Hugh Audley (baptised 13 January 1577 – 15 November 1662), also known as The Great Audley, was an English moneylender, lawyer and philosopher. Following his death, he was the feature of a popular 17th-century pamphlet titled The way to be rich according to the practice of the Great Audley,[1] which compared his humble beginnings to his ultimate fortune.[2]
- ^ The full title of this work was The way to be rich according to the practice of the great Audley who begun with two hundred pound in the year 1605, and dyed worth four hundred thousand pound this instant November, 1662. London: Printed for E. Davis, 1662
- ^ Anonymous 1662, p. 1.