Baron Audley

List of the Barons Audley, in the Peerage of England created by writ 1313.

• Nicholas Audley, 1st Baron Audley
  • created Baron Audley by writ 8 January 1312/1313
  • died about December 1316
• James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father, about December 1316
  • died 1 April 1386
• Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 1 April 1386
  • died, sine prole, 22 July 1391, at which time the barony fell into abeyance between his sisters and their heirs
• John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his great-uncle 21 December 1408 when writs directed to him probably terminated the abeyance in his favour
  • died 19 December 1408
• James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 19 December 1408
  • died 23 September 1459
• John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 23 September 1459
  • died 26 September 1490
• James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 26 September 1490
  • beheaded 28 June 1497 on Tower Hill, at which time the barony was forfeited
• John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley
  • restored in blood and honours 1512
  • died before 20 January 1557/1558
• George Tuchet, 9th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father before 20 January 1557/1558 at which time he was summoned to Parliament
  • died 30 December 1563
• George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father on 30 December 1563
  • died 20 February 1616/7.
• Mervyn Tuchet, 12th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father as Baron Audley 20 February 1616/7
  • attainted of felony on 14 May 1631, forfeiting his English Peerage, as it was created for heirs general but retaining his Irish Earldom and Barony (since it was an entailed honour protected by the statute De Donis), which passed to his son when he was beheaded that same day.
• James Tuchet, 13th Baron Audley
  • created Baron Audley of Hely 3 June 1633 by letters patent, which was deemed insufficient to restore a dignity lost by attainder
  • dignity of Baron Audley restored by Act of Parliament 1678
  • died sine prole 11 October 1686
• Mervyn Tuchet, 14th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his brother as Baron Audley 11 October 1686
  • died 2 November 1686
• James Tuchet, 15th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 2 November 1686
  • died 9 August 1700
• James Tuchet, 16th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 9 August 1700
  • died 12 October 1740
• James Tuchet, 17th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 12 October 1740
  • died unmarried 6 May 1769.
• John Tuchet, 18th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his brother 6 May 1769
  • died sine prole 22 April 1777, at which time the Earldom of Castlehaven and the Barony of Audley of Hely became extinct. The Barony of Audley created by writ of 1312 is deemed to have devolved upon his nephew, son of his sister Elizabeth, namely George Thicknesse, later Thicknesse-Touchet.
• George Thicknesse, later Thicknesse-Touchet, 19th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his uncle 22 April 1777
  • died 24 August 1818
• George John Thicknesse-Touchet, 20th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 24 August 1818
  • died 14 January 1837
• George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet, 21st Baron Audley
  • succeeded his father 14 January 1837
  • died sine prole masculine 18 April 1871, at which time the barony fell into abeyance between his daughters
• Mary Thicknesse-Touchet, Baroness Audley, suo jure
  • succeeded her father on 17 May 1937, on the death of her younger sister
  • died, unmarried, on 27 May 1942
• Thomas Percy Henry Jesson, later Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley
  • succeeded his distant cousin on her death, 27 May 1942
  • died sine prole 3 July 1963
• Rosina Lois Veronica Touchet-Jesseon, 24th Baron Audley
  • succeeded her brother 3 July 1963
  • died sine prole 24 October 1973
• Richard Michael Thomas Souter, 25th Baron Audley
  • succeeded his cousin 24 October 1973

Associated titles:

• Earl of Castlehaven (I.) (created by writ, 1616)
• Baron Audley of Hely (E.) (created by Letters Patent 1633)
• Baron Audley of Orier (I.) (created 1616)

References

• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982. [originally 13 volumes, published by The St. Catherine Press Ltd, London, England from 1910-1959; reprinted in microprint: 13 vol. in 6, Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1982]
• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant: Addenda and Corrigenda, Hammond, Peter W., Sutton Publishing, Ltd., Gloucestershire, England, 1998.