Edmund Audley

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Edmund Audley
Bishop of Salisbury
Appointed10 January 1502
Term ended23 August 1524
Predecessor Henry Deane
Successor Lawrence Campejus
Previous post(s) Bishop of Rochester
Bishop of Hereford
Orders
Consecration1 October 1480
Personal details
Died23 August 1524
Denomination Catholic

Edmund Audley [lower-alpha 1] (died 1524) was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.

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Life

Audley graduated BA in 1463 at University College, Oxford. He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1474 and held this until 1480. [1]

Audley was collated as Archdeacon of the East Riding on 14 December 1475 [2] and then as Archdeacon of Essex on 22 December 1479, [3] serving until he was nominated to become Bishop of Rochester on 7 July 1480, and consecrated on 1 October 1480. [4] He was then translated to be Bishop of Hereford on 22 June 1492. [5] [6] He was then translated to become Bishop of Salisbury on 10 January 1502. [7] [8] [9] He died on 23 August 1524. [7]

Audley was the son of Eleanor Holand. [10] He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral. [11]

Notes

  1. Also Edmund Touchet or Touchett

Citations

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. British History – Archdeacons of the East Riding, 1300–1541
  3. British History – Archdeacons of Essex, 1300–1541
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
  5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 251
  6. Concise Dictionary of National Biography, under Audley, Edmund
  7. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
  8. Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet [ unreliable source ] accessed on 31 August 2007
  9. Bishops of Salisbury [ unreliable source ] accessed on 31 August 2007
  10. Touchet Family accessed on 31 August 2007[ unreliable source? ]
  11. Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral accessed on 31 August 2007

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Rochester
1480–1492
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Hereford
1492–1502
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Salisbury
1502–1524
Succeeded by