Thomas Audley

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Thomas Audley was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor under King Henry VIII and played a key role in the English Reformation and the legal proceedings against Thomas More.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English lawyer
Lord Chancellor of England
human
statesman
associatedWith trial of John Fisher
trial of Thomas More
burialPlace Essex
Saffron Walden
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1488
dateOfDeath 30 April 1544
educatedAt Buckingham College, Cambridge
Inner Temple
employer Henry VIII of England
familyName Audley
givenName Thomas
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
legalRole King's Serjeant-at-law
memberOf House of Lords of England
linked to: House of Lords

Privy Council of England
linked to: Privy Council
monarchServed Henry VIII of England
nobleRank baron
nobleTitle Baron Audley of Walden
linked to: Baron Audley
notableFor presiding over high-profile treason trials under Henry VIII
role in consolidating royal supremacy over the Church of England
service as Lord Chancellor during the Dissolution of the Monasteries
notableWork involvement in the passage of the Act of Supremacy 1534
oversight of trials related to the Treasons Act 1534
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
parliamentaryRole Speaker of the House of Commons in the Reformation Parliament
participatedIn English Reformation
legal proceedings against Thomas More
placeOfBirth Earls Colne
Essex
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Lord Chancellor of England
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Recorder of London
Speaker of the House of Commons of England
religion Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
residence Audley End, Essex
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Brackenbury
Elizabeth Grey
supported royal supremacy over the Church of England
workedOn implementation of Henrician religious policy

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Thomas More successor Thomas Audley
Walden Abbey grantedTo Sir Thomas Audley
linked to: Thomas Audley
Council of Regency for Edward VI hasMember Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
linked to: Thomas Audley