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• FSID: LRCM-RQQ
• Appointments / Titles: 1403; 1st Baron Tuchet
• Appointments / Titles: 1408; 4th Baron Audley

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John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, 1st Baron Tuchet (23 April 1371 – 19 December 1408) was an English peer.

John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley was the son of Sir John Tuchet, called "Baron Audley", and his wife Maud, widow of Sir Richard de Willoughby. His paternal grandparents were Sir John Tuchet (1327—1371) and his wife Joan Audley (1331–1393, daughter of James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley and first wife Lady Joan Mortimer).

In 1391, when his childless great-uncle Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley died, the Audley Barony was abeyant. Meanwhile, he was created 1st Baron Tuchet in 1403 and received one-third of the share of the barony of Audley.

In 1408 the Barony was revived, and John Tuchet became 4th Baron Audley.

Before 1398, he married Elizabeth Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford and his first wife, Alice Grenville. They had one son, James, and two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth. John was succeeded by his only son, James Tuchet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tuchet,_4th_Baron_Audley

John married Stafford, Lady Elisabeth Isabel in 1398 in Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England. Elisabeth (daughter of de Stafford, Sir Humphrey and de Greville, Lady Alice) was born in 1375 in Amblecote, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, England; died in 1445 in Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in 1445 in Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Touchet, Elizabeth was born in 1406 in Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1433.
2. Touchet, Lady Marion Margaret was born in 1398 in Nether Stowey, Somerset, England; died on 1 Jun 1438 in Dunster, Somerset, England; was buried after 1 Jun 1438 in Dunster, Somerset, England.
3. Touchet, James was born on 8 Sep 1401 in Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England; died on 23 Sep 1459 in Battle of Blore-Heath, Shropshire, England; was buried after 23 Sep 1459 in Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: 3rd Baron of Audley
• FSID: LJBR-JFW
• Residence: Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England

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Sir John Tuchet [i] b abt 1348, Staffordshire, England, d 23 Jun 1372. He md Maud [j] bef 1371. She was b abt 1354, d bef 3 Nov 1405.
http://www.geneajourney.com/tuchet.html

John married de Mortimer, Lady Margaret in 1371 in England. Margaret (daughter of de Mortimer, Earl Roger and de Montague, Phillippa Elizabeth) was born on 9 Feb 1352 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 12 Nov 1405 in Elvaston cum Thurlston, Ambaston, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Baroness of Markeaton
• FSID: KHCP-38H
• Name: Maud de Mortimer

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• Appointments / Titles: 2nd Baron of Audley
• FSID: 9CMV-W7M
• Occupation: Knight
• Residence: Markeaton, Derbyshire, England

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From Life Sketch

Sir John Tuchet [h], Knight, b 25 Jul 1327, Markeaton, Derbyshire, England, d bef 10 Jan 1360/61, slain at sea, La Rochelle. He md Joan de Audley abt 1345, daughter of Sir James de
Audley, Lord Audley, Knight of the Garter, and Joan de Mortimer.
http://www.geneajourney.com/tuchet.html

John married de Audley, Lady Joan in 1350 in Markeaton, Derbyshire, England. Joan (daughter of de Audley, Sir James and de Mortimer, Lady Joane) was born in 1331 in Staffordshire, England; died in 1392 in Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LQYK-CM9

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• Appointments / Titles: Earl of Mortimer
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Foulis
• FSID: K4PY-444
• Military: 3 Sep 1346
• Appointments / Titles: 11 Nov 1348; 7th Knight of the Order of the Gartder
• Appointments / Titles: 1354; 2nd Earl of March
• Appointments / Titles: 1355; Constable of Dover Castle
• Appointments / Titles: 1355; Warden of the Cinque Ports

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Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Bet. 09 Jan 1348-08 Jan 1349; One of founders and the 7th. Knight of the Order of the Garter

Roger married de Montague, Phillippa Elizabeth in 1351 in Donyatt, Somerset, England. Phillippa (daughter of de Montacute, William and Grandison, Catherine) was born in 1332 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1381 in Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried after 5 Jan 1381 in Bisham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Countess of March
• FSID: K8RT-425

