First, JAMES, who by letters patent, b June 3d, 1634, 9 Car. I. had a new creation to the title and dignity of LORD AUDLEY, and Earl of Castlehaven and in the time of the civil wars, commanding under the Duke of Ormond in Ireland, did good service against the rebels; and in 1649, being chosen general of the Irish forces, acted against Cromwell, and the parliament army, till their reduction of the kingdom, after which he went to the King at Paris, c On the restoration of Charles II. he came over to England. And, to repair the same place and precedence which his ancestors, the Lords Audley, had anciently enjoyed, obtained a special act of parliament, á. D. 1678, for restoring the said title and dignity of Lord Audley (forfeited by his father) to himself, and to the heirs of his body; and, for lack of such issue, to Mervin Touchet, his brother, third son to the said Mervin Touchet, Lord Audley, and to the heirs of his body, (passing over George, a Benedictine Monk, his next brother), and, for lack of issue of the said Mervin Touchet, to the daughters of the said Mervin, Lord Audley, and their heirs. Which daughters were, Lucy, first married to John Anketell, of Compton in com. Wilts, Esq.; secondly, to Gerald Fitzmaurice, brother of the Lord of Kerry in Ireland; Dorothy, to Edmond, Viscount Montgarret; and Frances, to Richard Butler, brother of James, Duke of Ormond. The said James, Earl of Castlehaven, married Elizabeth, daughter of Grey Bridges, Lord Chandos, but dying without issue, at Kilcash, in the kingdom of Ireland, October 11th, 1684, was succeeded by his brother MERVIN Touchet, LORD AUDLEY, and third Earl of Castlehaven, who having married Mary, third daughter of John, Earl of Shrewsbury, and widow of Charles Arundel, Esq. had issue, First James, his successor. Second, John, who married Elizabeth, second daughter of Thomas Savile, Earl of Sussex, (by whom he had a daughter, Mary, married to Cadwallader, Lord Blaney.) Third, Eleanor, married to Sir Henry Wingfield, of Easton, in com. Suff. Bart. Fourth, Mary; and fifth, Anne, who died both unmarried. Which Earl JAMES departed this life, August 12th, 1700, and lies buried under a black marble stone in Winchester cathedral: b Pat. 9 Car. I. p. 11. c See his Memoirs. he married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of....... Bard, Esq. by Anne, daughter of Charles Villiers, Earl of Anglesey, and widow of Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex, and by her (who died in June, 1733) left an only child, JAMES Touchet, LORD AUDLEY, and fourth Earl of Castlehaven, who married Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry, Lord Arundel, of Wardour; and by her, who died in 1743, had issue a son, John, born on Monday, April 15th, 1723; and d Lady Mary, married November 10th, 1749, to Captain Philip Thicknesse, late lieutenant-governor of the fort of Languardpoint, and died 1762, leaving issue by him, first, George, present peer; second, James, born 1751, died an infant; third, Elizabeth, born 1750; fourth, Joyce, born March 25th, 1753; fifth, Charlotte, married July 15th, 1786, Mr. Wilder. His Lordship died at Paris, in November, 1740, and was succeeded by his son, JOHN Touchet, LORD AUDLEY, and fifth Earl of Castlehaven, married, in 1776, to Mrs. Cracraft, and died without issue, April 22d, 1777, whereupon the Earldom became extinct; but the dignity of Baron Audley descended to his nephew, GEORGE THICKNESSE TOUCHET, the present LORD AUDLEY, who was ensign in the second or Queen's royal regiment of foot. His Lordship was born February 4th, 1758. His Lordship, April 3, 1784, assumed the name of TOUCHET, by permission of his Majesty. He married, May 19th, 1781, Elizabeth Delaval, coheiress of John, late Lord Delaval, by whom (who died July 11th, 1785), he had issue, First, Elizabeth-Susanna, born April 3d, 1782; married, in November, 1805, John Coffin, Esq. Second, George-John, born in March, 1783; formerly in the first foot guards. His Lordship married, secondly, May 2d, 1792, Mrs. Moorhouse, relict of Colonel Moorhouse. Titles. George Thickness Touchet, Baron Audley, of Heleigh. d This eccentric character died 1792, having re-married Miss Ford, by whom he had issue. e Married, May 21st, 1781, at the house of Sir John Hussy Delaval, in Hanover-square, to Miss Delaval. Creations. Baron Audley, of Heleigh-castle, in the county of Stafford, by writ of summons, October 20th, 1403, 4 Henry IV. but originally January 26th, 1296, 24 Edw. I. Arms. Ermine, a chevron, gules; quartering, gules; a fret, argent, for Audley. 