Thomas Audley

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English lawyer Lord Chancellor of England human statesman

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sir Thomas Audley	1
Thomas Audley canonical	1
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English lawyer ⓘ Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
associatedWith	trial of John Fisher ⓘ trial of Thomas More ⓘ
burialPlace	Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ Saffron Walden NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1488 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	30 April 1544 ⓘ
educatedAt	Buckingham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Inner Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Audley NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
legalRole	King's Serjeant-at-law NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchServed	Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleRank	baron ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Audley of Walden NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ legal proceedings against Thomas More ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Earls Colne NERFINISHED ⓘ Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Lord Chancellor of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Keeper of the Great Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ Recorder of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Audley End, Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Brackenbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported	royal supremacy over the Church of England ⓘ
workedOn	implementation of Henrician religious policy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas More → successor → Thomas Audley ⓘ

Walden Abbey → grantedTo → Thomas Audley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Audley

Council of Regency for Edward VI → hasMember → Thomas Audley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden