George Ayliffe (abt. 1584 - 1643)

Born about 1584 in City of London, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Blount) Ayliffe — married 20 May 1634 in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 1643 at about age 59 in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Sir George Ayliffe, Knight, of Rabson, Wiltshire

George Ayliffe was recorded in the Ayliffe pedigree in the Visitation of Wiltshire in 1623 as the eldest son of John Ayliffe of Grittenham, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, and his first wife Elizabeth Harris [Harrison] of London.^[1][2]

George 'Alife' was baptised on 08 Jun 1584 at St Olave Old Jewry, City of London, son of Mr John Alife.^[3]

Marriages and Children

George Ayliffe married first Anne, daughter of Sir John St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.^[1][4] The marriage took place around 1610.^[5]

Children:

• John Ayliffe esq (born about 1610, died 1645)^[6]
• Anne Ayliffe (born 1611, died 1632)^[1][7] married Edward Hyde
• Lucy Ayliffe (born about 1614) married Robert Compton^[8]
• St John Ayliffe (baptised 14 Feb 1614/1615 at Corsham)^[7]
• George Ayliffe^[1]
• Elizabeth Ayliffe (born about 1618, died 1698)^[6] married (i) George Duke; then (ii) Hampton Jay
• Deborah Ayliffe^[6][9] married John St John
• Edward Ayliffe (born 1620/21, died 1620/21)^[1]
• Susanna Ayliffe^[6]
• Barbara Ayliffe^[6][10] married Edmund Long
• Frances Ayliffe (born about 1624, died about 1646 unmarried)^[6][11]
• Apsley Ayliffe (born about 1625, died 1643 unmarried)^[6]

He married second Martha Blount on 20 May 1634 at St Margaret Westminster, Middlesex.^[12]

Career

George 'Ayloff of Essex (Grettenham, Wilts)' was knighted on 28 Oct 1617 at Royston.^[13]

He inherited on the death of his father in 1631.^[5]

In 1643 in the records of the Manor Court of Brinkworth, Wiltshire, was noted an issue regarding a sluice in the river and lands inherited by Sir George Ayliffe.^[14]

He was described as being of Rabson, Wiltshire.^[6] The Manor of Rabson in the parish of Winterbourne Bassett was also known as the manor of North Winterborne.

Death

Sir George Ayliffe was buried on 06 Dec 1643 at Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.^[15][16]

Summary of the Will of Sir George Ayliffe 1647

In his will made on 22 May 1640 and proved on 30 Mar 1647 he was recorded as Sir George Ayliffe of Rabson, Wiltshire, knight.^[6] His will was "to be buried in the vault in Lydyard Church by the bodie of most deare wife there interred alredy which was one of her last requests to me."

He bequeathed "to my wife my Ladie Ayliffe all that household stuffe of mine at Dedisham in Sussex".

To his four daughters Susanna Ayliffe, Barbara Ayliffe, Frances Ayliffe and Appesley Ayliffe, he bequeathed £1000 each for their portions, to be paid to them at the day of their marriage or at age 21.

To his daughters Elizabeth Duke and Debora Saint John he bequeathed £5 each for a ring.

"To my daughter Katherin Ayliffe the wife of my sonn John Ayliffe £10. To my Grandson George Ayliffe £10. To my Granddaughter Katherin Ayliffe £10".

He noted his servant John Frye.

"To my deare sonn John Ayliffe whoe hath ever carried himselfe most dutifullie and loveing to me for which God forever requite him in the duty of all his my Grandchildren to him my best coach and all such my coach horses as I shall dye possessed of and my owne sadle horse all my plate and all my furniture and householdstuffe of that house I made my dwelling house that faire case of Instruments withall thins belonging it it which was Sir John Ayliffs my greate Grandfather and left by him to my Grandfather and from him to my father and from my father to me and from me to my sonn whome God for ever blesse desireing him to keepe it to leave to posteretie in memorie of Sir John Ayliffe whoe by Gods providence was the first raiser of our famely".

He nominated his son John Ayliffe as his sole Executor.

The Overseers were his 'cousin' and friend the Right honorable William Viscount Grandeson and his son in law Edward Hyde esq.

He also noted "my Ladie Villiers my dearest sister" (his sister in law Barbara St John).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Edited by George W Marshall, 1882. Aylyffe Pedigree pp 29-30 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623. With additional pedigrees and arms collected by Thomas Lyte of Lyte's Cary, Co. Somerset 1628. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol LV and LVI. Edited by GD Squibb. 1954. Aileffe Pedigree pp 1-2.
3. ↑ St Olave Old Jewry, City of London. Register. Image of Register accessed via Ancestry.
4. ↑ Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Edited by George W Marshall, 1882. St John Pedigree pp 36-37 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem. Charles I. Fry G S and Fry E A (Editors). British Record Society, Limited. 1901, pp 175-176 Internet Archive.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} Will of Sir George Ayliffe of Rabson, Wiltshire. 30 March 1647. PROB 11/199/790. The National Archives, Kew.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Corsham Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
8. ↑ London Marriage Licences 1521-1869. Foster J (Ed). 1887. Compton Ayliffe Marriage 1638 Internet Archive.
9. ↑ Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Edited by Sir T Phillips, 1828. St John Pedigree Google Books.
10. ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 3, 1838, p 215 Google Books.
11. ↑ Will of Frances Ayliffe. 30 March 1646. PROB 11/199/11. The National Archives, Kew.
12. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52X-7QQ : 10 February 2018), George Ayliffe and Martha Blunt, 20 May 1634; citing Saint Margaret,Westminster,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 942 B4HA V. 64, 942 B4HA V. 88, 942.1 W1 V26M PT 1, 942.1 W1 V26M PT 2.
13. ↑ Shaw, W A (1906) The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. Vols I & II. London. See Vol II, p 166.
14. ↑ The Court Records of Brinkworth and Charlton 1544-1648. Crowley D (Ed.), Wiltshire Record Society Vol. 61, 2009, p 230.
15. ↑ Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. Bishop's Transcripts. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
16. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8C9-XZD : 10 February 2018), ... George Sr Aylife, burial 06 Dec 1643; citing Liddiard-Treegooze, Wiltshire, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,412.

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