Hugh de Audley the elder
1267 – 1325
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Hugh de Audley the elder (d. c.1326) survived the fall of his marcher kin under Edward II; his marriage to Isolt de Mortimer fed the Audley line to its earldom.
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✓ CP 'Audley': HUGH DE AUDLEY sr (d. c.1326); m. ISOLT DE MORTIMER; father of Hugh (I100609, m. Margaret de Clare - our line). Added 14 Sep 2026. || 15 Oct 2026, Complete Peerage I (2nd ed.) pp.347-348, AUDLEY (of Stratton Audley) (pages supplied by Aynsley, 15 Oct 2026): Hugh Audley of Stratton Audley, Oxon, youngest son of James Audley of Heleigh by Ela, daughter of William Longespee; b. c.1267; in the French wars 1294, prisoner in France 1299, in the Scottish wars 1299-1302 and 1313, Gascony 1304/5, Justice of North Wales 1306, Governor of Montgomery Castle 1309; summoned to Parliament 1321 as 'Hugoni de Audele seniori'; joined Lancaster's rising 1321/2, surrendered before Boroughbridge, confined in Wallingford Castle; m. before 7 Jan 1293, probably 1288, Isolt, widow of Sir Walter de Balun; d. between Nov 1325 and Mar 1325/6, probably still a prisoner.