'Crest. In a ducal coronet, or, a swan rising, argent, ducally gorged of the first. Supporters. Two wyverns, with wings expanded, sable. Chief Seat. Grovely, near Sarum, in the county of Wilts. THE BARONY OF DACRE was originally in the family of VAUX, whereof three brothers settled in England on the Norman conquest, wherein they assisted, viz. Hubert, Ranulph, and Robert; of these, HUBERT had the whole Barony of Gillesland, (a tract very large in extent, and of great command) granted to him by Ranulph de Meschynes, who was his kinsman, on whom the Conqueror bestowed the whole county of Cumberland; and was succeeded therein by, ROBERT DE VALLIBUS his son and heir, who obtained from Henry II. divers privileges throughout all those his lordships in Cumberland, which he enjoyed as heir to his father Hubert, viz. Soc, Sac, Tol, Theam, and Infangtheof, and freed him from the payment of the common tax called Neutgeld. This Robert founded the priory of Lanercost in Cumberland, for the health of the soul of Hubert his father, Græcia his mother, his own, with all his ancestors and successors souls. Bishop Gibson, in his additions to the Britannia, says, that Robert did this to atone for the death of one Gilsbueth, a Scottish Laird, whom he had unjustly slain; but this is very improbable, as if so, the soul of Gilsbueth would certainly have been remembered in the charter of the foundation, which it is not. In 21 Henry II. he was sheriff of Cumberland; also, in the same year, governor of Carlisle, and d a Monast. Angl. vol. i p. 4co, n. 18. b Cant Antiq D. D n. 20. c Monast. Angl vol. ii. p. 130, b. n. 10. held out a tedious siege against William, King of Scotland, but at length, wanting provision, was necessitated to come to this conclusion, viz. that if King Henry did not relieve him before Michaelmas, he should then render it. This Robert de Vallibus, or Vaux, continued sheriff of Cumberland, till 30 Henry II. ; he was a man of great valour, also well learned in the laws of the land, and was justice itinerant into Cumberland, in 24 Henry II. which monarch did little in Cumberland without his advice and counsel. And dying without issue, all his estates went to, e RANULPH DE VALLIBUS, his brother, who had a son, named, ROBERT, to whom in 17 King John, the custody of the county of Cumberland and castle of Carlisle were committed. He had issue, HUBERT, who left an only daughter, Maud. Which MAUD married to THOMAS DE MOULTON, in the reign of Henry III. whereby the barony came into that family, which was of great note in Lincolnshire and Cumberland, of which last & they were hereditary foresters, by descent from the Morvils, who enjoyed it from the Engains, and D'Estrivers, Barons of Burgh upon Sands. This Thomas de Multon, received summons h to march into Scotland, with the northern lords, in 42 Henry III. and dying in 55 of that reign, had issue, THOMAS, his son and heir, i who died in the lifetime of his mother, and left issue, TAOMAS de Multon, who died 23 Edward I. before the summons to parliament that year, (which is the first extant) leaving his son and heir, THOMAS, a minor, thirteen years old, who consequently could not be summoned till he had arrived at full age, but was summoned to the first parliament after that period, viz. 1 Edward II. he was in the Scottish wars, in the service of Edward I. and Ed. d MS of Bishop Nicolson, in the possession of Mr. Nicolson, on Hawksdale Cumberland. e Pat. 17 Joh. m. 18. f Chitting Chester Herald, temp Jac. I. in famil. de Vaux. k Cumbria Eschaet. 23 Edw. I. |