew John, Lord Neville, brother of the 2nd Earl of Westmorland, who had fought against him at Wakefield, was rewarded for his loyalty with the office of Constable of Sheriff Hutton and Middleham Castles, along with other revenues from the Wensleydale estates of Salisbury.
www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/rneville_eofs.html   (2743 words)

  
 The Battle of Deptford Bridge in 1497
The Lord Audeleie was drawne from Newgate to the Tower Hill in a coate of his owne armes, painted vpon paper reuersed and all to torne and there was beheaded the foure and twentith of June.
Michael Joseph was captured as he fled towards Greenwich, and Audley and Flamank on the battlefield.
Audley's sentence was "commuted" to beheading in the Tower of London.
www.fantompowa.net /Flame/cornish_rebels_1497.html   (2559 words)

  
 Medieval Meanderings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Lest his lord, KING HENRY become suspicious that he was setting himself up as a soverign prince, STRONGBOW laid Leinster at HENRY's feet, asking only to be made his tributary.
HENRY was able to make himself Lord of Ireland, but in actuality, much of the island was able to remain beyond his control.
RICHARD was lord of Connaught and ancestor to the Earls of Ulster.
members.aol.com /sforg/newsletters/meander2.htm   (4933 words)

  
 The Flamank Family
In Somerset James Touchet, "Lord Audley" took command of the army.
Thomas Flamank and Lord Audley were captured on the battlefield and Michael Joseph as he fled towards Greenwich.
Lord Audley was taken to Tower Hill and beheaded.
kris.rootschat.net /flamankfamily.html   (594 words)

  
 Tuchet
Audley, Lord Audley, Knight of the Garter, and Joan de Mortimer.
The son and heir of Henry Tuchet, lord of Long Clawson in Leicestershire, Henry Tuchet, the younger, was confirmed in possession of his lands by the Earl of Chester in 1143-49.
He was a Commissioner of the Peace in Derbyshire in 1401, and appears in the muster of the Prince of Wales at Shrewsbury in 1403, with 20 squires and 10 archers.
www.geneajourney.com /tuchet.html   (1241 words)

  
 memberstemplate.gif
The farm is run now as a partnership between Rosie and John and their sons, Matthew and James.
Audley had been asked by Queen Margaret, wife of Henry VI, to intercept Yorkist forces hostile to the King who were marching to Ludlow.
Audley's Cross, a national monument on nearby Audley's Cross Farm, still marks the spot where Audley fell, and a stone at the entrance to Blore Heath Farm was placed there in 2000 to record the farm as the site of the Lancastrian camp.
www.foodconnection.co.uk /members/hegartyjr.htm   (512 words)

  
 DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626) - Online Information article about DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
James I. received the author of Nosce teipsum with See also:
Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger.
Morley in his Ireland under Elizabeth and James I. (189o).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /DAH_DEM/DAVIES_SIR_JOHN_1569_1626_.html   (1275 words)

  
 Frontpage.doc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A daring dawn raid on Sandwich, (allegedly involving collusion by the townsmen), dispersed the fleet and captured Lord Audley, foiling further attacks on the port proper.
Lord Roos has returned from Guisnes castle unexpectedly early but at press was not available for comment.
Died 23rd of September James Touchet, Lord Audley, 61, in battle against the enemies of the King.
freespace.virgin.net /sheldon.stevens/chronicle00.html   (3237 words)

  
 Richard III - Blore Heath
Lord Audley had recently raised a Lancastrian army centered round Market Drayton, and the Queen -through whom the King ruled- sent him orders to intercept Lord Salisbury, who was marching from Yorkshire to join the Duke of York at Ludlow.
Audley took up a position just west of a little stream that crossed the Market Drayton-Newcastle-under-Lyme road, and Salisbury’s men were drawn up about 150 yards east of the present Audley Cross, which marks the spot where Lord Audley fell.
But this too failed; there was no support from the cavalry, Lord Audley had already fallen and 500 Lancastrians chose this moment to desert to the enemy.
www.richard111.com /blore1.htm   (452 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Battle of Deptford Bridge, 1497 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After fighting a minor battle near Guildford, Surrey, they were hopeful of gaining further support from people in Kent (the focus of Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450), but despite rallying at Cade's meeting place at nearby Blackheath were disappointed.
The three leaders (An Gof, Flamank and Audley) were all executed, on 24 June 1497.
An Gof and Flamank suffered the traitor's fate of being hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, while Audley was beheaded on Tower Hill.
www.ipedia.com /battle_of_deptford_bridge__1497.html   (328 words)

  
 Notes for Mervyn TOUCHET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Mervyn (or Mervin) Touchet (or Tuchet), (1592-1631), 2nd earlCastlehaven, 9th lord Audley, was beheaded on Tower Hill for unnaturaloffences, after a trial by his peers, on 14 May 1631 and his honoursforfeited.
James Tuchet was restored to the dignities 1634, and becamethe 3rd earl of Castlehaven, in Ireland, and 10th lord Audley, inEngland; he had a command against the rebels in Ireland, under theduke of Ormond, and has left an account of his warfare, entitled "LordCastlehaven's Memoirs."
When a mere boy of thirteen or fourteen, James was married toElizabeth Brydges (daughter of his father's second wife, Anne, by herfirst husband, Grey Brydges, fifth baron Chandos of Sudeley).
www.barnum.org /nti02932.htm   (402 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.