47283728. Justiciar James de Audley & 47283729. Lady Ela de Longespee
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
~1220, James born in England, s/o 94567456. Henry de
Audley & 94567457. Bertrade de Mainwaring.
~1235, Ela born in England, d/o 94567584.
William Longespee & 94567585. Iodine de Camville.
1246, Henry and son James were in Worcester where they
witnessed a Royal Charter.
10/1246, James’ father died holding 19 manors in
Staffordshire and 8 in Salop.
11/19/1246, Because the king has taken the homage of James
of Audley, order to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire … are to cause
him to have seisin of all lands, castles and tenements of which Henry of
Audley, his father, was seised. (S) FRsHIII.
1247-53, James inherited Constableship of Newcastle’s castle.
He had to make repairs including the castle pool whose state was “damaging to
the King’s fish”.
5/5/1249 at Westminster, James de Audley a witness to a
royal charter. (S) Royal Charter Witness Lists, Morris, 2001, P36.
2/1250, Ela’s father died on crusade.
7/1/1250, Commission to James de Aldidele, William de
Oddingeseles, … to hear and determine, … contentions between Thomas Corbet and
Fulk son of Warin the younger, touching lands in Balisleg, … (S) CPRs.
10/1250, James de Audeley farmed the town and castle of
Newcastle-under-Lyme, rendering £80 yearly. (S) Medieval Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Pape, 1928, P57.
By 9/21/1252, Ela’s mother died.
3/13/1253, James de Audley, John le Strange, and William
Trussel to investigate who slain William de Albo Monasterio, seneschal of
William de Albo Monasterio.
1255, At the Inquisitions of Hundreds, James de Audley lord
of Newport.
[––James & Ella–]
1255-56, James married Ela. Ela brought with her the manors
of Stretton and Heredwyk in Oxfordshire.
1256, Dominus H. de Audley [younger brother of James]
witnessed a charter of James de Audley. (S) 13th Century England IV,
1992, P191.
1256, King Henry III visited James at Newcastle castle.
5/1257, James attended when Pope Alexander IV crowned
Richard of Cornwall “King of the Romans” at Aachen. James left Kenardesley in
the care of his uncle Griffith ap Madoc, but Griffith held it barely a month
before the Welsh drove him out. As soon as James was back, he mustered his men,
and put the Welsh out. Soon after the Welsh came back and burned Kenardesley.
12/4/1257, Simple protection for the prior of Henton of the
Carthusian order, so long as the heir [Ela] of William Longespe, patron of that
priory, be a minor. (S) CPRs.
2/8/1258, Power to P. de Mont Forti (9981228), John
Lestrange (121697006) and James de Aldidele (47283728) to make a truce between
the king, Edward his son, and their barons and men and Llewelin son of Griffin
and him men throughout the march of Wales. (S) CPRs.
1258, King Henry forced to sign the Provisions of Oxford
granting parliament administrative reform. [The beginning of the Baron’s
Revolt.]
10/1258, James, and his brother-in-law Peter de Montfort,
who had married Alice de Audley, a member of a group of 12 influential men who were
made into a council to advise the King after the barons had presented the
Provisions of Oxford.
2/11/1259, Commission to Peter de Monte Forti, Hugh le
Despenser, Roger de Clifford, … touching contentions which have arisen between
James de Audithele and Roger de Somery … (S) CPRs.
5/18/1260, Peter de Montfort turned overt the castles of
Brug and Salop to James de Audley, his brother-in-law.
6/1260, Prince Llywelyn of Wales invaded the
Marches of Wales.
6/29/1260, While James de Audley (47283728) was away at
court, Fulk fitz Warin (47281870), Griffith ap Gwenwynwyn (60848500), and John
le Strange (121697006) sent Welshmen to ravage James’ lands, burning 3 vills,
killing 8 men, wounding 10, taking 10 prisoners, 260 oxen … (S) Le Strange
Records, LeStrange, 1916, P125.
8/1/1260, James d’Audley one of the vassals to the crown
summoned to muster at Chester with horses and arms against Lewellyn ap
Griffith. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V7-8, 1858, P26.
11/11/1260, Grant to James de Alditheleye of the custody of
the lands and tenements which belonged to Isabella Basset, deceased, … in
England, Wales, and Ireland; to hold till her heirs reach their age. (S) Cal.
