Edmund Audley

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Edmund Audley
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Salisbury
Title Bishop of Salisbury
Period in office 15021524
Predecessor Henry Deane
Successor Lawrence Campejus
Religious career
Previous bishoprics Bishop of Rochester
Bishop of Hereford
Personal
Date of death August 23, 1524

Edmund Touchet or Touchett, also Edmund Audley (died 1524), was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.

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[edit] 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.[1] He was then translated to be bishop of Hereford on June 22, 1492.[2][3] He was then translated to become bishop of Salisbury on January 10, 1502.[4][5][6] He died on August 23, 1524.[4]

He was the son of Eleanor Holand[7]. He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral[8].

[edit] Memory

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 268
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 251
  3. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography, under Audley, Edmund
  4. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
  5. ^ Tudor Place: Edmund Touchet accessed on August 31, 2007
  6. ^ Bishops of Salisbury accessed on August 31, 2007
  7. ^ Touchet Family accessed on August 31, 2007
  8. ^ Britain Express: Salisbury Cathedral accessed on August 31, 2007

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Religious titles
Preceded by
John Russell
Bishop of Rochester
14801492
Succeeded by
Thomas Savage
Preceded by
Thomas Mylling
Bishop of Hereford
14921502
Succeeded by
Adrian de Castello
Preceded by
Henry Deane
Bishop of Salisbury
15021524
Succeeded by
Lawrence Campejus
Persondata
NAME Audley, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Touchet, Edmund; Touchett, Edmund
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Hereford; Bishop of Salisbury
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1524
PLACE OF DEATH