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Touchet School District
Touchet is a surname, and may refer to: Members of the English peerage: * James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley, (c. 1398–1459) * George Thicknesse-Touchet, 19th Baron Audley (1758–1818) ** George Thicknesse-Touchet, 20th Baron Audley, (1783–1837) *** George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet, 21st Baron Audley (1817–1872) **** Mary Thicknesse-Touchet, 22nd Baroness Audley (1868–1942) ***** Thomas Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley (1913–1963) Other people: * George Anselm Touchet (died c. 1689), Roman Catholic chaplain of Queen Catherine of Braganza, the wife of King Charles II * Jacques Touchet (fl. 1917), French illustrator * Marie Touchet, (1549– 1638), mistress of Charles IX of France * Stanislas Touchet (1842–1926), French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church See also * Touchet, Washington, US * Touchet River, US * Touchet Formation The Touchet Formation or Touchet beds consist of large quantities of gravel and fine sediment which overlay almost a thousand meters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (c. 1398 – 23 September 1459) of Heleigh Castle was an English peer. James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, son of Elizabeth Stafford and her husband John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, was a distinguished veteran of the Hundred Years' War. In the opening phase of the Wars of the Roses he raised troops from his estates in Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and commanded the Lancastrian force that moved to block the Yorkist Earl of Salisbury's route to Ludlow where he intended linking up with the rest of the Yorkist army. The two forces clashed in the Battle of Blore Heath on 23 September 1459 and Audley was killed by Sir Roger Kynaston of Stocks near Ellesmere (Kynaston incorporated emblems of the Audley coat-of-arms into his own). Audley's Cross still stands on the battlefield marking the spot where he died. Audley was buried in Darley Abbey, north of Derby, about away from Blore Heath. The Abbey no longer stands, so his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |