Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
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The Right Honourable The Lord Audley of Walden KG, PC, KS |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 26 January 1533 – 1544 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas More |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Southampton |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 1529–1533 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas More |
| Succeeded by | William FitzWilliam |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 1529–1533 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas More |
| Succeeded by | Sir Humphrey Wingfield |
| Keeper of the Great Seal | |
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In office 1532 – 21 April 1544 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas More |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Southampton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1488 Earls Colne, Essex Kingdom of England |
| Died | 30 April 1544 (aged 56) Saffron Walden, Kingdom of England |
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden KG, PC, KS (c. 1488 – 30 April 1544), was an English barrister and judge who served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1533 to 1544.
Audley was born in Earls Colne, Essex, the son of Geoffrey Audley, and is believed to have studied at Buckingham College, Cambridge, now known as Magdalene College He was educated for the law, entered the Middle Temple, was named town clerk of Colchester in 1514, and became Justice of the Peace for Essex in November 1520.
In 1523 Audley was returned to Parliament for Essex, and represented this constituency in subsequent Parliaments. In 1527 he was Groom of the Chamber, and became a member of Wolsey’s household. On the fall of the latter in 1529, he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the same year Speaker of the House of Commons, presiding over the famous assembly styled the Reformation Parliament, which abolished the papal jurisdiction. The same year he headed a deputation of the Commons to the king to complain of Bishop Fisher’s speech against their proceedings. He interpreted the King’s "moral" scruples to parliament concerning his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, and made himself the instrument of the King in the attack upon the clergy and the preparation of the Act of Supremacy.
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