Of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1877, P112.
1260-61, Stafford. William de Caverswell for the 1st
half year, and James de Audley for the 2nd, render their account –
To the archbishop of Dublin, £10 in Penkridge.
11/1260-62, Lord Edward took a group of knights touring
tournaments in Europe including: John de Bretange, Henry of Almain, 2 sons of
Simon de Montfort, Roger de Clifford, James de Audeley (47283728), Hamo
Lestrange, and William Bassingbourn. The 1st tournament they attended was in
Paris, associated with the marriage of Robert of Artois and Amicia de
Courtenay. (S) The Tournament of England, 1100-1400, Barker, P115.
1261, James de Audley was excused by the King an
amercement of 100 marks which had been set upon him by Justices Itinerant in
Buckinghamshire.
7/9/1261, James de Aldithele appointed sheriff of Shropshire
and Staffordshire. (S) Lists and Indexes, V9, 1898, P117.
10/2/1261, The king allows by patent the proposed marriage
of Ankaret, [maternal] neice of James de Audeley, to William, son of Ralph le
Butiller.
12/1262, Charter of the K. … manor of Any, in the county of
Limerick. Witnesses … James de Audley, …
4/12/1263, Simon de Montfort returned to England to lead a
rebellion of barons. In the insuing revolt of Simon de Montfort, James remained
loyal to the crown. James was sent to replace his brother-in-law as Constable
of the 2 castles of Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.
12/24/1263, John FitzAlan, Roger de Mortimer, John de
Verdun, James de Audeley, and Hamo le Strange named Keeper’s of Salop and Staffordshire.
5/14/1264, Lord Edward (I) and his father King
Henry III captured by Montfort at the battle of Lewes, Sussex, “at the Mill of
the Hide”. An estimated 2700 died. Lord Edward and his knights penetrated the
center of Montfort’s army, but was flanked on both sides by armored calvary.
1264-65, Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester,
effectively ruled England.
8/25/1264, Whereas a certain ordinance or provision of peace
has lately been made in the march of Wales between Simon de Monte Forti, earl
of Leicester, …, and other barons on the one part, and Roger de Mortuo Mari,
James de Aldithele and their co-marchers on the other part, … (S) CPRs. [James
provided his son Nicholas, age 6, as a hostage to the barons in revolt; but was
assigned to his uncle Peter de Montfort who eventually returned him to his
father.]
12/15/1264, Simon de Montfort sent Welsh barons including
James de Audley letters commanding them to stop attempts to rescue King Henry.
(S) Royal Visits and Progresses to Wales, Parry, 1851, P126.
1265, James de Audley and Urian de St. Pierre besieged the
castle at Chester for 10 weeks before retreating. (S) Magna Britannia, V2,
1810, P560.
5/28/1265,
Lord Edward escaped captivity by feigning participation in a horse race.
6/28/1265, … Whereas Edward the king’s son and Gilbert de
Clare, earl of Gloucester, together with John de Warenna, William de Valencia,
Roger de Mortuo Mari, James de Aldithele, and other rebels now hold certain
towns and castles throught the land … (S) CPRs.
7/1265, James assigned to get reinforcements [prior to the
battle of Evesham – which he apparently did not get reach in time.]
8/4/1265, Lord Edward [I] defeated Montfort’s army
at the battle of Evesham, Worcester, ending the Baron’s Revolt. Montfort and 2
of his sons were killed.
9/8/1265, Mandate to the knights, free men and others of the
county of Lancaster, as L. son of Griffin [of Wales] and his accomplices have
laid siege to the castle of Haworthin, to be of aid with horses and arms and
their whole posse to James de Aldithele and Robert de Lathum, sheriff of
Lancaster, in the rescue of the castle.
12/22/1265, James’ sister Alice’s servant Richard Chutte
died in a cart accident. Some items were returned to Alice after the
intervention of James. (S) CCRs.
1/20/1266, Giles de Erdinton at Northampton before the King,
accused James de Audley in a suit of tresspass at Shawsbury and Besford. James
did not appear at court. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V8, Eyton, 1859, P143.
1266, James appointed Justiciar of
Chester.