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From Life Sketch:

Philippa De de Montagu
Birthdate: 1332
Birthplace: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Death: Died January 5, 1382 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
Place of Burial: Bisham, Berkshire, England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine de Montagu, Countess of Salisbury
Wife of Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
Mother of Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; Margery de Mortimer, b. 1352 and Beatrice De Mortimer
Sister of Elizabeth de Montague; William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury; John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute; Anne (Anneys) de Grey; Sybil de Montagu and 4 others

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• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Lee Gomery
• FSID: LZF1-DV8

Robert married Touchet, Mrs Agnes in 1295 in Markeaton, Derbyshire, England. Agnes was born in 1279 in Buglawton, Cheshire, England; died in 1307 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: 2nd Baron Audley

James married de Mortimer, Lady Joane. Joane (daughter of de Mortimer, Roger and de Geneville, Joan 2nd Baroness Geneville) was born in 1314 in Devon, England; died in 1351 in Heleigh Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Baroness Audley
• FSID: L4SX-76T
• Name: Joan de Mortimer
• Religion: Nun
• Birth: 1317

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Baron Mortimer
• Appointments / Titles: Earl
• Appointments / Titles: Knight
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Mortimer
• Alternate Death: 17 Jun 1368, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Edmund married de Badlesmere, Countess Elizabeth on 27 Jun 1316 in Earnwood, Kinlet, Shropshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1313 in Badlesmere Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England; died on 8 Jun 1356 in Caldecote, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried on 26 Jun 1356 in Blackfriars, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Northampton
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Oxford
• Will: 31 May 1356

Notes:

BIO: from Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 15:30, 29:32, 65:34, 97:32
Elizabeth was married to Edmund Mortimer as her first husband and to Sir William de Bohun, her second husband. Mother, along with Edmund Mortimer, to Roger de Mortimer, the second Earl of March. Elizabeth's parents were Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. Mother, along with Sir William de Bohun, Knight of the Garter, of Elizabeth de Bohun.

** from Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Moritmer) Vol. IX, pp. 284-285
Edmund de Mortimer married, 27 Jun 1316, at Earnwood, in Kinlet, Elizabeth (aged 25 in 1338), 3rd daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Lord Balesmere, and sister and coheir of Giles de Badlesmere, Lord Badlesmere. He died 16 Dec 1331. His widow received dower in September 1332, and in 1334 obtained the castle of Bridgwater and various manors as her right by gift of Roger de Mortimer. She married, 2ndly (licence 1335), William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, who died in September 1360. She died June 1356.

** from Wikipedia listing for Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton
Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton (1313 – 8 June 1356) was the wife of two English noblemen, Sir Edmund Mortimer and William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. She was a co-heiress of her brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere.

At the age of eight she was sent to the Tower of London along with her mother, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings after the former maltreated Queen consort Isabella by ordering an assault upon her and refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle.

Family
Elizabeth was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1313 to Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. She was the third of four daughters. She had one younger brother, Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere, who married Elizabeth Montagu, but did not have any children.

Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly.

Elizabeth's father was hanged, drawn and quartered on 14 April 1322 for having participated in the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion against King Edward II of England; and her mother imprisoned in the Tower of London until 3 November 1322. She had been arrested the previous October for ordering an assault upon Queen consort Isabella after refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle, where Baron Badlesmere held the post of Governor. Elizabeth and her siblings were also sent to the Tower along with their mother. She was eight years old at the time and had been married for five years to her first husband; although the marriage had not yet been consummated due to her young age.

In 1328, Elizabeth's brother Giles obtained a reversal of his father's attainder, and he succeeded to the barony as the 2nd Baron Badlesmere. Elizabeth, along with her three sisters, was a co-heiress of Giles, who had no children by his wife. Upon his death in 1338, the barony fell into abeyance. The Badlesmere estates were divided among the four sisters, and Elizabeth's share included the manors of Drayton in Sussex, Kingston and Erith in Kent, a portion of Finmere in Oxfordshire as well as property in London.

