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 338 COMPLETE PEERAGE audley 1261-62 and 1270-71 ; Justiciar of Ireland 1270-72. He took an active part on the King's side against the Barons, being in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, and engaging in the Evesham campaign in 1265. He m. ("), in 1244, Ela, da. of William Longespee, often spoken of as Earl of Salisbury (who i/. 1250), by Idoine, (") da. and h. of Richard de Camville. She brought him the manors of Stratton, afterwards called Stratton Audley, and Wretchwick, Oxon, in frank marriage. He d'. about 11 June (1272) 56 Hen. Ill, in Ireland, Q by 'breaking his neck.' Writ for his Ing. p. m. 16 July 1272. His widow d. apparently shortly before 22 Nov. 1299. C) Inq. p. m. (1325-26) 19 Edw. 11. 3. James of Aldithley, s. and h., b. 1250. He m. Maud, but d. s.p.y in 1273. His widow had Inq. for dower 16 Jan. 1273/4. She m., in 1274, John Deivill [Lord Deivill], and d. in 1276, a few days after her br.-in-law, Henry (next below), and before 22 Apr. 1276. 4. Henry of Aldithley, br. and h.,b. 125 1. He m. Lucy, but d. s.p., in 1276. Writ for biq. p. m. 22 Apr. (1276), 4 Edw. 1. His widow m., before 1281, Sir William Rithre [Lord Rithre]. She was living in 1303. 5. William of Aldithley, br. and h., b. 18 Oct. 1253. He d. s.p., being slain in 1282, 11 Edw. I, in the Welsh expedition. Writ for Inq. p.m. 25 Dec. 1282. 6. Nicholas of Aldithley or Audley, br. and h., b. before 1258. On 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. 1, he was sum. to attend the King at Salisbury, but such summons cannot be considered as a regular writ of summons to Pari. (") He m. Catherine, (') da. of John Giffard, [ist Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield], by his ist wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, (sometimes regarded as Earl of Salisbury), da. and h. of Walter de Clifford. He ^.28 Aug. 1299. Inq. p. m. (") The grounds for the supposition that he m. a lady of unknown name, before Ela, which lady was mother of his 4 elder sons, a supposition which G.E.C., following Beltz, entertained, are that it would have been illegal for Ela to have enfeoffed his 5th s. Hugh in her manor of Stratton, which she did immediately after her husband's death, unless Hugh had been her eldest s. However it is clear that she did act in the way which Beltz regarded as illegal, and the apocryphal anonymous ist wife may be disregarded, for the date of James' marriage to Ela is now known, and various Audley Inqi. show that none of his sons were h. before 1249. V.G. (") For some discussion on mediaeval English names, see vol. ill, Appendix C. V.G. ) His yst. s., Hugh A., was sum. to Pari. 1321; see sub Audley (of Stratton Audley). C) Patent Rolls. (') See Preface, circa finem. (') See her pedigree from the Plea Rolls in Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. i, p. 129.