James de Audley Justiciar of Ireland

• Preferred Name: James de Audley Justiciar of Ireland^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: James de Audley Justiciar of Ireland
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: MDKB-RDN
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Shropshire1261 in Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.6431 LONG: E2.7136 with note: The Peerage
  
• Christening: 1271 in Heleigh,Staffordshire,England at LATI: N2.9139 LONG: E1.9712
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Lord-James-de-Aldithley/6000000005935244050
  
• Occupation: Office of Justiciar in IrelandBET 1270 AND 1272
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Keeper of the Castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme30 OCT 1250 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N3.0112 LONG: E2.2281
  
• Find A Grave: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173863341/james-de_audley
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Staffordshire1270 in Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171 with note: The Peerage
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Shropshire1270 in Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.6431 LONG: E2.7136 with note: The Peerage
  
• Birth: 1220 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171
  
• Death: 11 JUN 1272 in Ireland
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of StaffordshireBET 1261 AND 1262
  
• Burial: JUN 1272
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir, James I Audley, Knt, Sheriff of Shropshire & Staffordshire, Justiciar of Ireland 1270-71, Keeper of Newcastle under Lyme, Sheriff of Shropshire & & Staffordshire 1261, 1270
  Heir & s/o Henry I Audley & 2nd wife Bertrade Mainwaring
  b- 1220 - Heleigh, Audley, Stafforshire, England
  Married 1244 - Ela Longspee d- 1299
  Married - Margaret de Clare
  mistress - after 1237 - Alice Mohun, widow of William Clinton
  Died- 11 June 1271 - Ireland - of broken neck
  
  held - Heleigh in Audley, Audley, Betley, Chesterton, Talk , Horton, Staffordshire & Redcastle, Edmond, Ford, & Marchamley, Shropshire
  
  Royalist
  
  1249 - purchased - Horseheath hall manor, Cambridgeshire
  1252 - Purchaed - Horseheath, Cambridgeshire
  1272 - he & his mistress Alice had a joint grant of lands in Hoseheath & Streatly, Cambridgeshire
  
  1265- Battle of Evesham
  
  16 July 1272 - IPM - JAMES Audithle -
  on complain of ELA, late wife of said JAMES, that the escheator had taken into the Kings hans, the manors of: Stratton & Wrechewic, which were of the free marriage of the gift of her father William Longspee ;JAMES Audley, is son & next heir, age 22
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  Biography
  James (Audley) de Audley was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
  James of Audley was the son and heir of Henry of Audley[1] and his wife, Bertred Mainwaring.[2] Bertred was the daughter of Ralph Mainwaring.[2]
  
  On 19 November, 1246, at Marlborough, the king [Henry III] after taking the homage of James of Audley, sent orders to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire and J fitz Geoffrey, justiciar of Ireland, to accept security from James for rendering his relief to the king, and then cause him to have seisin of all lands, castles and tenements of which Henry of Audley, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died.[1]
  
  In 1270, Sir James Audley Constable of Ulster, was Lord Justiciar of Ireland [3] [4]
  
  James was the brother of:
  
  Ralph, who died before 1240;[2] and
  Alice, who was married to Peter de Montfort.[2]
  
  In 1244, James married Ela Longespée, who died in 1299.[2] Ela was the daughter of William Longespée, born circa 1209, died 1250, claimant to the earldom of Salisbury and cousin of Henry III, king of England.[2]
  
  Children
  James and Ela were the parents of five sons, who succeeded to the family estates, which were overwhelmingly concentrated in Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire:
  
  James;[2]
  Henry;[2]
  William;[2]
  Nicholas;[2] and
  Hugh.[2]
  
  "Audley almost certainly went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1268, and as a crusader he received a judicial protection on 10 July 1270 to accompany the Lord Edward to the Holy Land. But he never went, as he was appointed Edward's justiciar for Ireland on or before 8 August. He held the post until his death."[2]
  
  Death
  James died in Ireland as a result of a broken neck on or about 11 June, 1272.[2] His son James succeeded him, doing homage on 29 July, 1272.[2]
  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Audley-10
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AliceAudleydied1375 as of 7/13/2016
  
  JAMES Audley of Heleigh, Staffordshire, son of HENRY de Audley & his wife Bertred Main
  
  === Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire ===
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  REFN: ems-jw
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  Ancestral File Number: GLCB-8L
  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall,at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman hadlivery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted intwo years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of thelords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welshand was appointed governor of thecastles of Salop and Bridgenorth andsheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III[1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon themisunderstandingbetween the king and the baronsregarding the provisionsof Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he wasone of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. Thenext year wefind him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers givingbattle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl ofGloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to theEarl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III[1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James inGalicia, and the following yearembarked in the Crusade. His death,occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He hada dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child,prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship wasappointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, issupposed to have been the HughAlditheley who had summons to parliament15May1321, and whose son became Earlof Gloucester. His lordship was s. byhis eldestson, James de Alditheley, whod. s. p. in 1272, and was s. byhis brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by hisbrother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. byhis brother,Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir BernardBurke, Dormant,Abeyant,Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London,England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland,Vol. IV, R. Bentley,London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park,names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co.Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
  
  Seal to Parents: 29 jul 1972 PROVO - Provo, UT
  
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  === Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ===
  JAMES Audley of Heleigh, Staffordshire, son of HENRY de Audley & his wife Bertred Mainwaring ([1220]-[11 Jun] 1272). The Complete Peerage records that he died by "breaking his neck"[16].
  m ELA Longespee, daughter of WILLIAM Longespee & his wife Idoine de Camville (-before 22 Nov 1299). The Book of Lacock names “Guill Lungespee tertium, Ric’um, Elam et Edmundum” as the children of “Guill Lungespee secundus” & his wife, adding that Ela married “Jacobus de Audele”[17]. Inquisitions after a writ dated 25 Dec "11 Edw I" following the death of "William de Auditheleye...” name “Nicholas his brother is his next heir and of full age...Ela his mother...Lucy late the wife of Henry de Audethele”[18].
  James Audley & his wife had six children:
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection April, 1994 Sheriff of Salop and Stafford. Surname also spelled "Aldithley"
  
  === James of Aldithley, 1st or 2nd son and h ===
  James of Aldithley, 1st or 2nd son and heir, b. about 1220. Keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme 30 Oct 1250. He joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. Witnessed, as one of the King's sworn Council, the confirmation by Henry III of the Provisions of Oxford, 1258; Lord Marcher; Sheriff of Salop, and co. Staffs, 1261-2 and 1270-1; Justiciar of Ireland 1270-2. He took an active part on the King's side against the Barons, being in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, and engaging in the Evesham campaign in 1265. He m. in 1244, Ela, daughter of William Longespee (who d. 1250), son and heir of Ela, suo jure Countess of Salisbury, by Idoine, daughter and heir of Richard de Camville. She brought him the manors of Stratton, afterwards called Stratton Audley, and Wretchwick, Oxon, in frank marriage. He d. about 11 June 1272, in Ireland, by "breaking his neck". Writ for his Inq.p.m. 16 July 1272. His widow d. apparently shortly bef. 22 Nov 1299. Inq.p.m. 1325-6. [Complete Peerage I:337-8 XIV:50]
  
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  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman had livery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III [1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers giving battle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III [1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death, occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He had a dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child, prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship was appointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, is supposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament 15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s. by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by his brother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother, Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park, names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co. Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
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  James de Alditheley was a great favorite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as King of Almaine (Germany) he assisted. He had livery of his lands in the 31st year of King Henry III., and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh, and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth, and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. He was the Justice of Chester, sealed 1259. In the 47th year of Henry III., he was made Justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons, regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to the arbitration of monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd year of Henry III., he performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, in Spain, and the following year embarked in the Crusade with the king and Prince Edward. He married Ela, daughter of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury. She was living in 1282. [Homer Beers James]
  He died of a broken neck.
  
  === !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  !TITLE: JUST ===
  !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman had livery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III [1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers giving battle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III [1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death, occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He had a dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child, prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship was appointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, is supposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament 15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s. by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by his brother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother, Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park, names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co. Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
  
  Seal to Parents: 29 jul 1972 PROVO - Provo, UT
  
  pg 111, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss 6th edition
  
  vol 3, pg 757, Burke's "Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"
  
  pg 15, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
  
  vol 3, pg 259 "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester" by George Ormerod
  
  SURNAME: Also shown as Alditheley
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as James
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died 11 Jun 1272
  
  === Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (122:30), ===
  Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (122:30), (207:31). Per Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (Audley, p.337) : He was keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 Oct 1250. He joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. He witnessed, as one of the King's sworn council, the confirmation by Henry III of the Provisions of Oxford, 1258; Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop, and co. Stafford, 1261-62 and 1270-71; Justiciar of Ireland 1270-72. He took an active part on the King's side against the Barons, being in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, and engaging in the Eversham campaign in 1265. He died about 11 June 1272 in Ireland by 'breaking his neck'. Cokayne shows the following sons for James and ELA: 1.) James, d.s.p. 1273 2.) Henry, d.s.p. 1276 3.) William, d.s.p. 1282 (slain in an expedition to Wales) 4.) NICHOLAS [our ancestor] 5.) HUGH [our ancestor]
  
  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 122 #30, pg. 111: Ela Longespee, m. 1244, James de Audley (or Aldithley), b. c1220, d. c11 Jun 1276, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, Keeper of the Castle of Newcastle-under-Lynn, 30 Oct 1250, Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop 1261-1262, and Staffordshire 1270-1271, Justiciar of Ireland. (CP I 338).
  
  === Burkes peerage and Baron p 136 ===
  Burkes peerage and Baron p 136
  
  === Notes for James de Audley ===
  Justicar in Ireland 1270. Lord AUDLEY of Healey Castle.
  
  From History of the House of STANLEY:
  This Lord Audley, is recorded to have been a very brave and gallant man, and an eminent and experienced soldier, being one of the chief commanders at the famous battle of Poictiers in France, under Edward the Black Prince, where Lord AUDLEY gained immortal honour, as well by his bounty as his valour. The Prince, being a witness of his undaunted courage, superior conduct; and high merit in the glorious and ever memorable victory obtained that day, September 19th, 1357, gave Lord AUDLEY in reward of his eminent and distinguished service, 500£ per annum, in England, which he immediately bestowed upon his four Esquires or Captains who served under him, of which the prince being informed, was greatly surprized, and asked him if he did not accept his favour; to whom he replied " he did; but that those he had" given it to, deserved it as well as he, and " wanted it more", with which answer the prince was so well pleased, that he gave Lord AUDLEY 500£ per annum more. A noble example of munificence in the prince, merit and generosity in the subject and worthy the imitation of all brave and generous spirits.
  Shortly after this remarkable battle, (in which more of the enemy were slain and taken prisoners, than the prince's army were in number) a truce ensued betwixt England and France, and soon after a peace was concluded, upon which this brave Lord (now Lord Audley, being the second of his name and fifth of his family) was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland; and commander in chief of all his majesty's forces in that kingdom, as his grandfather had been; but on his survey and visitation of the country, he was unhappily killed by a fall from his horse at Thomond, in the year 1372; which put an end not only to the life of this brave and valuable person, but to the male issue of his family.
  
  SOURCES: History of the House of STANLEY
  ABC 1167, 5033, 12219
  
  === James De Audley (or Aldithley) was of He ===
  James De Audley (or Aldithley) was of Heleigh, co. Staffford. He was Keeper of the Castle of Newcastle-under=Lynn 30 Oct. 1250, Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop 1261-1262, and Staffordshire 1270-1271. He was also Justiciar of Ireland. 122-30. Weis.
  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir, James I Audley, Knt, Sheriff of Shropshire & Staffordshire, Justiciar of Ireland 1270-71, Keeper of Newcastle under Lyme, Sheriff of Shropshire & & Staffordshire 1261, 1270
  Heir & s/o Henry I Audley & 2nd wife Bertrade Mainwaring
  b- 1220 - Heleigh, Audley, Stafforshire, England
  Married 1244 - Ela Longspee d- 1299
  Married - Margaret de Clare
  mistress - after 1237 - Alice Mohun, widow of William Clinton
  Died- 11 June 1271 - Ireland - of broken neck
  
  held - Heleigh in Audley, Audley, Betley, Chesterton, Talk , Horton, Staffordshire & Redcastle, Edmond, Ford, & Marchamley, Shropshire
  
  Royalist
  
  1249 - purchased - Horseheath hall manor, Cambridgeshire
  1252 - Purchaed - Horseheath, Cambridgeshire
  1272 - he & his mistress Alice had a joint grant of lands in Hoseheath & Streatly, Cambridgeshire
  
