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AWSE, ROBERT, son of James Awse, Great Torrington, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 15) Oct 1726; in school list 1727/8; adm. Middle Temple 9 Nov 1727 (as Awes); “Sixty Clerk” [sic, Whitmore : but a reading of Musgrave suggests that this was James Awse, “of the Chancery”, who d. 6 May 1764]; d. 1764 [but check]

Ayland, Frederick George William, son of Frederick Ayland, of Strawberry Hill, by Bertha Lydia, daughter of George West, of Twickenham; b. April 29, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Dec. 1914; in the timber trade; senior salesman of Denny, Mott and Dickson, Ltd.; director of W. R. Barton and Son, Gravesend, 1945; served with R. N. A. S. in airships during Great War I; m. July 19, 1921, Alice Irene, daughter of Arthur Britton, of Howden, Yorks; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

AYLESBURY, SIR THOMAS, BART., second son of William Aylesbury, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London, and his first wife Anne, dau. of John Poole, Sapperton, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1598, matr. 24 Nov 1598, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1612; BA 1602; MA 1605; MA Camb. (lit. reg. ) 1635/6; Secretary to Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Buckingham as successive Lord High Admirals; created baronet 19 Apr 1627; one of the Masters of Requests 1625 – c. 1641 (paid to 25 Mar 1641); Master of the Mint Aug 1635-42, holding post jointly with Sir Ralph Freeman until their suspension by Parliament as Royalist supporters; retired to the Low Countries after the death of Charles I; a learned mathematician, and a great “encourager of learning and learned men”; lic. to m. 3 Oct 1611 Anne, widow of William Darell, and eldest dau. of Rev. Francis Denman, Rector of West Retford, Notts.; d. at Breda, Netherlands 1657. DNB.

AYLETT, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1728; in school list 1731. [Perhaps George Aylet, son of George Aylet, bapt. Romford, Essex 1 Nov 1717 (IGI)] [Note George Aylett, surgeon, Romford, Essex, widower (will PCC 18 Jun 1772), d. 10 May 1772; but there was also a George Aylett, surgeon, Windsor, Berks., who d. 1782]

AYLOFFE, SIR JOSEPH, BART., son of Joseph Ayloffe, barrister, Gray’s Inn, Recorder of Kingston-upon-Thames. and Mary, dau. of Brian Ayliffe, citizen and merchant, London; grandson of Joseph Ayloffe (qv); b. 1709; adm. Jun 1719; in under school list 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1726; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Oct 1724, called to bar 29 Oct 1730; succ. cousin as 6th baronet 10 Dec 1730; Methodiser of State Papers, Secretary of State’s Office, from 16 Jul 1764; FSA 10 Feb 1731/2, Vice-Pres.; FRS 27 May 1731; an eminent antiquary; employed William Blake to copy paintings in Westminster Abbey presbytery; author, Calendars of the Ancient Charters . . . now remaining in the Tower, 1772, and other works; m. Jan 1734 Margaret, dau. of Charles Railton, Carlisle, Cumberland; d. 19 Apr 1781. DNB.

AYLOFFE, JOSEPH, son of Sir William Ayloffe, Bart., MP, and his third wife Alice, dau. of James Stokes, Stoke, near Coventry, Warwicks.; b.; adm.; KS 1636; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1640, adm. pens. 18 May 1640, scholar 1641, matr. 1640; BA 1643/4; MA 1647; adm. Gray’s Inn 31 Oct 1646, called to bar 1653, ancient 18 May 1667; Savoy Manor Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 8 Aug 1660 - successor appointed Apr 1673; of Brittayns, Hornchurch, Essex; m. Frances, dau. of Henry Ayscough, Yorkshire; d. at Montpellier, France. (will proved PCC 29 Jul 1674, as of Gray’s Inn).

AYLOFFE, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Ayloffe, Bassingbourn, Cambs.; b.; adm.; KS 1674; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1680, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1680, aged 18, scholar 22 Apr 1681, matr. [check]; 3rd in ordo 1683/4; MA 1687; LLD 1705; Minor Fellow, Trinity 19 Apr 1687, Major Fellow from 22 Jul 1687, Tutor 1693-8, Senior Fellow 1714, Senior Bursar 1716-9, 1722-6; supported John Colbatch (qv) in his prolonged struggle against Bentley; Public Orator, Univ. Cambridge, 1696-1727; d. 1728.

AYLWORTH, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Aylworth, Aylworth, Naunton, Gloucs., and Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Sackville, Kt, Bibury, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1673, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1673, scholar 1674; adm. Middle Temple 23 Jun 1675; buried 3 Apr 1677, aged 23.