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- [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
- [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Hugh de Audley II 1289-1347.
Lord Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Ambassador to France. Knight of Stratton in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, of Gratton, Staffordshire, King's bachelor, Sheriff of Rutland.
Second son of Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley by Iseult Mortimer. Grandson of James Audley and Ela Longespee, Roger Mortimer and Maid de Braose. Great great grandson of King Henry II.
Sir Hugh married Margaret de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of England, widow of Peter de Gaveston, the favorite and possible love of King Edward II, Earl of Cornwall who was beheaded by Mortimer 19 June 1312. Sir Hugh and Margaret were married in the King's Chapel at Windsor, Berkshire on 28 April 1317. They had one daughter, Margaret, who would be abducted as a wife by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford.
Hugh was summoned to Parliament in 1317 before his father's death as Hugoni Daudele juniori. Hugh traded the lordships of Newport, Wentloog and Machen to Hugh le Despenser in exchange for 6 other manors, but the word 'surrendered' has been used.
In 1319 Parliament refused a petition from Hugh and Margaret to restore Peter Gaveston's lands. Hugh fought on the Lancastrian side in the Battle of Boroughbridge 17 March 1312, where he was taken prisoner. Margaret was taken to Sempringham Priory where she was held inside the gates. Hugh was transferred from his prison at Berkhampstead to Nottingham Castle where he escaped.
After the execution of the Despensers and Edward III taking the throne, Hugh was back in favor, called to Parliament, became Guardian of the coast of Essex and in the King's service in Scotland in 1336, became the Earl of Gloucester in 1337, an act to appease him for his daughter's abduction which the king approved of. Hugh was appointed Captain of the army against the Scots and participated in the Siege of Dunbar Nov 1357, and at the Battle of Sluys in 1340.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80529917/hugh_de_audley
- [S1930] Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, (Name: Wikipedia;), Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere.
Margaret de Badlesmere, Baroness Badlesmere (née de Clare; c. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/January 1334, disputed) was a Anglo-Norman noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[1]
She was arrested and subsequently imprisoned in the Tower of London for the duration of a year from November 1321 to November 1322, making her the first recorded female prisoner in the Tower's history.[2][3] She was jailed on account of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. Before Margaret had instructed her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort, she had refused the Queen admittance to Leeds Castle where her husband, Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor, but which was legally the property of Queen Isabella as part of the latter's dower. Margaret surrendered the castle on 31 October 1321 after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. Edward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst which led to the Despenser War in the Welsh Marches and the north of England.[citation needed]
Upon her release from the Tower, Margaret entered a religious life at the convent house of the Minorite Sisters outside Aldgate. King Edward granted her a stipend to pay for her maintenance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare,_Baroness_Badlesmere
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1289 - 1347 (58 years)
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