Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
Dates: 1488-1544
Biography
An Essex-born lawyer and statesman who became Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Chancellor in 1533, and Baron Audley of Walden in 1538. He acquired former monastic property during the Dissolution.
Notes / Sources
The source states that Denham and other Suffolk manors were included in the licence to alienate St Osyth's property to him.
Research sources:
- S. H. A. Hervey, Denham Parish Registers, 1539-1850, historical chapter "Denham Abbots," pp. 175-176, citing the Calendars of State Papers. — https://archive.org/stream/denhamparishregi01denh/denhamparishregi01denh_djvu.txt
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