Henry de Avenbury

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roger le Rous. Roger (son of Henry le Rous and Hawise) was born in of Harescombe, Gloucestershire, England; died before 31 Aug 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Complete Peerage and Ancestral Roots give her as a daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, by an unidentified first wife, but various discussions on SGM and elsewere led to a consensus that this is chronologically improbable and that her parentage must be regarded as unknown. See also this page on Chris Phillips' site.

More recently, on 17 Dec 2017, Douglas Richardson posted to SGM evidence that she was a daughter of Roger le Rous and his wife Eleanor de Avenbury. Both pieces of evidence have to do with the known fact that her first husband was Walter de Balun, who died in 1287. In 1296 one Isolde sued Reynold de Balun in the Court of Common Pleas regarding the manor of Eastington, Gloucester, which she claimed as her right and which she was in fact holding at that time. Reynold de Balun was Walter de Balun's brother and heir. The record identifies Isolde, the plaintiff, as "daughter of Roger le Rus." The other document is a record of Walter de Balun and his wife, Isolde, being enfeoffed with the manor of Much Marcle, Herefordshire by Roger le Rous. Between these two it seems clear that the wife of Hugh de Audley, widow of Walter de Balun, was a daughter of Roger le Rous.

Complete Peerage and Ancestral Roots give her as a daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, by an unidentified first wife, but various discussions on SGM and elsewere led to a consensus that this is chronologically improbable and that her parentage must be regarded as unknown. See also this page on Chris Phillips' site.

More recently, on 17 Dec 2017, Douglas Richardson posted to SGM evidence that she was a daughter of Roger le Rous and his wife Eleanor de Avenbury. Both pieces of evidence have to do with the known fact that her first husband was Walter de Balun, who died in 1287. In 1296 one Isolde sued Reynold de Balun in the Court of Common Pleas regarding the manor of Eastington, Gloucester, which she claimed as her right and which she was in fact holding at that time. Reynold de Balun was Walter de Balun's nephew and heir. The record identifies Isolde, the plaintiff, as "daughter of Roger le Rus." The other document is a record of Walter de Balun and his wife, Isolde, being enfeoffed with the manor of Much Marcle, Herefordshire by Roger le Rous. Between these two it seems clear that the wife of Hugh de Audley, widow of Walter de Balun, was a daughter of Roger le Rous.

Isolde married Hugh de Audley before Jul 1291. Hugh (son of James de Aldithley and Ela Longespée) was born about 1267 in of Stratton, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England; died between 1325 and 1326. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Earl of Gloucester.

King's bachelor; Sheriff of Rutland 1317-18; Chief Warden of the Ports and Coasts of Essex, Middlesex, and Hertford 1336; Joint Marshal of the Host (the English army in Flanders) 1339. Ambassador to France, 1341. Summoned to Parliament by writs 30 Nov 1317 to 15 May 1321. Fought on the side of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster at the battle of Boroughbridge. Taken prisoner; later escaped. After the execution of the Despensers and the overthrow of Edward II, he was again summoned to Parliament by writs 3 Dec 1326 to 24 Aug 1336.

"Hugh Audley or Aldithley (junior), 2nd son of Hugh A., who, afterwards,, (viz. in 1321), was also sum. to Parl., by Isolt, da. of Edmund de Mortimer, of Wigmore, was b. c. 1289. He was sum. v.p., to Parl. 20 Nov. (1317) II Edw. II to 15 May (1321) 14 Edw. II, by writs directed Hugoni Daudele juniori. He was with his father in the insurrection of 1321/2, but was pardoned. He was also sum. to Parl. 3 Dec. 1326 to 24 Aug. 1336, by writs directed Hugoni de Audele (only), his father having died in 1325, or early in 1326. In 1336 he was in the King's service in Scotland, and on 16 Mar. 1336/7 he was cr. Earl of Gloucester, his wife having, in 1313, become coh. to her br. Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. In 1341 he was Ambassador to France. He m., 28 Apr. 1317, at Windsor, Margaret, widow of Piers (Gavaston), Earl of Cornwall, 2nd da. of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by Joan, da. of King Edward I. She, who was found to be aged 22 in her brother's Inq. p. m. of 12 Oct. (1314) 8 Edw. II, d. Apr. 1342, before Easter. Inq. p. m. 1342-3. He himself d. s.p.m., 10 Nov. 1347, and was bur. in the priory of Tunbridge, when, 'although the dignity [of the Earldom of Gloucester] was to him and his heirs, the title appears to have been considered as extinct.'" [Complete Peerage I:346]

Hugh married Margaret de Clare on 28 Apr 1317 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre) was born about 1292 in Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 9 Apr 1342; was buried in Queenhithe, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Ralph de Greystoke after 25 Nov 1317. Ralph (son of Robert fitz Ralph and Elizabeth de Neville) was born on 15 Aug 1299; died on 14 Jul 1323 in Gateshead, Durham, England; was buried in Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Ralph de Neville after 14 Jan 1327. Ralph (son of Ranulph de Neville and Euphemia de Clavering) was born about 1291 in of Raby, Durham, England; died on 5 Aug 1367; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]