Successor Lawrence Campejus Parents Eleanor de Holland Predecessor Henry Deane Died August 23, 1524 | Term ended 23 August 1524 Name Edmund Audley Appointed 10 January 1502 Consecration 1 October 1480 | |
Siblings Elizabeth Touchet, Anne Touchet, Eleanor Touchet Cousins Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick Grandparents Constance of York, Countess of Gloucester, Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent Nephews John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham | ||
Edmund Audley (died 1524) was Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Salisbury.
Life
Audley graduated BA in 1463 at University College, Oxford. He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1474 and held this until 1480.
Audley was collated as Archdeacon of the East Riding on 14 December 1475 and then as Archdeacon of Essex on 22 December 1479, serving until he was nominated to become Bishop of Rochester on 7 July 1480, and consecrated on 1 October 1480. He was then translated to be Bishop of Hereford on 22 June 1492. He was then translated to become Bishop of Salisbury on 10 January 1502. He died on 23 August 1524.
Audley was the son of Eleanor Holand. He is buried in a chapel of Salisbury Cathedral.