'Ayloffe1'
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Families covered: Ayloffe of Braxted Magna, Ayloffe of Brittayne, Ayloffe of Hornchurch, Ayloffe of Melbourne
| Apparently descended from Aliff ("a person of great note in the time of Edward the Confessor"), himself descended from Aluphus ("a Saxon"), was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Ayloff of Hornchurch | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne West (dau of Thomas West) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Ayloff of Hornchurch (Essex) & Susbury (Suffolk) (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Birch (dau of William Birch by Agnes, dau of Roger Grice of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Ayloffe of Brittayne in Hornchurch, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Audrey Shaw (dau of Sir John Shaw or Shaa, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Ayloffe of Brittayne or Brettaynes, Sheriff of Essex & Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Agnes Barnardiston (dau of Sir Thomas Barnardiston of Ketton by Anne, dau of Sir Thomas Lucas of Colchester) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ayloffe of Brittayne, Sheriff of Essex (d 08.11.1585, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Sulyard (dau of Eustace Sulyard of Flemings) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Ayloffe of Braxted Magna (Essex), Sheriff of Essex, 1st Bart (b 1563, d 05.08.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| Sir William's wife is identified as Catharine, dau/coheir of John Sterne of Melbourne, but it appears that she was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Catharine Sterne (dau/heir of Thomas Sterne, son of John of Melbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Bernard Ayloffe, 2nd Bart of Braxted Magna, Sheriff of Essex (bpt 29.08.1592, d 1662-3, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1621) Alice Archdale (bur 28.11.1612, dau of Martin Archdale or Avondalte of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Barbara Ayloffe (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.05.1616) Margaret Fanshaw (dau of Thomas Fanshaw of Ware Park (remembrancer), Aunt of Thomas, Lord Fanshaw) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Bart (bpt 03.12.1619, dsps 1675, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Orbye (d 08.11.1683, dau of Peter Orbye of Burton Pedwarden (by Elizabeth, dau of Robert Horseman of Burton Penwardine), relict of Frederick de la Tremouille, Comte de Laval & Benon) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Ayloffe (dvp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sir Benjamin Ayloffe of London, 4th Bart (d 05.03.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1669) Martha Tyrrel (dau of Sir John Tyrrel of Heron) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Ayloffe (dvp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Jenks (minister of St. Dunstan's) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Martha Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Preston of London | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Henry Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Bulkeley (dau/heir of Richard Bulkeley of Cheadle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Rev. Sir John Ayloffe of Stanford Rivers, 5th Bart (d unm 10.12.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catharine Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hardwick of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Alice, Margaret, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (c 12.1621, sp ) Margaret Porter (d c1681/2, sister of George Porter, m2. John Wale?) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | James Ayloffe of Melbourne, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Herris (dau of Sir William Herris or Harris of Shenfield) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes partly from VCH (Canbridgeshire, vol 8, 'Parishes: Melbourn'). | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Ayloffe of Bassingbourn & Melbourn (d 1691) who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Whalley (dau of Thomas Whalley of Kirton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Penyston (dau of Thomas Penyston of Rochester, sister of Sir Thomas, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Ayloffe of Melbourn Bury | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue (dsp) - William, Thomas, James | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Anne, Caterine | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Anthony Thomas of Cobham | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gervase Lee of Norwell | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Jane Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Kighley of Gray | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Wlliam (dvp), Thomas (dsp), Joseph (dsp), Anne (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Sexton (bur 16.12.1617, dau/heir of Thomas Sexton) | |||||||||||||||
| (J) | Thomas Ayloffe of Brettaynes, of Gray's Inn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wentworth (dau of Edward Wentworth of Bocking) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Benjamin Ayloffe of Gray's Inn (b c1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Victoria Erskine (dau of Alexander Erskine, son of John, Earl of Mar) | |||||||||||||||
| (K) | John Ayloffe (dsp, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Alice Stokes (bur 17.04.1652, dau of James Stokes of Stoke) | |||||||||||||||
| (L) | Joseph Ayloffe of Gray's Inn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Ayscough (dau of Henry Ayscough) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Joseph Ayloffe of Gray's Inn (d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Ayloffe (dau of Bryan Ayloffe of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Joseph Ayloffe, 6th Bart (b 1708-9, dsps 19.04.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1734) Margaret Railton (b 1704-5, d 08.03.1797, dau/heir of Thomas Railton of Carlisle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Joseph Ayloffe (b c1735, dvp unm 19.12.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 1 son and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Guicciardine | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Guicciardine Ayloffe (Secretary of the Duchy of Lancaster) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Ayloffe (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Broom or Browne of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Thomas, Gyles, Raffe, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp?) Margaret Forster (widow of Eustace Suliard of Flemings) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Thomas Ayloffe (d 1555, Alderman of London) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Walsingham (dau of Thomas Walsingham, sister of Sir Edward) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (dau of John Colche alias Sterne of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gaynesford or Gainsford of Crowhurst | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Thomas, Giles, Ralph, Mary, Elizabeth, Edith | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Walsingham (dau of Sir Edward Walsingham, Lt. of the Tower) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Ayloffe of Chissell, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Alice Searle (dau/heir of John Searle of Barkway) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ayloffe of Chissell (Sergeant At law to the King) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Holcroft (dau of Thomas Holcroft of Battersley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Ayloffe of Chissell (a 1639, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Powell (dau/heir of William Powell of Salop) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Grandissonn (dsp), William, Elizabeth (d young), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Isabell Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Bolton of Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Dawkes of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - William (dsp), Oliver (dsp), Henry (dsp), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Wallis of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Allice Ketleborough | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Agnes Ayloffe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Bruges or Bridges, Lord Mayor of London (a 1521) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 (Ayloff of Braxted Magna) with support/input from Visitation (Essex, 1612+1634, Ayloffe), Visitation (Cambridgeshire, 1575+1619, Ayloffe), TCB (Vol 1, 'Ayloffe of Braxted magna', p93+)
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