Baron Audley Family Trees- Families ZA; ZC; ZT & ZW

Relationship Between Families

The Z series of Audley Family Trees contains the details of the various branched of the Audley Family with individuals who have the title of ‘Baron Audley’ or ‘Lord Audley

Audley Family ZA

The Audley Family ZA family tree contains the Family History of those individuals with the Audley surname, including many variant spellings, that became Barons, Lords, Audley of Heleigh in County Staffordshire. Other members of this family became Barons of Stratton Audley; and Earl of Gloucester. One Member of this family Sir James Audley was the hero of the Battle of Poitiers, France (on the 19th September 1356) and was a founder member of the Order of the Garter. The line of Audley’s holding the title of Baron Audley of Heleigh ceased on the 23rd July 1391 with the Death of {ZA16} Nicholas de Aldithley. His Sister {ZA14} Joan de Aldithley had married {ZT18} Sir John Touchet and their Grandson {ZC2} Sir John Touchet became Baron Audley of Heleigh on the 21st December 1405. The line of the Barons Audley of Stratton Audley only survived for a single generation and from 1321 to 1326. Similarly the line of an Audley being Earl of Gloucestershire only survived for a single Generation and from 1337 to 1347. This document contains the details of approximately 61 individuals

 last updated 9th February 2024

The seal of Sir James Audley who fought at the battle of Poitiers

There  have been several documents published that contain family trees of the early Barons Audley,  i.e prior to 1391, When one reads these document there are significant differences between them. The file below compares the information in these various publications, to highlight the variations.

last updated 30th October 2019

Audley Family ZC

The Audley Family ZC  family tree contains the family tree of those people holding the title Baron Lord Audley  from 1405 to 1997, when the 25th Lord Audley of Heleigh died and the title went into ‘Abeyance’ Within this Family Tree the surname of the person holding the title changes from Touchet to Thickness, to Jesson and finally Souter. The file commences with the marriage of {ZT18} Sir John Touchet to {ZA14} Joan de Aldithley. and terminated with the Death of {ZC97} Richard Michael Thomas Souter in 1997.  During the period 1616 to 1777 the Lord Audley also held the titles of Earl of Castlehaven and Baron Orier. This document contains the details of approximately 120 individuals.

last updated 8th February 2024

Audley Family ZT

The Audley Family ZT family tree contains the Family Tree of those people with the Touchet surname, including many variant spellings, prior to the Touchet family becoming Baron Lord Audley of Heleigh in 1405. The file stops with the marriage of {ZT18} Sir John Touchet to {ZA14} Joan de Aldithley. The combined Touchet/ Audley family Tree is continued in Audley Family ZC. This document contains the details of approximately 43 individuals.

last updated 10th November 2019

There  have been several documents published that contain family trees of the early Touchets, prior to 1391, When one reads these document there are significant differences between them. The file right compares the information in these various publications, to highlight the variations.

Audley Family ZW

The Audley Family ZW  family tree contains the family to the Baron Audley of County Essex, England. This Barony was only in existence for one generation and limited to the period 1538 to 1544. Whilst the title was held by one person he was Lord Chancellor of England for the 11 years prior to his death and was elected a member of the Knights of the Garter. Despite only one person holding the title the Audley ZW document contains details of 49 individuals

last updated 14th  February 2024

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