James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley

The Right Honourable
The Baron Audley
The Right Honourable The Baron Audley
	Arms of Tuchet: Ermine, a chevron gules
Personal details
Born	James Tuchet; c. 1463
Died	28 June 1497 (aged 33–34); Tower of London, England
Cause of death	Beheaded
Resting place	Blackfriars, London, England
Spouses	; Margaret Darrell (m. 1483) ; Joan Bourchier (m. 1488)
Children	John Tuchet (c. 1483–1557/8);
Parents	John Tuchet; ; Anne Echingham ; ;

James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (c. 1463 – 28 June 1497) was a British nobleman and the only lord to fully join the

Battle of Deptford Bridge

. Captured on the battlefield, he was sentenced for treason and beheaded. His peerage was forfeited, but restored to his son in 1512.

Birth, succession, marriages, and issue

Tuchet was born in

Lord Audley, of Heleigh on 26 September 1490.^[1]^[2]

About 1483 he married Margaret Darrell, the daughter of Richard Darrell of Littlecote, Wiltshire by Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, widow of Humphrey Stafford, styled Earl of Stafford, and daughter and coheir of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, by whom he had a son and heir, John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley (c. 1483 – 20 January 1557/8).^[3]^[4]

Audley married secondly, about Michaelmas 1488, Joan Bourchier (died 3 March 1532), daughter of Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin, and Elizabeth Dynham.^[5]^[6]

Roots of disaffection

James Tuchet's father, John, the 6th Baron Audley, had joined the

King Edward IV and King Richard III, becoming Lord High Treasurer under the latter.^[7] James himself had, as a child, been made a Knight Bachelor by Edward IV when the latter's young son was created Prince of Wales.^[8] But under Henry VII, who overthrew the Yorkist dynasty of kings, the Tuchets were out of favour. Compared with other nobility, the family's landed wealth was small.^[9] Nevertheless, having succeeding to the Audley barony on the death of his father, on 26 September 1490, James Tuchet was called to join King Henry's expeditionary force against the French in 1492.^[10] The Siege of Boulogne resulted in a favourable treaty for Henry, but the expedition was probably personally costly for James.^[11]

Audley was summoned to attend sessions of Parliament from 1492.

A.L.Rowse further surmised that Audley "cherished some disappointment that his services had not been better rewarded by the king".^[18]

Cornish rebellion of 1497

The rebel army from Cornwall was led by a blacksmith, Michael Joseph (known as An Gof), and a lawyer, Thomas Flamank. Audley met it when it reached Wells in Somerset. It seems Audley had already been in correspondence with An Gof and Flamank.^[19]^[20] Now, as a nobleman with military experience, he was acclaimed by the rebels as their commander.^[21] His exact qualities in this role are unclear but it was to turn out that he failed to provide a sound strategy or create a unified sense of purpose, and militarily he led the army only to defeat.

The force approached London via

Battle of Deptford Bridge on Saturday 17 June 1497.^[22]

Audley was captured on the battlefield. Like An Gof and Flamank he was imprisoned in the

Newgate Gaol. On Wednesday 28 June 1497, he was transported to Tower Hill on display with his coat of arms painted on paper upside-down and torn,^[24] and there beheaded.^[25] His head was stuck on London Bridge and his body was buried at Blackfriars.^[26]

Audley's lands were confiscated, later to be returned to his son John in 1533.^[27] The manor of Honybere was granted for life to Sir John Arundell, for the latter's service against the rebels.^[28] The Audley title was forfeit but was restored to John Tuchet in 1512.^[29]

Notes

^ "James Tuchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^ Cokayne 1910, p. 342
^ "James Tuchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^ Cokayne 1910, p. 342
^ Burke 1831, p. 73; Cokayne 1910, p. 342; Arthurson 2004.
^ Foster and Lee state that Joan Bourchier was Audley's first wife; however the online ODNB states that she was his second.
^ Archbold 1899, pp. 76–7
^ Archbold 1899, pp. 7
^ Pugh 1992, pp. 55
^ Archbold 1899, p. 77
^ Archbold 1899, p. 77
^ Archbold 1899, p. 77
^ Arthurson 1987, p. 10
^ Arthurson 1987, pp. 3–5
^ Collins 1709, p. 350
^ Arthurson 1987, p. 4
^ Bacon 1996, p. 55
^ Rowse 1969, p. 123
^ Rowse 1969, p. 123
^ Bacon 1996, p. 149
^ Rowse 1969, p. 123
^ Rowse 1969, pp. 125–126
^ "BBC History Magazine, June 2020, p12, Anniversaries, Dominic Sandbrook". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ Collins 1709, p. 350
^ Rowse 1969, p. 127
^ Archbold 1899
^ Collins 1709, p. 350
^ Rowse 1969, p. 127
^ Cokayne 1910, p. 342

References

Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1899). "Touchet, James (1465? – 1497)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 76–7.
Arthurson, Ian (1987). "Chapter 1: The Rising of 1497: A Revolt of the Peasantry?". In Rosenthal, Joel; Richmond, Colin (eds.). People, Politics and Community in the Later Middle Ages. Alan Sutton Publishing Limited. pp. 1–18.
ISBN 0-312-01220-9
. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

Arthurson, Ian (2004). "Tuchet, James, seventh Baron Audley (c.1463–1497)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27576. (Subscription or UK public library membership
required.)

ISBN 0-8014-3067-4
.

Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 73. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. I. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 341–2.

Collins, Arthur (1709). The Peerage of England. printed by G.J. for Abel Roper and Arthur Collins.

Foster, Joseph (1886). The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families. London. p. 88. Retrieved 5 April 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Pugh, T.B. (1992). "Chapter 1: Henry VII and the English Nobility". In Bernard, T.W. (ed.). The Tudor Nobility. Manchester University Press. pp. 49–110.
ISBN 0-7190-3625-9
.

Rowse, A.L. (1969). Tudor Cornwall: Portrait of a Society
. Macmillan.

External links

Cornwall portal

Sir James Tuchet, 7th Lord Audley, thepeerage.com Retrieved 5 April 2013

Peerage of England

Preceded by
John Tuchet
Baron Audley
1490–1497 (forfeit) Succeeded by
John Tuchet

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Tuchet,_7th_Baron_Audley&oldid=1215245856"

[1] "James Tuchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[2] Cokayne 1910, p. 342

[3] "James Tuchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[4] Cokayne 1910, p. 342

[5] Burke 1831, p. 73; Cokayne 1910, p. 342; Arthurson 2004.

[6] Foster and Lee state that Joan Bourchier was Audley's first wife; however the online ODNB states that she was his second.

[7] Archbold 1899, pp. 76–7

[8] Archbold 1899, pp. 7

[9] Pugh 1992, pp. 55

[10] Archbold 1899, p. 77

[11] Archbold 1899, p. 77

[12] Archbold 1899, p. 77

[13] Arthurson 1987, p. 10

[14] Arthurson 1987, pp. 3–5

[15] Collins 1709, p. 350

[16] Arthurson 1987, p. 4

[17] Bacon 1996, p. 55

[18] Rowse 1969, p. 123

[19] Rowse 1969, p. 123

[20] Bacon 1996, p. 149

[21] Rowse 1969, p. 123

[22] Rowse 1969, pp. 125–126

[23] "BBC History Magazine, June 2020, p12, Anniversaries, Dominic Sandbrook". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[24] Collins 1709, p. 350

[25] Rowse 1969, p. 127

[26] Archbold 1899

[27] Collins 1709, p. 350

[28] Rowse 1969, p. 127

[29] Cokayne 1910, p. 342

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