Sir Nicholas de Audley b. Bef 1258 Heleighley Castle, Staffordshire, England d. 28 Aug 1299 Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England

Bef 1258 - 1299 (~ 41 years)

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Name	Nicholas de Audley
Title	Sir
Birth	Bef 1258	Heleighley Castle, Staffordshire, England [1]
	Heighley Castle (or Heleigh Castle) is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years was one of their ancestral homes. It was held for Charles I during the English Civil War and was destroyed by Parliamentary forces in the 1640s. The ruinous remains comprise masonry fragments, mostly overgrown by vegetation. The site is protected by Grade II listed building status and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle is privately owned and is not open to visitors. Heleigh Castle was built by Henry de Aldithley (c.1175-1246) (later "de Audley"), Sheriff of Shropshire 1227-1232. He also built the nearby Red Castle, Shropshire. He endowed the nearby Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary at Hulton in 1223, and donated to it a large amount of land, some of which was an inheritance from his mother and some of which was purchased.
Gender	Male
Baptism	Red Castle, Weston, Shropshire, England [1]
Death	28 Aug 1299	Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England [1, 2]
Person ID	I44313	The Hennessee Family
Last Modified	3 Sep 2017

Father	Baron James de Audley, Knight, b. 1220, Heleighley Castle, Staffordshire, England d. 11 Jun 1272, Ireland (Age 52 years)
Mother	Ela Longespee, b. ~ 1228, (Salisbury, Wiltshire) England d. 22 Nov 1299 (Age ~ 71 years)
Marriage	1244 [3, 4]
Family ID	F15637	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Katherine Giffard, b. 1272, Brimpsfield, Gloucester, England d. Aft 1322, Ledbury, Hereford, England (Age 51 years)

Marriage ~1288 [1]

Children

1. Sir Nicholas de Audley, 1st Baron Audley, b. 11 Nov 1289, Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England

d. Bef 1316 (Age 26 years)

Family ID F16137 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Apr 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Bef 1258 - Heleighley Castle, Staffordshire, England
	Baptism - - Red Castle, Weston, Shropshire, England
	Death - 28 Aug 1299 - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England

[S8150] "Sir. James Touchet, Baron (~ 1392-1459)" Pedigree-Ahnentafel, abstracted October 16, 2015, http://www.ourfamilyhistorie.
[S11522] "Sir Nicholas (Audley) d'Audley (1258 - 1299)", Pedigree Chart, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Audley-37, retrieved or re.
[S7022] William Longespâee (circa 1176 - 7 March 1226), http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_78.html.
[S8629] "Thomas Everingham", ahnentafel, abstracted November 28, 2015 by David A. Hennessee, http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/a.