Edmund Audley (died 1524) was
Bishop of Rochester,
Bishop of Hereford and
Bishop of Salisbury
The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...
.
Life
Audley graduated
BA in 1463 at
University College, Oxford
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. He was appointed to the seventh stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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in 1474 and held this until 1480.
Audley was collated as
Archdeacon of the East Riding
The Archdeacon of the East Riding is a senior ecclesiastical officer of an archdeaconry, or subdivision, of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. It is named for the East Riding of Yorkshire and consists of the eight rur ...
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
Bishop of Salisbury
The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...
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