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John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley

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The Right Honourable
The Baron Audley
Arms of Tuchet: Ermine, a chevron gules
Personal details
Born
John Tuchet

c. 1483
Diedbefore 20 January 1557/8
SpouseMary Griffin
ChildrenGeorge Tuchet
Parent

John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley, 5th Baron Tuchet (c. 1483 – before 20 January 1557) was an English peer.

Coat of arms of John Tuchet. 28 September 1522. NLW Bronwydd 7012

Family

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John Tuchet was the son of Sir James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (c. 1463–1497) by his first wife, Margaret Dayrell, the daughter of Richard Dayrell 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.

Marriage and issue

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Restitution of John Audley Act 1513
Act of Parliament
Long titleThe Restitucion of John Audeley.
Citation5 Hen. 8. c. 15
(Ruffhead: c. 7)
Dates
Royal assent4 March 1514
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

He married Mary Griffin, daughter of John Griffin, 9th Baron of Latimer of Braybrook. He acquired his titles by writ in 1512 after they had been forfeited to his father in 1497 for taking part in the Cornish Rebellion. He was restored as Lord Audley in name, blood, title and estate by an act of restitution in 1512.[1]

He died before 20 January 1557[2] and was succeeded by his only son, George Tuchet, 9th Baron Audley (died 1560).

Notes

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  1. ^ Britain, Great (1817). The Statutes of the Realm: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain. From Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts. Dawsons of Pall Mall.
  2. ^ "John Tuchet". Peerage (The). Retrieved 4 January 2020.

References

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Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Tuchet
1512 - c. 1557
Succeeded by
Baron Audley
1512 - c. 1557