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.
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