Edmund Audley (died 1524) was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.
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.Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Audley was collated as Archdeacon of the East Riding on 14 December 1475British History – Archdeacons of the East Riding, 1300–1541 and then as Archdeacon of Essex on 22 December 1479, British History – Archdeacons of Essex, 1300–1541 serving until he was nominated to become Bishop of Rochester on 7 July 1480, and consecrated on 1 October 1480.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 268 He was then translated to be Bishop of Hereford on 22 June 1492.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 251Concise Dictionary of National Biography, under Audley, Edmund He was then translated to become Bishop of Salisbury on 10 January 1502.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet accessed on 31 August 2007Bishops of Salisbury accessed on 31 August 2007 He died on 23 August 1524.
Audley was the son of Eleanor Holand.Touchet Family accessed on 31 August 2007 He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral.Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral accessed on 31 August 2007
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References Bishops of Salisbury accessed on 31 August 2007 Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral accessed on 31 August 2007
Touchet Family accessed on 31 August 2007 (pay to access) Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet accessed on 31 August 2007
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