Justiciar of Ireland James De Aldithley
Abt 1225 - 1272 (~ 47 years)-
Name James De Aldithley Title Justiciar of Ireland Born Abt 1225 Audley, Staffordshire, England 
Gender Male Reference Number 3699 Died 11 Jun 1272 Person ID I3699 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Henry De Aldithley, b. Abt 1175, d. Bef Nov 1246 (Age ~ 71 years) Relationship natural Mother Bertred Mainwaring, b. Abt 1196 Relationship natural Married 1217 Edgmond, Shropshire, England Family ID F4943 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ela Longespée, b. 1228, d. Bef 22 Nov 1299 (Age < 71 years) Married 1244 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Children 1. Hugh De Audley, I, b. Abt 1250, Audley, Staffordshire, England , d. Abt 1336 (Age ~ 86 years) [natural]2. James De Aldithley, b. 1250, d. 1273 (Age 23 years) [natural] 3. Henry De Aldithley, b. 1251, d. 1276 (Age 25 years) [natural] 4. Joan De Audley, b. Abt 1252 [natural] 5. William De Audley, b. 18 Oct 1253, d. 1282 (Age 28 years) [natural] 6. Nicholas De Aldithley, b. 1258, d. 28 Aug 1299 (Age 41 years) [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F4942 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James de Aldithley, Justiciar of Ireland was born circa 1225 in Audley, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of Henry de Aldithley and Bertred Mainwaring. James married Ela Longespée, daughter of William Longespée and Idonia de Camville, in 1244 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He had livery of his lands in 1246/47 at 31 Henry III He was an active adherent of Henry III in his contests with the Barons between 1250 and 1260. Keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme on 30 October 1250. He was a great favorite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as King of Almaine (Germany) he assisted in May 1257. He was a witness where Richard, "of Cornwall," Earl of Cornwall crowned as King of the Romans, i.e. emperor-designate, in May 1257 at Aachen, Germany. Arms: De gueules, fretté d'or. James joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. Justice of Chester in 1259. He was one of the Lords-Marcher, actively employed for some years against the Welsh, circa 1260. Justiciar of Ireland between 1262 and 1272. He was a witness where Roger, 6th Lord Mortimer with other barons-marcher, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales in 1264. James was with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marcher, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales in 1264. He was joined the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. He performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia in 1267/68 at 52 Henry III, Spain. Annals of Monte Fernando 1270: "Item dominus James de Audele venit justiciarius Hibernie." He embarked in the Crusade with King Henry and Prince Edward in 1270. Annales Hiberniae 1270: "Jacobus de Audley Justitiarius." Annales Hiberniae 1272: "Interficitur justitiarius Jacobus Audley, lapsus ab equo in Thothomomia, cui successit Mauritius Mauritii."
James died circa 11 June 1272 at 56 Henry III, Ireland. He died by "breaking his neck." His estate was probated on 16 July 1272; Writ for his Inq. p. m.. He was the predecessor of Maurice fitz Maurice, Lord Justice of Ireland; Justiciar of Ireland. - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p401.htm#i6843
- James de Aldithley, Justiciar of Ireland was born circa 1225 in Audley, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of Henry de Aldithley and Bertred Mainwaring. James married Ela Longespée, daughter of William Longespée and Idonia de Camville, in 1244 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He had livery of his lands in 1246/47 at 31 Henry III He was an active adherent of Henry III in his contests with the Barons between 1250 and 1260. Keeper of the castle of Newcastle-under-Lyme on 30 October 1250. He was a great favorite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, at whose coronation as King of Almaine (Germany) he assisted in May 1257. He was a witness where Richard, "of Cornwall," Earl of Cornwall crowned as King of the Romans, i.e. emperor-designate, in May 1257 at Aachen, Germany. Arms: De gueules, fretté d'or. James joined in a letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1258. Justice of Chester in 1259. He was one of the Lords-Marcher, actively employed for some years against the Welsh, circa 1260. Justiciar of Ireland between 1262 and 1272. He was a witness where Roger, 6th Lord Mortimer with other barons-marcher, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales in 1264. James was with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marcher, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales in 1264. He was joined the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. He performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in Galicia in 1267/68 at 52 Henry III, Spain. Annals of Monte Fernando 1270: "Item dominus James de Audele venit justiciarius Hibernie." He embarked in the Crusade with King Henry and Prince Edward in 1270. Annales Hiberniae 1270: "Jacobus de Audley Justitiarius." Annales Hiberniae 1272: "Interficitur justitiarius Jacobus Audley, lapsus ab equo in Thothomomia, cui successit Mauritius Mauritii."
