Humphrey Tuchet

Sir Humphrey Tuchet (aka Audley) of Swaffham , (around 1434 - May 6, 1471 ), was an English knight .

Life

Sir Humphrey was a son of James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley and his second wife Eleanor de Holland, an illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent and his mistress Constance of York, Countess of Gloucester, a daughter of Edmund of Langley , 1st Duke of York .

Humphrey is called Humphrey Audley or at least alias Audley in all sources . Sir Humphrey was squire of Swaffham, Carlton, Middleton and Little Whelnethan and was Esquire to King Henry VI. and 1461 Constable of Southampton Castle .

During the Wars of the Roses he fought for the House of Lancaster on May 4, 1471 at the Battle of Tewkesbury . After the defeat, he fled with Edmund Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and around a dozen others to the abbey church and sought refuge there in sanctuary .

On May 6th, however, the unwritten law of sanctuary was broken, all men were taken from the church and tried locally by a court presided over by Richard, Duke of Gloucester and John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk .

Sir Humphrey was beheaded on May 6, 1471 at Tewkesbury and buried in the abbey church.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Humphrey was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay of Powderham and widow of James Luttrell.

The couple had several offspring, including a.

Sir John
Jane
Elizabeth
Philippa ∞ Richard Hadley

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Towton Battlefield Society
↑ ^a ^b ^c Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04513-7 , p. 366.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jim Lee: Dunter: A Castle at War , Memois Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-1-861-51142-3 , pp. 76/77
↑ ^a ^b Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ CRMarkham: Richard III. , Cambridge University Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-108-07145-1 , p. 76.
^ ^A ^b ^c Richard Brooke: Visits to the Fields of Battle in England , John Russell Smith London 1857, p. 146
↑ David Clark: Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker , Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 978-1-844-15236-0 , p. 65.
↑ David Clark: Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker , Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 978-1-844-15236-0 , p. 65.
^ The English Peerage, Vol. II , T.Spilsbury & Son London 1790, p. 64
↑ CRMarkham: Richard III. , Cambridge University Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-108-07145-1 , p. 76.

personal data
SURNAME	Tuchet, Humphrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tuchet of Swaffham, Humphrey; Audley, Sir Humphrey (alias)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English knight
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 1471
Place of death	Tewkesbury

[TOW-1] A ^b ^c ^d Towton Battlefield Society

[PLA-2] Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04513-7 , p. 366.

[DUNSTER-3] Jim Lee: Dunter: A Castle at War , Memois Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-1-861-51142-3 , pp. 76/77

[RICIII-4] Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[5] CRMarkham: Richard III. , Cambridge University Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-108-07145-1 , p. 76.

[brooks146-6] A ^b ^c Richard Brooke: Visits to the Fields of Battle in England , John Russell Smith London 1857, p. 146

[7] David Clark: Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker , Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 978-1-844-15236-0 , p. 65.

[8] David Clark: Barnet 1471: Death of a Kingmaker , Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 978-1-844-15236-0 , p. 65.

[9] The English Peerage, Vol. II , T.Spilsbury & Son London 1790, p. 64

[10] CRMarkham: Richard III. , Cambridge University Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-108-07145-1 , p. 76.