Edmund Audley (died 1524) was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and

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Life

Audley graduated BA in 1463 at

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. He was appointed to the seventh stall in

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in 1474 and held this until 1480. Audley was collated as

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on 14 December 1475 and then as Archdeacon of Essex on 22 December 1479, serving until he was nominated to become Bishop of Rochester on 7 July 1480, and consecrated on 1 October 1480.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 268 He was then translated to be Bishop of Hereford on 22 June 1492.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 251 He was then translated to become

on 10 January 1502.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 He died on 23 August 1524. Audley was the son of Eleanor Holand. He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral.Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Audley, Edmund Year of birth unknown 1524 deaths Bishops of Rochester Bishops of Hereford Bishops of Salisbury Canons of Windsor 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Archdeacons of Essex Archdeacons of the East Riding Alumni of University College, Oxford 15th-century births Younger sons of barons Chancellors of the Order of the Garter