William Jauderell was an archer in the English armies in Wales of Edward, the Black Prince in the 14th century. A descendant of Peter Jauderel, a soldier who had helped King Edward conquer Wales in the late 13th century, William Jauderell held estates in Cheshire and Macclesfield Forest registered in 1351, although he originally came from Yeardsley, in Derbyshire. His son Roger Joudrell would later fight at the Battle of Agincourt, and was buried in the church of St James, Taxal, where his grave is marked by a large plaque honouring William and others from the family.