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Thomas Audley Baron Audley of Walden

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Thomas Audley Audley of Walden, Baron 1488-1544, lord chancellor of England (1533-44) under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the great seal in 1532. A loyal servant of Henry VIII, he supported the king's divorce (1533) from Katharine of Aragón and as chancellor presided (1535) over the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher. He also aided in the prosecution of Anne Boleyn (1536), Sir Thomas Cromwell (1540), and other notables. He was created baron in 1538. ... Read more

Audley, Thomas, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
A Dictionary of British History

Audley, Thomas, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1488–1544). Audley was a lawyer from Essex, who became town clerk of Colchester in 1514 and was elected to Parliament for the borough in 1523. He was a member of Wolsey's household but avoided going down with his master. He succeeded More ...

Audley, Thomas, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
The Oxford Companion to British History

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