  1265- Battle of Evesham
  
  16 July 1272 - IPM - JAMES Audithle -
  on complain of ELA, late wife of said JAMES, that the escheator had taken into the Kings hans, the manors of: Stratton & Wrechewic, which were of the free marriage of the gift of her father William Longspee ;JAMES Audley, is son & next heir, age 22
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  Biography
  James (Audley) de Audley was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
  James of Audley was the son and heir of Henry of Audley[1] and his wife, Bertred Mainwaring.[2] Bertred was the daughter of Ralph Mainwaring.[2]
  
  On 19 November, 1246, at Marlborough, the king [Henry III] after taking the homage of James of Audley, sent orders to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire and J fitz Geoffrey, justiciar of Ireland, to accept security from James for rendering his relief to the king, and then cause him to have seisin of all lands, castles and tenements of which Henry of Audley, his father, was seised as of fee on the day he died.[1]
  
  In 1270, Sir James Audley Constable of Ulster, was Lord Justiciar of Ireland [3] [4]
  
  James was the brother of:
  
  Ralph, who died before 1240;[2] and
  Alice, who was married to Peter de Montfort.[2]
  
  In 1244, James married Ela Longespée, who died in 1299.[2] Ela was the daughter of William Longespée, born circa 1209, died 1250, claimant to the earldom of Salisbury and cousin of Henry III, king of England.[2]
  
  Children
  James and Ela were the parents of five sons, who succeeded to the family estates, which were overwhelmingly concentrated in Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire:
  
  James;[2]
  Henry;[2]
  William;[2]
  Nicholas;[2] and
  Hugh.[2]
  
  "Audley almost certainly went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1268, and as a crusader he received a judicial protection on 10 July 1270 to accompany the Lord Edward to the Holy Land. But he never went, as he was appointed Edward's justiciar for Ireland on or before 8 August. He held the post until his death."[2]
  
  Death
  James died in Ireland as a result of a broken neck on or about 11 June, 1272.[2] His son James succeeded him, doing homage on 29 July, 1272.[2]
  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Audley-10
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AliceAudleydied1375 as of 7/13/2016
  
  JAMES Audley of Heleigh, Staffordshire, son of HENRY de Audley & his wife Bertred Main
  
  === Notes for James de Audley ===
  Justicar in Ireland 1270. Lord AUDLEY of Healey Castle.
  
  From History of the House of STANLEY:
  This Lord Audley, is recorded to have been a very brave and gallant man, and an eminent and experienced soldier, being one of the chief commanders at the famous battle of Poictiers in France, under Edward the Black Prince, where Lord AUDLEY gained immortal honour, as well by his bounty as his valour. The Prince, being a witness of his undaunted courage, superior conduct; and high merit in the glorious and ever memorable victory obtained that day, September 19th, 1357, gave Lord AUDLEY in reward of his eminent and distinguished service, 500£ per annum, in England, which he immediately bestowed upon his four Esquires or Captains who served under him, of which the prince being informed, was greatly surprized, and asked him if he did not accept his favour; to whom he replied " he did; but that those he had" given it to, deserved it as well as he, and " wanted it more", with which answer the prince was so well pleased, that he gave Lord AUDLEY 500£ per annum more. A noble example of munificence in the prince, merit and generosity in the subject and worthy the imitation of all brave and generous spirits.
  Shortly after this remarkable battle, (in which more of the enemy were slain and taken prisoners, than the prince's army were in number) a truce ensued betwixt England and France, and soon after a peace was concluded, upon which this brave Lord (now Lord Audley, being the second of his name and fifth of his family) was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland; and commander in chief of all his majesty's forces in that kingdom, as his grandfather had been; but on his survey and visitation of the country, he was unhappily killed by a fall from his horse at Thomond, in the year 1372; which put an end not only to the life of this brave and valuable person, but to the male issue of his family.
  
