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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Hertfordshire => Topic started by: Cambridge on Wednesday 24 August 22 16:16 BST (UK)
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Hello, I'm trying to find out any more information about George Audley who was born in 1538 in Wymondley and died in 1602 in Hitchin. He was my 10x great grandfather.
I'm looking for any potential parents but I seem to have hit a dead end. He was maried to Agnes Rugmer. I have a copy of his will but no details of parents or siblings.
They had four children:
Susanna, born in 1576, died in 1587 aged 11
Avis, born in 1580
Rhoda, born in 1584
Mary, born in 1588
Could anyone possibly help me or suggest where I could try next please?
Thank you so much!
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What document mentioned his place of birth.
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Ah. And now I’ve looked again, he was born in Hitchin…. Sorry…..
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OK, so what document states he was born in Hitchin :)
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Hello. Hmm well it’s based on him marrying in Hitchin in truth.
His name is also listed as Awdlye, Awdley and Awdly which complicates things!
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There is a tree on Ancestry with this family but no evidence to back up their information. Hitchin Parish registers do not appear to go back far enough to cover a baptism for George.
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There are Audley (and variants) baptisms in Hitchin in the 1570s. Children of a Mathew and an Edward, likely to be similar age to George could be his brothers.
Also a Richard s/o George in 1567, but appears to have died when a few days old. Could George have had an earlier marriage before Agnes / Annys in 1572
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there's a burial of a Marsye (or similar ) Awdly in 1567, just between baptism and burial of baby Richard
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There's a will of a John Awdley, maltster of Hitchin, probate 1621, in which he refers to something (not sure if it's property) that his brother George had delivered into his hand. Maybe George had given John something during his lifetime rather than in his will. John also mentions his brother Edward. There's a will for Matthew Awdley 1615, as well. Both on National archive web site. Can be downloaded free if you register for free account.
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Thank you both so much for your help.
I will look at this. I do have George's Will from 1602 and from what I've translated so far (very little) he seemed to leave some to his wife Annys and daughters, and some to members of the Marshall family which I believe were his daughter's in-laws.
I can see a name that looks like Johan Sooy of Godfrey and also an Edward Sooy of Godfrey (that is almost definitely wrong!.
George was a Maltster as well so it would make sense if John inherited that role perhaps.
In fact, I think this section of his will says something about John and employment but I haven't been able to translate it yet!
I guess if George only had daughters, he had little choice but to pass some of his things and job etc over to nephews.
And I guess he could indeed have been married before - thank you for that . I have no way to prove it sadly.
Thank you both so much for these amazing bits of help - I really appreciate it!
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Hello, it has been a couple of years since this post but I am hoping to make contact regarding Rhoda, daughter of George Audley, who married John Marshall. I am seeking further information to expand my Marshall research and would love to know more about the contents of George Audley's will, of which I am unable to obtain a copy from the Hertfordshire Archives as I am overseas.
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Hi Kells,
Happy to share what I have! Rhoda was my 9 x Great Grandmother (I think, I haven’t looked at it all for a while!)
Happy to share my copy of George’s will too. George is a bit of a mystery to me, if he is part of the family I think/hope he is then he has an exciting lineage!
Not sure if you can private message me here so we could swap details?
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There were two Audeleys recorded in the lay subsidy rolls in Hechyn/Hitchin in 1545:
William Avdeley/Audeley 40 s
William Audeley 17 d
https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogist01brig/page/n669/mode/2up
And in 1567 William Awdeley and William Coker were the plaintiffs against Richard Cowper for two messuages and a garden in Hitchyn. This was called Common Recovery, an elaborate legal fiction, but the result was that the two Williams "recovered" seisin or possession of the land.
http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT5/Eliz/CP40no1251/aCP40no1251fronts/IMG_0271.htm
There's a will of William Audeley, yeoman of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 13 May 1547.
Daughters Joan, Agnes
Son William
Wife Alice
Executors son William Audeley and brother John Audeley
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D950992
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Oh that’s interesting - thank you!
I need to pick up my research really, I’m trying to trace George’s line back and it looks like he is linked to the Audley-Tuchet family but I haven’t found much around it!
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Hello Cambridge,
I will try a private message to you.
I am related to Rhoda's husband John Marshall's brother Thomas Marshall of Michelham in Surrey, originally of Hitchin. There is a Marshall family crest that may be of interest to you, which can be found on the tomb of their elder brother Edward Marshall at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire.