Edmund Audley

Edmund Audley^[a] (died 1524) was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.

Edmund Audley
Bishop of Salisbury
Appointed	10 January 1502
Term ended	23 August 1524
Predecessor	Henry Deane
Successor	Lawrence Campejus
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Hereford
Orders
Consecration	1 October 1480
Personal details
Died	23 August 1524
Denomination	Catholic

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. 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

References

• Bishops of Salisbury^{[unreliable source]} accessed on 31 August 2007
• Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral accessed on 31 August 2007
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
• Touchet Family accessed on 31 August 2007 (pay to access)^{[unreliable source?]}
• Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet^{[unreliable source]} accessed on 31 August 2007

External links

• The Audley Psalter^[usurped]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Russell	Bishop of Rochester 1480–1492	Succeeded by Thomas Savage
Preceded by Thomas Mylling	Bishop of Hereford 1492–1502	Succeeded by Adrian de Castello
Preceded by Henry Deane	Bishop of Salisbury 1502–1524	Succeeded by Lawrence Campejus