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Knowsley Hall, the west front view in 1829 Knowsley Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby, Stanley family, 1829. The Stanley family (or Audley-Stanley family) is an English family with many notable members, including the Earls of Derby and the Barons Audley who descended from the early holders of Audley and Stanley, Staffordshire.
The title of Baron Audley was created a second time on 20 November 1317, again by writ of summons, in favour of Sir Hugh Audley of Stratton Audley, grandson of James Audley of Audley (1220–1272). He married Lady Margaret de Clare , daughter of the Gilbert, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester (of 1218 creation, extinct 1314)).
The fret or knot is a reference to the arms of Audley, Baron Audley, which family died out in the male line in 1391, and to which he does not appear to have been related. Garter stall plate of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Coat of arms of the Audley family. Margaret Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Audley) (1540 – 9 January 1564) was a 16th-century English noble.She was the sole surviving child [1] of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, and Lady Elizabeth Grey, herself the daughter of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and his wife Margaret Wotton, therefore Margaret was a niece of Henry Grey, Duke of ...
Hugh was born at Stratton Audley, the second son of Hugh de Audley (c. 1267 – c. 1326) of Stratton Audley [4] [2] by his wife Isolde (Iseult) le Rous (c. 1260 – 1338 [4]), daughter of Sir Roger le Rous and Eleanor de Avenbury [2] and the widow of Sir Walter de Balun.
Sir Hugh de Audley of Stratton Audley (c. 1267 – 1325), Lord of Stratton Audley, was a 13th- and 14th-century English noble.During his life he acted as Constable of Montgomery Castle, Sheriff of Shropshire, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Justice of North Wales, Keeper of Selkirk Forest, [1] and acted as an ambassador to France.
Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley (c. 1328 – 1391) was born at Heighley Castle, Staffordshire, England to James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley, and was his only surviving son. [ 1 ] He was known as Lord of Rougemont (Redcastle, Shropshire ) and was Marcher Lord of Kemes (as was his father), He was based at Heighley.
Hugh Audley (baptised 13 January 1577 – 15 November 1662), also known as The Great Audley, was an English moneylender, lawyer and philosopher. Following his death, he was the feature of a popular 17th-century pamphlet titled The way to be rich according to the practice of the Great Audley, [1] which compared his humble beginnings to his ultimate fortune.