  SOURCES: History of the House of STANLEY
  ABC 1167, 5033, 12219
  
  === Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire ===
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  REFN: ems-jw
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  Name Suffix: Sheriff Of Salopshire
  Ancestral File Number: GLCB-8L
  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall,at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman hadlivery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted intwo years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of thelords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welshand was appointed governor of thecastles of Salop and Bridgenorth andsheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III[1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon themisunderstandingbetween the king and the baronsregarding the provisionsof Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he wasone of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. Thenext year wefind him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers givingbattle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl ofGloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to theEarl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III[1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James inGalicia, and the following yearembarked in the Crusade. His death,occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He hada dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child,prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship wasappointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, issupposed to have been the HughAlditheley who had summons to parliament15May1321, and whose son became Earlof Gloucester. His lordship was s. byhis eldestson, James de Alditheley, whod. s. p. in 1272, and was s. byhis brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by hisbrother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. byhis brother,Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir BernardBurke, Dormant,Abeyant,Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London,England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland,Vol. IV, R. Bentley,London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park,names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co.Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
  
  Seal to Parents: 29 jul 1972 PROVO - Provo, UT
  
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  === ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., ===
  ANCESTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., Line 122 #30, pg. 111: Ela Longespee, m. 1244, James de Audley (or Aldithley), b. c1220, d. c11 Jun 1276, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, Keeper of the Castle of Newcastle-under-Lynn, 30 Oct 1250, Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop 1261-1262, and Staffordshire 1270-1271, Justiciar of Ireland. (CP I 338).
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection April, 1994 Sheriff of Salop and Stafford. Surname also spelled "Aldithley"
  
  === James of Aldithley, 1st or 2nd son and h ===
  James of Aldithley, 1st or 2nd son and heir, b. about 1220. Keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme 30 Oct 1250. He joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. Witnessed, as one of the King's sworn Council, the confirmation by Henry III of the Provisions of Oxford, 1258; Lord Marcher; Sheriff of Salop, and co. Staffs, 1261-2 and 1270-1; Justiciar of Ireland 1270-2. He took an active part on the King's side against the Barons, being in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, and engaging in the Evesham campaign in 1265. He m. in 1244, Ela, daughter of William Longespee (who d. 1250), son and heir of Ela, suo jure Countess of Salisbury, by Idoine, daughter and heir of Richard de Camville. She brought him the manors of Stratton, afterwards called Stratton Audley, and Wretchwick, Oxon, in frank marriage. He d. about 11 June 1272, in Ireland, by "breaking his neck". Writ for his Inq.p.m. 16 July 1272. His widow d. apparently shortly bef. 22 Nov 1299. Inq.p.m. 1325-6. [Complete Peerage I:337-8 XIV:50]
  
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  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman had livery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III [1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers giving battle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III [1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death, occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He had a dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child, prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship was appointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, is supposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament 15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s. by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by his brother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother, Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park, names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co. Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
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  James de Alditheley was a great favorite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as King of Almaine (Germany) he assisted. He had livery of his lands in the 31st year of King Henry III., and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh, and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth, and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. He was the Justice of Chester, sealed 1259. In the 47th year of Henry III., he was made Justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons, regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to the arbitration of monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd year of Henry III., he performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, in Spain, and the following year embarked in the Crusade with the king and Prince Edward. He married Ela, daughter of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury. She was living in 1282. [Homer Beers James]
  He died of a broken neck.
  
  === Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ===
  JAMES Audley of Heleigh, Staffordshire, son of HENRY de Audley & his wife Bertred Mainwaring ([1220]-[11 Jun] 1272). The Complete Peerage records that he died by "breaking his neck"[16].
  m ELA Longespee, daughter of WILLIAM Longespee & his wife Idoine de Camville (-before 22 Nov 1299). The Book of Lacock names “Guill Lungespee tertium, Ric’um, Elam et Edmundum” as the children of “Guill Lungespee secundus” & his wife, adding that Ela married “Jacobus de Audele”[17]. Inquisitions after a writ dated 25 Dec "11 Edw I" following the death of "William de Auditheleye...” name “Nicholas his brother is his next heir and of full age...Ela his mother...Lucy late the wife of Henry de Audethele”[18].
  James Audley & his wife had six children:
  
  === !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  !TITLE: JUST ===
  !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  !TITLE: JUSTICE OF CHESTER
  
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman had livery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted in two years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of the lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth and sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III [1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers giving battle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III [1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death, occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He had a dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child, prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship was appointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, is supposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament 15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s. by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by his brother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother, Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  
  NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park, names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co. Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
  
  Seal to Parents: 29 jul 1972 PROVO - Provo, UT
  
  pg 111, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss 6th edition
  
  vol 3, pg 757, Burke's "Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"
  
  pg 15, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
  
  vol 3, pg 259 "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester" by George Ormerod
  
  SURNAME: Also shown as Alditheley
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as James
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died 11 Jun 1272
  
  === Burkes peerage and Baron p 136 ===
  Burkes peerage and Baron p 136
  
  === James De Audley (or Aldithley) was of He ===
  James De Audley (or Aldithley) was of Heleigh, co. Staffford. He was Keeper of the Castle of Newcastle-under=Lynn 30 Oct. 1250, Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop 1261-1262, and Staffordshire 1270-1271. He was also Justiciar of Ireland. 122-30. Weis.
  
  === Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (122:30), ===
  Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (122:30), (207:31). Per Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (Audley, p.337) : He was keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 30 Oct 1250. He joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. He witnessed, as one of the King's sworn council, the confirmation by Henry III of the Provisions of Oxford, 1258; Lord Marcher, Sheriff of Salop, and co. Stafford, 1261-62 and 1270-71; Justiciar of Ireland 1270-72. He took an active part on the King's side against the Barons, being in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, and engaging in the Eversham campaign in 1265. He died about 11 June 1272 in Ireland by 'breaking his neck'. Cokayne shows the following sons for James and ELA: 1.) James, d.s.p. 1273 2.) Henry, d.s.p. 1276 3.) William, d.s.p. 1282 (slain in an expedition to Wales) 4.) NICHOLAS [our ancestor] 5.) HUGH [our ancestor]

• m. 1244 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

1. Joan Audley, b. 1253 in Audley, Staffordshire, England     d. 1321 in Heighley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
2. Joan De Audley, b. ABT 1249 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 1317 in England
3. Nicholas d'Audley, b. 1258 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England     d. 28 AUG 1299 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
4. Agnes de Audley, b. 1243 in Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 1295
5. James de Audley, b. 1250 in Audley, Staffordshire, England     d. 23 NOV 1273 in Audley, Staffordshire, England
6. Hugh de Audley, b. 1267 in Heleigh castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England     d. ABT 1 APR 1325 in Wallingford, Berkshire, England

1. Nicholas d'Audley, b. 1258 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England     d. 28 AUG 1299 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
2. Joan De Audley, b. ABT 1249 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 1317 in England

1. Agnes de Audley, b. 1243 in Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 1295

1. Title: Appendix I of "Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia: 1610-11"
   Note: Although the book is compiled by Vina Chandler Price, Appendix I was included at the request of Mrs. Margaret Scruggs Carruth, and was researched by Miss Kett and by Mr. H. E. Forrest (after the death of Miss Kett, which took before 1930). Both Miss Kett and Mr. Forrest were reputed to be professional genealogists. Mr Forrest is also referred to as the "Antiquarian Editor" of the Shrewsbury Chronicle I looked H. E. Forrest online and found that he is also the editor of the following books: --"Shrewsbury Burgess Roll", published in 1924 by the Shrewsbury and Shropshire Archaeological and Parish Register Society --"The old Churches of Shrewsbury: Their History, Architecture and Associations", published in 1920 by Shrewsbury, Wilding & Son --"Some Old Shropshire Houses and their Owners: Braggington (with a plate), Dinthill, Whitley, & Play-Y-Court", published in 1915 by Shropshire Archaeological & Natural History Society. Margaret Scruggs Carruth is a charter member of "Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede". She served as Registrar when it was first organized, and is listed as member #22. To be eligible for membership, a person must descend from one or more of the Barons of Runnemede. The Barons forced King John to agree to the Magna Carta, a charter constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges. Mrs. Scruggs claims eligibility for membership through John Price who supposedly descended from eleven of the Barons. Appendix I provides two different lineages. One is from Robert Fitzwalter (who was one of the Barons of Runnemede) to John Price (born 1584-5), and the titular character of this book. The 2nd is from Elystan Glodrydd app Cyhelin ap Ifor (933-1010) (who was Prince of Ferlllys and founder of the Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales) back to the same John Price.
   Page: On pg. 515, James d'Audlithley is identified as: the son of Henry and Bertred (daughter of Ralph de Meisnilwarin of Cheshire); the husband of Eva de Longespee (5th Gen); and the mother of Nicholas d'Audlithley (died 1299) (6th Gen).
   
2. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
   Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 01; Page: 721
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1981&h=7126&indiv=try;
   
3. Title: Book - Ancestral Roots
   
4. Title: British History Online