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Through historical records and DNA I’ve established that Barbara Aubrey of Glamorgan and Pennsylvania is my 9 x great grandmother. Barbara is a “gateway ancestor” - her lineage connects to noble pedigrees. Here’s the story of one of our ancestors, Eleanor Holland.
Eleanor was born c1405 in Woodstock, Kent, the illegitimate daughter of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, and Constance of York. She married Sir James Tuchet, 5th Lord Audley, on 14 February 1430, and the couple produced seven children, three sons and four daughters, including my direct ancestor Constance.
Eleanor brought action in Court Christian to disprove her bastardy, but lost her suit.
Her husband, Sir James Tuchet, was slain by Sir Roger Kynaston at the Battle of Blore Heath, Shropshire 23 September 1459, while in command of the Lancastrian forces during the Wars of the Roses. Audley’s Cross still stands on the battlefield marking the spot where Sir James died.