Generation 6 · plantagenet · 7 of 60 · Holds the 1313 writ

Nicholas de Audley of Heighley

Lord of Heighley

Son · husband · father of this house

Nicholas de Audley of Heighley, full figure, Royal / court, front

Helm or circlet of rank

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Chronicle of this board

Held the castle on the eve of the writ

Nicholas held Heighley through the late thirteenth century and died in 1299. His grandson (or near heir of the same name) will be the man Edward II summons.

The castle is now a recognised honour: chapel, bailey, well, and a view that commands the road from Staffordshire into Cheshire.

Wardrobe

Late-thirteenth-century mail and early coat-of-plates, crimson and gold, great helm with a simple wreath.

Weapons · animals · lands

Sword, lance, heater shield of the fret.

Warhorse; castle stables at Heighley.

  • Heighley Castle and the Audley honour