Edmund Audley

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name =Edmund Audley


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Salisbury
Title = Bishop of Salisbury
Period = 1502–1524
Predecessor = Henry Deane
Successor =Lawrence Campejus
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bishops = Bishop of Rochester
Bishop of Hereford
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date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =August 23 1524
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Edmund Touchet or Touchett, also Edmund Audley (died 1524), was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.

Life

He graduated B.A. in 1463 at University College, Oxford. He was nominated to the bishop of Rochester on July 7 1480, and consecrated on October 1 1480.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 268] He was then translated to be bishop of Hereford on June 22 1492.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 251] ["Concise Dictionary of National Biography", under Audley, Edmund] He was then translated to become bishop of Salisbury on January 10 1502.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 271] [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TOUCHET.htm#Edmund%20TOUCHET%20(Bishop)1 Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet] accessed on August 31, 2007] [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/bishops_of_salisbury.htm Bishops of Salisbury] accessed on August 31, 2007] He died on August 23 1524.

He was the son of Eleanor Holand [ [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/touchet1.htm Touchet Family] accessed on August 31, 2007] . He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral [ [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/wiltshire/churches/Salisbury-Cathedral.htm Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral] accessed on August 31, 2007] .

Memory

One of the guilds at Bennett Memorial Diocesan School was named after him by Lady Bennett.

Notes

References

* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/bishops_of_salisbury.htm Bishops of Salisbury] accessed on August 31, 2007
* [http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/wiltshire/churches/Salisbury-Cathedral.htm Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral] accessed on August 31, 2007
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* [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/touchet1.htm Touchet Family] accessed on August 31, 2007
* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TOUCHET.htm#Edmund%20TOUCHET%20(Bishop)1 Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet] accessed on August 31, 2007

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p4732.htm#i47314 At thepeerage.com]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11279077 At findagrave.com]
* [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:hh5PJu4WkdQJ:www.girders.net/Ar/Audley,%2520Edmund,%2520(d.1524).doc+%22Edmund+Audley%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=uk Biographical notes]
* [http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/V&A%20exhibition/psalter.htm The Audley Psalter]

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NAME= Audley, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Touchet, Edmund; Touchett, Edmund
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Hereford; Bishop of Salisbury
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DATE OF DEATH=August 23, 1524
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