Richard Aylmer (1509 - 1559)

Born 1509 in Lyons, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Fleming) Hussey — married 1531 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1559 at about age 50 in Lyons, County Kildare, Ireland

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Biography

Richard Aylmer lived 1509-1559 and was the son of Richard Aylmer (born ca.1479) and Genet Tew.^[1]

1514 death of his father ^[2]

He married ca.1531 to Elinor Fleming, Lady of Galtrim ^[2] daughter of Sir George Fleming (2nd son of James, 12th Lord Slane) and Margaret, sister of Piers, 8th Earl of Ormond. ^[3]

He was appointed Chief Serjeant, County Kildare, on 1 June 1535 ( 27 Hen VIII) and in 1543 he was High Sheriff. ^[4]

In 1558 he bought from Thomas, 10th Earl of Ormond, the territorial barony of Oughterany, County Kildare, including Donadea.

Richard died around 1559 and pre 1562 ^[2]

Issue: ^[2] & ^[5]

1. Thomas Aylmer (b. c 1531 -1586) m. Alison Cusack (b. c 1545 - 1623) - Issue
2. Sir Gerald Aylmer Knight of Donadea 1st Bart. (1548 - 1634) m1). Mary Travers (dsp 28 Nov 1610) daughter of Henry Travers of Monkstown, Co. Dublin; widow of James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass & m2). Juliana Nugent (d. 1617) daughter of Sir Christopher Nugent, Baron of Delvin - Issue
3. Edward Aylmer m. Katherine Fitzgerald daughter of Robert Fitzgerald of Alloone.
4. Mary Aylmer (1544 - 1603) m. 1567 James Hussey, (d 1603), 12th Baron Galtrim - Issue
5. Catherine Aylmer m. Philip FitzGerald of Allen
6. Anne Aylmer m. James Aylmer of Dollardstown
7. Elizabeth Aylmer d. May 1598 m. Edward Cusack - Issue
8. George Aylmer (b. c 1540 d. 26 Dec 1582) of Cloncurry, Kildare and Trim m. Mary Hussey daughter of Patrick Hussey, 11th. Baron of Galtrim

Research Notes

Discrepancy: Lodge's Peerage attributes the Fleming marriage to Ellice (Alice), a different sister of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. ^[6]

According to Sir William Betham's pedigree chart of the Barons of Slane: Her name was Elinor Butler ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tyrrell's Mill and Castle, near Celbridge" in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society publ 1911 vol 6 p 520
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Fitzgerald, Walter, Lord; Notes on Hartwell Castle in the Parish of Kill. in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol 8 Pub. 1891 pg 494
3. ↑ "The Aylmers of Lyons, County Kildare" by Hans Hendrick Aylmer in The Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society 1903-1905 vol 4 p 181
4. ↑ Wikipedia High Sheriff Kildare
5. ↑ Burke, B., Fox-Davies, A. Charles. (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. New ed. Rev. London: Harrison & sons. pg 20
6. ↑ Lodge's Peerage of Ireland (1754), Vol.2, p.15}
7. ↑ Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Fleming of Slane (1829), p.18

See Also:

The Peerage

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