Character roster

Loadout boards

Full head-to-toe avatars. Everyday, court, field, and armour. Open Kit on any board for the period props, extra armour, and four-category character sheet of that century — drawn here, not generated as anime. Arrow keys turn the figure. Open the mate who carries — or does not carry — the 1313 writ. For the map of every split, see Houses.

Holders of the 1313 writ

Holds the 1313 writ

fl. 1086

Gamel

King's Thane of Staffordshire

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1115 – after 1129

Liulf de Aldithley

Lord of Aldithley under the de Verduns

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1125 – 1200

Adam de Aldithley

Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

fl. 1192 – 1223

William de Stanleigh

First of the name Stanley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1175 – 1246

Henry de Audley

Marcher lord, founder of Heighley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1220 – 1272

James de Audley

Justiciar of Ireland; Justice of Chester

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1258 – 1299

Nicholas de Audley of Heighley

Lord of Heighley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1289 – 1316

Nicholas Audley

1st Baron Audley of Heleigh

Holds the 1313 writ

1312 – 1386

James Audley

2nd Baron Audley, KG

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1328 – 1391

Nicholas Audley

3rd Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1371 – 1408

John Tuchet

4th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1398 – 1459

James Tuchet

5th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1420 – 1490

John Tuchet

6th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1463 – 1497

James Tuchet

7th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1483 – 1558

John Tuchet

8th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

d. 1560

George Tuchet

9th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

d. 1563

Henry Tuchet

10th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1551 – 1617

George Tuchet

11th Baron Audley; 1st Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

1593 – 1631

Mervyn Tuchet

12th Baron; 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

c. 1617 – 1684

James Tuchet

13th Baron; 3rd Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

d. 1686

Mervyn Tuchet

14th Baron; 4th Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

d. 1700

James Tuchet

15th Baron; 5th Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

d. 1740

James Tuchet

16th Baron; 6th Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

1723 – 1769

James Tuchet

17th Baron; 7th Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

1724 – 1777

John Tuchet

18th Baron; 8th and last Earl of Castlehaven

Holds the 1313 writ

1758 – 1818

George Thicknesse-Touchet

19th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1783 – 1837

George John Thicknesse-Touchet

20th Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1817 – 1872

George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet

21st Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1858 – 1942

Mary Thicknesse-Touchet

22nd Baroness Audley, suo jure

Holds the 1313 writ

1913 – 1963

Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson

23rd Baron Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1911 – 1973

Rosina Lois Veronica MacNamee

24th Baroness Audley

Holds the 1313 writ

1914 – 27 June 1997

Richard Michael Thomas Souter

25th Baron Audley of Heleigh

Women of the blood

Robes, hair, circlets, coronets, tiaras. Joan Audley carried the writ when the male line died. Mary and Rosina wore it suo jure.

Marriage alliance — does not wear the writ

fl. 1199 – after 1249

Bertred de Mainwaring

Lady of Heighley by marriage

Marriage alliance — does not wear the writ

fl. mid-13th century

Ela Longespee

Wife of James de Audley, Justiciar of Ireland

Marriage alliance — does not wear the writ

fl. 1313

Joan Martin

Wife of Nicholas, 1st Baron Audley

Carries the writ in blood

d. after 1391

Joan Audley

Sister of the 3rd Baron; mother of the 4th

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

fl. 1282 – 1284

Joan de Baumville

Heiress of Storeton; Forestership of Wirral

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

fl. 1385

Isabel de Lathom

Heiress of Lathom and Knowsley

Marriage alliance — does not wear the writ

20th century

Pauline Souter

Wife of the 25th Baron; mother of the co-heiresses

The Stanley cadet

Not the barony. The other child of the 1192 manor-swap — forest, island, Derby.

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

1284 – 1863 (office)

William de Stanleigh the Forester

Hereditary Forester of Wirral

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

c. 1340 – 1414

Sir John de Stanley, KG

King of Mann; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

1406 – 1459

Sir Thomas Stanley

1st Baron Stanley, KG

Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

1435 – 1504

Thomas Stanley

1st Earl of Derby, KG

The connecting line

Keziah Snead, Alice Boyd, Israel Snead, the Watkins marriage, Granberry Watkins, Sneyd of Keele, Jonet Stanley, Rebecca Owen, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. Cadet and American descent. Not the 1313 writ.