Marriages and issue
On 27 June 1316, when she was just three years old, Elizabeth married her first husband Sir Edmund Mortimer (died 16 December 1331) eldest son and heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville. The marriage contract was made on 9 May 1316, and the particulars of the arrangement between her father and prospective father-in-law are described in Welsh historian R. R. Davies' Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages. Lord Badlesmere paid Roger Mortimer the sum of £2000, and in return Mortimer endowed Elizabeth with five rich manors for life and the reversion of other lands. The marriage, which was not consummated until many years afterward, produced two sons:

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (11 November 1328 Ludlow Castle- 26 February 1360), married Philippa Montacute, daughter of William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison, by whom he had issue, including Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March).
John Mortimer (died young)

By the order of King Edward III, Elizabeth's father-in-law, the Earl of Mortimer was hanged in November 1330 for having assumed royal power, along with other crimes. His estates were forfeited to the Crown, therefore Elizabeth's husband did not succeed to the earldom and died a year later. Elizabeth's dower included the estates of Maelienydd and Comot Deuddwr in the Welsh Marches.

In 1335, just over three years after the death of Edmund Mortimer, Elizabeth married secondly William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1312–1360), fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He was a renowned military commander and diplomat. Their marriage was arranged to end the mutual hostility which had existed between the Bohun and Mortimer families. A papal dispensation was required for their marriage as de Bohun and her first husband, Sir Edmund Mortimer were related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity by dint of their common descent from Enguerrand de Fiennes, Seigneur de Fiennes. Elizabeth and de Bohun received some Mortimer estates upon their marriage.

By her second marriage, Elizabeth had two more children:

Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton (24 March 1342 - 16 January 1373), after 9 September 1359, married Joan Fitzalan, by whom he had two daughters, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, and Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (who later reigned as King Henry IV).
Elizabeth de Bohun (c.1350- 3 April 1385), on 28 September 1359, married Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, by whom she had seven children including Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, Elizabeth FitzAlan, and Joan FitzAlan, Baroness Bergavenny.

In 1348, the earldom of March was restored to her eldest son Roger who succeeded as the 2nd Earl.

Death
Elizabeth de Badlesmere died on 8 June 1356, aged about forty-three years old. She was buried in Black Friars Priory, London. She left a will dated 31 May 1356, requesting burial at the priory. Mention of Elizabeth's burial is found in the records (written in Latin) of Walden Abbey which confirm that she was buried in Black Friars:

Anno Domini MCCCIxx.obiit Willielmus de Boun, Comes Northamptoniae, cujus corpus sepelitur in paret boreali presbyterii nostri. Et Elizabetha uxor ejus sepelitur Lundoniae in ecclesia fratrum praedictorum ante major altare.

References
Thomas B. Costain, The Three Edwards, pp.193-95
Ireland, William Henry (1829). England's Topographer: or A New and Complete History of the County of Kent. London: G. Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. p.647. Google Books, retrieved 8-11-10
G. Holmes (1957). Estates of the Higher Nobility in Fourteenth Century England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.17. Google Books. Retrieved 10 February 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-05315-0
Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of March 1328- 1425 (Mortimer)
R. R. Davies, Brendan Smith (2009). Lords and lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.154. Google Books. Retrieved 29-01-11
Holmes, p.14
Ward, Jennifer C. (2006). Women in England in the Middle Ages. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. p.29 ISBN 1-85285-346-8
Holmes, p.14
thePeerage.com
William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum 4 (1823) 139-141 sub Walden Abbey

Thomas B. Costain, The Three Edwards, Published by Doubleday, 1958
Charles Cawley,Medieval Lands,Earls of March 1328-1425 (Mortimer)
thePeerage.com

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• Appointments / Titles: 1st Earl of Salisbury

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William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Mann (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III.

The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the royal household at an early age and became a close companion of the young Prince Edward. The relationship continued after Edward was crowned king following the deposition of Edward II in 1327. In 1330, Montagu was one of Edward's main accomplices in the coup against Roger Mortimer, who up until then had been acting as the king's protector.

In the following years Montagu served the king in various capacities, primarily in the Scottish Wars. He was richly rewarded, and among other things received the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1337, he was created Earl of Salisbury, and given an annual income of 1000 marks to go with the title. He served on the Continent in the early years of the Hundred Years' War, but in 1340 he was captured by the French, and in return for his freedom had to promise never to fight in France again. Salisbury died of wounds suffered at a tournament early in 1344.

Legend has it that Montagu's wife Catherine was raped by Edward III, but this story is almost certainly French propaganda. William and Catherine had six children, most of whom married into the nobility. Modern historians have called William Montague Edward's "most intimate personal friend" and "the chief influence behind the throne from Mortimer's downfall in 1330 until his own death in 1344."

Contents [hide]
1 Family background
2 Early service
3 Coup against Mortimer
4 Service under Edward III
5 The Hundred Years' War
6 Final years
7 Family
8 References
9 External links

Family background

William Montagu, born at Cassington, Oxfordshire in 1301, was the second but eldest surviving son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, and Elizabeth de Montfort, daughter of Sir Peter Montfort of Beaudesert, Warwickshire. by Matilda/Maud de la Mare daughter and heiress of Henry de la Mare of Ashtead, Surrey, Royal Justice, Seneschal of William Longspree II Earl of Salisbury. The Montagu family, a West Country family with roots going back to the Conquest, held extensive lands in Somerset, Dorset and Devon. The father, William Montagu, distinguished himself in the Scottish Wars during the reign of Edward I, and served as steward of Edward II's household. Some members of the nobility, including Thomas of Lancaster, viewed Montagu with suspicion, as a member of a court party with undue influence on the king. For this reason he was sent to Aquitaine, to serve as seneschal. Here he died on 18 October 1319. Even though he sat in parliament as a baron, the second lord Montagu never rose above a level of purely regional importance.

Early service

The younger William was still a minor at the time of his father's death, and entered the royal household as a ward of the king in 1320. On 21 February 1323 he was granted his father's lands and title. His service to Edward II took him abroad to the Continent in both 1320 and 1325. In 1326 he was knighted. After the deposition of Edward II in 1327, Montagu continued in the service of Edward's son Edward III. He helped the new king in repelling the Scottish invasion of 1327, and was created knight banneret in 1328.

Montagu enjoyed a close relationship with Edward III, and accompanied him abroad on a diplomatic mission in 1329. That same year he was sent on an embassy to negotiate a marriage alliance with King Philip VI of France. His most important task, however, came in connection with a mission to the Papacy in Avignon. The young king—along with his government—was under the dominance of his mother Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, who had been responsible for the deposition of the king's father. Montagu explained the king's situation, and Pope John XXII asked for a special signal that assure him that he was dealing with the king in person. After Montagu's return, Richard Bury, Keeper of the Privy Seal, wrote to inform the pope that only letters containing the words pater sancte (holy father), in Edward's own handwriting, were indeed from the king. Only Edward, Bury and Montagu were party to the scheme.

Coup against Mortimer

When Mortimer discovered the conspiracy against him, Montagu was brought in for interrogation – along with the king – but gave nothing away. Afterward he supposedly advised Edward to move against his protector, because "It was better that they should eat the dog than that the dog should eat them". On 19 October 1330, while Mortimer and Isabella were entrenched in Nottingham Castle, the constable of the castle showed Montagu a secret entrance through an underground tunnel. Along with Edward de Bohun, Robert Ufford, and John Neville and others, he entered the castle, where he met up with the king. A short brawl followed before Mortimer was captured. The queen stormed into the chamber shouting "Good son, have pity on noble Mortimer". Edward did not obey his mother's wishes, and a few weeks later Mortimer was executed for treason in London. As a reward for his part in the coup, Montagu was given lands worth £1000, including the Welsh lordship of Denbigh that had belonged to Mortimer. His family also benefited; his brother Simon Montacute became Bishop of Worcester and later of Ely. Another brother, Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu, married Alice of Norfolk, a co-heir of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk.[16]

