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