Baroness Audley suo jure. She was her father's heiress. She was 12 years old when Ralph de Stafford, accompanied by relatives, allegedly broke into Hugh de Audley's close, carried away his goods, abducted Margaret, and married her against her will. King Edward III intervened to protect Ralph, and, after making his peace, Ralph and Margaret were given the reversion to a large part of the Gloucester inheritance.