Service under Edward III

Edward III founded the Order of the Garter in 1348, and included Salisbury's son among the founding members.
In the years to come, Montagu acted as Edward's closest companion. In April 1331, the two went on a secret expedition to France, disguised as merchants so they would not be recognised. In September of the same year, Montagu held a tournament at Cheapside, where he and the king were costumed as Tartars. From 1333 onwards, Montagu was deeply engaged in the Scottish Wars, and distinguished himself at the Siege of Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill. It was after this event that his lordship over the Isle of Man was recognised, a right he held from his grandfather. The lordship was at the moment of a purely theoretical nature, however, since the island was still under Scottish control.

In February 1334 Montagu was sent on a commission to Edinburgh, to demand Edward Balliol's homage to Edward. In the great summer campaign of 1335, it was Montagu who provided the largest English contingent, with 180 men-at-arms and 136 archers. He was well rewarded for his contributions: after the Scots had been forced to cede the Lowlands, Montagu was granted the county of Peeblesshire. He was also allowed to buy the wardship of Roger Mortimer's son Roger for 1000 marks, a deal that turned out to be very lucrative for Montagu.[17] At this point, however, the fortunes were turning for the English in Scotland. Montagu campaigned in the north again in 1337, but the siege of Dunbar met with failure.[18] Following the abortive attempt in Scotland, Edward III turned his attention to the continent.

The Hundred Years' War

Montagu was created Earl of Salisbury on 16 March 1337. This was one of six comital promotions Edward III made that day, in preparation for what was to become the Hundred Years' War.[19] To allow Montagu to support his new status, the king granted him land and rent of a value of 1000 marks a year. The money was provided from the royal stannaries of Cornwall.[20] A contemporary poem tells of a vow made by the earl on the eve of the wars – he would not open one of his eyes while fighting in France. The story is probably a satire; the truth was that Montagu had already lost the use of one of his eyes in a tournament.[21]

In April 1337, Montagu was appointed to a diplomatic commission to Valenciennes, to establish alliances with Flanders and the German princes.[22] In July 1338, he accompanied the king on another mission to the continent, again providing the greatest number of soldiers, with 123 men-at-arms and 50 archers. In September of that year he was made Marshal of England. After the death of Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, this office had come into the hands of Norfolk's daughter Margaret. The king did not trust the office with her husband, so he decided instead to bestow it on his trusted companion, Montagu.[23] Edward's policy of building alliances put him in great debt, and when he left the Low Countries to return to England late in 1338, Salisbury had to stay behind as surety to the king's debtors, along with the king's family and the Earl of Derby.[24] The earl had earlier voiced concerns about the costly alliances, but he nevertheless remained loyal to the king's strategy.[25]

While Edward was away, Salisbury was captured by the French at Lille in April 1340, and imprisoned in Paris. Reportedly, King Philip VI of France wanted to execute Salisbury and Robert Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, who was captured with him. Philip was, however, dissuaded by John of Bohemia, who argued that the earls could come in handy in an exchange, should any French noblemen be captured.[26] Though released on parole in September, it was not until May 1342 that he reached a final settlement with the French. Salisbury was freed in a prisoner exchange, but only on the condition that he never fight in France again.

Final years

Salisbury's residence of Bisham Manor in Berkshire.
Salisbury had long been frustrated by the failure of the government in England to provide sufficient funds for the war effort.[27] On his return, however, he played little part in the conflict of 1341 between King Edward and Chancellor John Stratford. In May that year he was appointed to a committee to hear the king's charges against Stratford, but little came from this.[28] In 1342–43 he foug

William married Grandison, Catherine. Catherine was born in 1304 in Ashford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1349 in Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried after 1 Dec 1349 in Bisham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Salisbury