Generation 13 · tudor · 14 of 60 · Holds the 1313 writ

James Tuchet

7th Baron Audley

Son · husband · father of this house

James Tuchet, full figure, Royal / court, front

Helm or circlet of rank

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Chronicle of this board

Attainted and executed, 1497

James, 7th Baron, joined the Cornish rebellion of 1497 against Henry VII, was captured, attainted of treason and executed. The barony was forfeit.

Attainder is not the same as extinction. The dignity can be restored by the Crown or by Act. His son will wait fifteen years.

Wardrobe

Early Tudor slashed sleeves, black and gold, a condemned peer's gown on Tower Hill.

Weapons · animals · lands

The headsman's axe — his last public weapon.

None on the scaffold.

  • Forfeit 1497