Henry de , Sheriff of Staffordshire Audley^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1175 - Bef 1246  (~ 71 years)

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• Name	Henry de , Sheriff of Staffordshire Audley
  Born	Abt 1175	Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 19 Nov 1246	Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England
  Age	~ 71 years
  Buried	Bef 19 Nov 1246
  Notes	1194 - WAS A WITNESS TO A CHARTER OF HARVEY BAGOT 1214 - BOUGHT LARGE ESTATES FROM ELEANOR MALBANK 1217 TO 1220 - UNDER SHERIFF OF SALOP AND COUNTY STAFFORD 1223 TO 1246 - IN COMMAND OF THE WELSH MARCHES 1223 - FOUNDED HULTON ABBEY 1227 TO 1232 - SHERIFF OF SALOP AND COUNTY STAFFORD 1227 - ACQUIRED THE MANORS OF EDGMUND AND NEWPORT, SALOP 1230 - ACQUIRED THE MANOR OF FORD, SALOP ALL OF THE ABOVE HELD BY HIM DIRECT FROM THE CROWN, THOUGH NOT BE MILITARY OR KNIGHT SERVICE HE BUILT THE CASTLE OF HELEIGH, COUNTY STAFFORD AND RED CASTLE, SALOP 22 JUN 1237 - APPOINTED CUSTODIAN OF CHESTER AND BEESTON CASTLE ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE EARLDOM OF CHESTER "That this family of Alditheley, vulgarly called Audley," says Dugdale,"came to be great and eminent, the ensuing discourse will sufficientlymanifest: but that the rise thereof was no higher than King John's time,and that the first who assumed this surname was a branch of that ancientand noble family of Verdon, whose chief seat was at Alton Castle in thenorthern part of Staffordshire, I am very inclined to believe; partly byreason that Henry had the inheritance of Alditheley given him by Nicholasde Verdon, who d. in the 16th Henry III [1232], or near that time; andpartly for that he bore for his arms the same ordinary as Vernon did. ..so that probably the ancestor of this Henry first seated himself atAlditheley: for that there hath been an ancient mansion there, the largemoat, northwards from the parish church there (somewhat less than afurlong, and upon the chief part of a fair ascent), do sufficientlymanifest." Henry de Alditheley, to whom Dugdale alludes above, being in great favourwith Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln (the most powerful subject ofEngland in his time), obtained from that nobleman a grant of Newhall inCheshire with manors in Staffordshire and other parts--and for hisadhesion to King John, in that monarch's struggle with theinsurrectionary barons, a royal grant of the lordship of Storton inWarwickshire, part of the possessions of Roger de Summerville. In thefirst four years of King Henry III [1216-1220], he executed the office ofsheriff for the counties of Salop and Stafford as deputy for his patron,the great Earl Ranulph. In the 10th of Henry III [1226], this Henry deAlditheley was appointed governor of the castles of Carmarthen andCardigan and made sheriff the next year of the counties of Salop andStafford and constable of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth, whichsheriffalty he held for five years. Upon his retirement from office, hehad a confirmation of all such lands whereof he was then possessed aswell those granted to him by Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and Nicholas deVerdon, as those in Ireland given him by Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster,whose constable he was in that province. He subsequently obtained diversother territorial grants from the crown, but, notwithstanding, whenRichard Mareschall, Earl of Pembroke, rebelled and made an incursion intoWales, the king, Henry III, thought it prudent to secure the persons ofthis Henry and all the other barons-marchers. He was afterwards, however,constituted governor of Shrewsbury in place of John de Lacy, Earl ofLincoln, and, on the death of John, Earl of Chester, governor of thecastle of Chester, and also that of Beeston, then called the "Castle onthe Rock," and soon after made governor of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Thispowerful feudal baron m. Bertred, dau. of Ralph de Meisnil-warin, ofCheshire, and had a son, James, and a dau., Emme, who m. Griffith apMadoc, Lord of Bromefield, a person of great power in Wales. He d. in1236, having founded and endowed the Abbey of Hilton near to his castleat Heleigh, in Staffordshire, for Cistercian monks, and was s. by hisson, James de Alditheley. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeitedand Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p.15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh] "That this family of Alditheley, vulgarly called Audley," says Dugdale,"came to be great and eminent, the ensuing discourse will sufficientlymanifest: but that the rise thereof was no higher than King John's time,and that the first who assumed this surname was a branch of that ancientand noble family of Verdon, whose chief seat was at Alton Castle in thenorthern part of Staffordshire, I am very inclined to believe; partly byreason that Henry had the inheritance of Alditheley given him by Nicholasde Verdon, who d. in the 16th Henry III [1232], or near that time; andpartly for that he bore for his arms the same ordinary as Vernon did. ..so that probably the ancestor of this Henry first seated himself atAlditheley: for that there hath been an ancient mansion there, the largemoat, northwards from the parish church there (somewhat less than afurlong, and upon the chief part of a fair ascent), do sufficientlymanifest." Henry de Alditheley, to whom Dugdale alludes above, being in great favourwith Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln (the most powerful subject ofEngland in his time), obtained from that nobleman a grant of Newhall inCheshire with manors in Staffordshire and other parts--and for hisadhesion to King John, in that monarch's struggle with theinsurrectionary barons, a royal grant of the lordship of Storton inWarwickshire, part of the possessions of Roger de Summerville. In thefirst four years of King Henry III [1216-1220], he executed the office ofsheriff for the counties of Salop and Stafford as deputy for his patron,the great Earl Ranulph. In the 10th of Henry III [1226], this Henry deAlditheley was appointed governor of the castles of Carmarthen andCardigan and made sheriff the next year of the counties of Salop andStafford and constable of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth, whichsheriffalty he held for five years. Upon his retirement from office, hehad a confirmation of all such lands whereof he was then possessed aswell those granted to him by Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and Nicholas deVerdon, as those in Ireland given him by Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster,whose constable he was in that province. He subsequently obtained diversother territorial grants from the crown, but, notwithstanding, whenRichard Mareschall, Earl of Pembroke, rebelled and made an incursion intoWales, the king, Henry III, thought it prudent to secure the persons ofthis Henry and all the other barons-marchers. He was afterwards, however,constituted governor of Shrewsbury in place of John de Lacy, Earl ofLincoln, and, on the death of John, Earl of Chester, governor of thecastle of Chester, and also that of Beeston, then called the "Castle onthe Rock," and soon after made governor of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Thispowerful feudal baron m. Bertred, dau. of Ralph de Meisnil-warin, ofCheshire, and had a son, James, and a dau., Emme, who m. Griffith apMadoc, Lord of Bromefield, a person of great power in Wales. He d. in1236, having founded and endowed the Abbey of Hilton near to his castleat Heleigh, in Staffordshire, for Cistercian monks, and was s. by hisson, James de Alditheley. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeitedand Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p.15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
  Person ID	I2475	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2002

  
  

  Family 1	Bertred de Mainwaring,   b. Abt 1197, Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England ,   d. Aft 1249, , , England, Great Britain  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	1217	OF Heleigh, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
  Children	1. Alice De Audley Aldithley,   b. 1225, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Aft 1265, Stafford,Stafford,England  (Age > 41 years)   2. Adam Audley,   b. , , England, Great Britain ,   d. 1212, , , England, Great Britain   3. James Baron de Audley, , Sheriff of Salopshire,   b. ABT. 1220, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 11 Jun 1276, Broke his neck in Ireland  (Age ~ 56 years)   4. Henry De Audley,   b. 1222, Heleigh Castle,Audley,Staffordshire,England ,   d. 1275  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F1010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Petronella of Derleston,   b. 1185, Tumstall by Stoke upon trent,Stafford,England
  Married	1206
  Children	1. Emma de Audley,   b. ABT. 1218, Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Aft 1286, , , England, Great Britain  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F1361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1175 - Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England Married - 1217 - OF Heleigh, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND Died - Bef 19 Nov 1246 - Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14669] The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, by Gary Boyd Roberts, 1993, 407. [S14670] The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, by Gary Boyd Roberts, 1993, 407.