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Sir Anthony Aucher

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Sir Anthony Aucher

Birth
England
Death
9 Jan 1558 (aged 57–58)
Calais, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Bishopsbourne, City of Canterbury, Kent, England Add to Map
Plot
south chapel; memorial on east wall, burial in vault beneath
Memorial ID
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Knight of Bishopsbourne and Otterden, Kent. Marshall of Calais, Governor of Guisnes, Master of the Jewel House of the Tower of London.

Son of James Aucher and Alice Hall, grandson of John Aucher and Margaret Church, and Thomas Hill.

Husband of Affra Cornwallis, daughter of William Cornwallis and Elizabeth Stanford. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter.

Anthony served as one of the agents of King Henry VIII in the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and as a military commander at the siege of Calais, where he was wounded and died of those wounds two days after the surrender of that city. Administration of his estate was granted to his son Edward.
Knight of Bishopsbourne and Otterden, Kent. Marshall of Calais, Governor of Guisnes, Master of the Jewel House of the Tower of London.

Son of James Aucher and Alice Hall, grandson of John Aucher and Margaret Church, and Thomas Hill.

Husband of Affra Cornwallis, daughter of William Cornwallis and Elizabeth Stanford. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter.

Anthony served as one of the agents of King Henry VIII in the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and as a military commander at the siege of Calais, where he was wounded and died of those wounds two days after the surrender of that city. Administration of his estate was granted to his son Edward.

Inscription

Sr. Anthony Aucher, Knt. / Mareschall of Callice; Governr. / of Guisnes Master of the / Jewel House in the times of / Henry the eight, Edward the / sixt & Queen Mary. Slayn / at the loss of Callice 1558. / Affra Cornwallis his Wife.



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  • Originally Created by: Sheilia W.
  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67036533/anthony-aucher: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Anthony Aucher (1500–9 Jan 1558), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67036533, citing St Mary Churchyard, Bishopsbourne, City of Canterbury, Kent, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).