8/26/1266, Whereas James de Alditheleg who had power … to
receive in the king’s peace all those of the county of Lancastre … before the
battle of Evesham, so received Robert de Lathun, … the king has remitted to
them his indignation and rancour … on condition of their future good behaviour.
(S) CPRs.
12/2/1266, James de Audley a witness to a royal charter. (S)
Royal Charter Witness Lists, Morris, 2001, P152.
6/12/1267, James de Audley a witness to a royal charter. (S)
Royal Charter Witness Lists, Morris, 2001, P158.
1270, James de Audley, justiciar in Ireland, led the first
campaign against the mountain clans on behalf of the archbishop of Dublin.
9/5/1270, Mandate to James de Audley, and to all the K.’s
lieges throughout Ireland, … collecting the tenth.
5/23/1271, Letter of protection … for 4 years, for James de
Audley and Ralph le Keu, proceeding to Ireland on affairs of Edward the K.’s
son.
7/4/1271, James de Audley, justiciary of Ireland, …
inspected letters of the Lord Edward … regarding … Roger de Leyburne and
Alienor his wife, Hugh de Mortimer and Agatha his wife, … co-parceners of the
county of Kildare, … .
1272, James de Audley won victories against O’Tooles and
O’Byrnes clans at Glendalough. (S) The Byrnes and the O’Byrnes,
Byrne-Rothewell, V1, 2010, P48.
11/11/1272, James died in Ireland, just days after having fallen
from his horse and broking his neck. (S) The History of Ireland, Wright, 1849,
P154.
[––Ela––]
11/16/1272, Edward I ascended to the throne while on
crusade.
Aft. 1172, Ela made a gift to the priory of Burchester,
Oxfordshire, on which her shield is inscribed ‘SIGILLUM ELE DE AUDELEG’, her
figure standing with the arms of Longespe in one had and Audley in the other.
(S) Annalso and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey, Bowles, 1835, P148.
7/16/1273, Writ of certiorari on the complaint of Ella, late
the wife of James de Aldithele, that the escheator had taken into the king’s
hand the manors of Stratton and Wechewik, which were of her free marriage of
the gift of her father William Lungespei. James his son, aged 22 and more, is
his heir. (S) Henry III, GBPRO, 1904, P261.
1274, Lady Ela de Audley confirmed her gift to Burchester
priory. (S) Knights of Edward I, Moor, 1929, P26.
1276, Ela holding a third of Red Castle and Weston in dower.
1280, Horton and Grotton, Staffordshire. Assise of novel
disseisin arraigned by Ela late the wife of James de Audedelegh against William
de Audedelegh and others. (S) Report of the Deputy Keeper, V49, 1888, P10.
12/1282, Ela holding a third of Red Castle. (S) Knights of
Edward I, Moor, 1929, P26.
1292-93, Nicholas de Audithele claimed free warren in the
manors of Enedon, Aldythele (Audley), … by a charter of the king's father to
James de Aldythele his ancestor; …. And as regarded the manor of Chesterton he stated
that Ela formerly wife of James de Aldithelegh held it in dower.
1299, Ela died leaving Stretton to her son Hugh.
10/18/1299, Order to the escheator on this Trent to take
into the king's hand the lands which Ela late the wife of James de Aldithelegh,
deceased, held in dower of the inheritance of Nicholas de Aldithelegh (23641864),
deceased. (S) CFRs.
(S) The Barons Audley of Heley Castle And Hulton Abbey,
Lancaster, North Staffordshire Field Club, Transactions 1993-4. (S) Herald and
Genealogist, V5, 1870, P65. (S) Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland,
1877. (S) Transactions, Shropshire, Vs7-8, 1883.
Children of James and ?:
i. James de Audley, born 1250 in England.
1273, James died; his brother Henry his heir.
ii. Henry de Audley, born ? in England.
5/1276, Henry died; his brother William his heir.
iii. William de Audley, born 1255 in England.
6/10/1280, Almaric de Sancto Amando and Roger de Molis
pledges for William de Aldithele, son of James de Aldithele. (S) CPRs.
12/1282, William killed in the war in Wales; his brother
Nicholas his heir.
Children of James and Ela:
iv. Nicholas de Audley (23641864), born 1258 in England.
v. Hugh de Audley (60845650), born ~1260 in England.
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