Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley
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Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley (c. 1328 – 1391) was born at
Heighley Castle Heighley Castle (or Heleigh Castle) is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire, Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley-Stanley family, Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years was one of their ancestral h ...
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Staffordshire, England Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands cou ...
to James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley, and was his only surviving son. He was known as Lord of Rougemont (Redcastle,
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of Kemes (as was his father), He was based at Heighley. Nicholas's father-in-law Henry, 4th Earl of Buchan, received, amongst other large grants of manors and lands, a grant of the Lordship of the
Isle of Man The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
in 1310. Later members of the Audley-Stanley family would become Kings of Mann.


Family

Nicholas married Elizabeth Beaumont, sister of John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont, and daughter of Henry de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan. He died without issue and the Barony was abeyant at his demise in 1391. It was revived however in 1408 for John Tuchet, grandson of Nicholas' sister Joan and her husband Sir John Tuchet (1327—1371).Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham. ''Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families,'' Genealogical Publishing Com, 2005. pg 831
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/ref> Although he had many disagreements with his father, he was nevertheless buried alongside his father's marble tomb in the quire of
Hulton Abbey Hulton Abbey is a scheduled monument in the United Kingdom, a former monastery located in what is now Abbey Hulton, a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent. A daughter house of the Cistercian Combermere Abbey, the abbey was founded by Henry de Audley in th ...
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See also

* Audley-Stanley family *
Baron Audley Baron Audley is a title in the Peerage of England first created in 1313, by writ to the Parliament of England, for Sir Nicholas Audley of Heighley Castle, a member of the Anglo-Norman Audley family of Staffordshire. The third Baron, the last ...
* Abbey Hulton *
Hawkstone Park Hawkstone Park is a historic landscape park in Shropshire, England, with pleasure grounds and gardens. It historically associated with Soulton Hall the Shropshire headquarters of Sir Rowland Hill ("Old Sir Rowland") publisher of the Geneva B ...
history *
Weston-under-Redcastle Weston-under-Redcastle is an estate village of the Rowland Hill (MP), Sir Rowland Hill legacy estates. It is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 10 km (6.2 miles) by road east of Wem. Historically, it has been part of the manor ...


References


External links



Madeley Village, Heighley castle history

British History online - Hulton Abbey 1320s births 1391 deaths *03 {{England-baron-stub