Baron Audley

The title Baron Audley was first created on 8 January 1313 by writ in the Peerage of England for Nicholas Audley of Heighley Castle a member of the Audley family of Staffordshire.. The third Baron, the last of the main Audley line, died without issue in 1391 and the Barony was abeyant. It was revived in 1408 for the descendants of his sister Joanne and her husband Sir John Tuchet (b 1327). The eleventh baron was created Earl of Castlehaven. The s... more

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