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Tobell Aylmer

b. prob. bef. 1610, m. 1627 (TBC)^[1], d. prob.1663^[2]

Editorial history

01/12/11, CSG: Made minor edits & added links
26/12/11, CSG: Added hypetexted Table of Contents

Suggested links

See Tobell Aylmer will

See PROB 4/7909 Inventory of Tobell Aylmer, 1664, ff. 1-3

Chancery cases

See C5/15/3 f. 1
See C5/15/3 f. 2

See C6/130/5 f. 1
See C6/130/5 f. 2

See C10/5/21 f. 1
See C10/5/21 f. 2

See C10/12/128 f. 1
See C10/12/128 f. 2
See C10/12/128 f. 3

Correspondence

See 20th March 1662/63, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir GO, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate
See 2nd September 1667, Letter from Sarah Wainman to Sir GO
- Tobell Aylmer, Elizabeth Dallison, Sarah Wainman, Edith Perrin, and Edward Kelke had been living together near Ludgate Hill in late 1650s
- Sarah Wainman and Richard Oxinden lived with Mrs Perin (Edith Perrin) in Lambeth post 1666 London fire, from where Sarah wrote this letter

To do

(1) Add HTML links to letters listed in footnotes

Biography

Tobell (alias Tobel, Tobias, Tobye) Aylmer (alias Aylmore, Elmore, Elmer, Aelmer) (the younger) was a citizen of London, who was made free of the drapers in 1627.^[3] More than thirty years later he was chosen a warden of the company for the year 1659-60, and an assistant for the years 1659-1663 ^[4] Fellow drapers in the 1640s to early 1660s included Samuell Vassall, master, 1645-46; Christopher Packe, master, 1649-50, & 1654-55; Andrew Riccards, master, 1652-53; and William Love, master, 1660-61.^[5]

He was from the long established Lincolnshire family of the Aylmers of Revesby.^[6] The second son of the eponymous Tobell Aylmer (b. aft. ?1572, d. ?) of Writtle, Essex, his mother was Mary Sammes, daughter of John Sammes of Toppingshall in Hatfield Peverell, Essex.^[7]

His elder brother was the Reverend John Aylmer, rector of Bletsoe and Melchburne, Bedfordshire.^[8] John was the rector of Bletsoe from 1630 to 1658.^[9] John appears to have had his living sequestered in 1644.^[10]

The pedigree of 'Aylmer of Revesby' published in Lincolnshire pedigrees (1902) shows Tobell Aylmer (the younger) with two younger sisters, Margaret and Mary, together with two daughters of the same name.^[11] However, Chancery documentation taken with Tobell Aylmer's will, suggest that Margaret Aylmer, married to John Grigg, was in fact one of his daughters rather than his sister, and in his will Tobell (the younger) refers to his grandchild Mary Grigg.^[12]

It is clear though that he had a younger sister, Mary Aylmer, (b.?, d. ca. 1690. poss. 1691), who married, firstly, John Acton (b.?, d. ca. 1648), a goldsmith of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, who is described much later by his widow in her will as goldsmith to Charles I, and, secondly, Christopher Hoddesdon of Hornchurch, Essex (b.?, d. bef. ca. 1661), outliving both men.^[13] An inventory exists for a Christopher Hoddesdon both for the mansion house of Lee Gardens, Hornchurch, and for his chambers in the Inner Temple, dated October 28, 1660.^[14]. Mary's marriage to Christopher Hoddesdon was probably a second marriage, since there is a record of an earlier marriage in 1638/39 between a twenty-five year old Christopher Hoddesdon, Gent., of Saint Andrew's Holborn, and a twenty-six year old Mary Legat of of St. Botolph, Aldersgate.^[15] A Thomas St. George, who was related to the Legat(t) family, sold the manor of Lee Gardens to Christopher Hoddesdon in 1648.^[16]

Puzzlingly, there is a record of the marriage of a Christopher Hoddesdon, Esq. & a M:rs Mary Grigge ^[17] on September 17th 1651 at St. James, Clerkenwell, not to a Mary Acton. There appears to have been a Hoddesdon connection with Saint James, Clerkenwell, with an earlier wedding of an Anne Hoddesdon also took place in this parish.FootNote(IGI record: Anne Hoddesdon; spouse: Thomas Baker; 17 Apr 1621; Saint James, Clerkenwell; IGI record no. M001411

It is likely that Tobell Aylmer the younger did have a daughter Margaret, and that she married, firstly, John Grigg, and secondly Arthur Loane (alias Lone), gent. In Arthur Loane's will, written in 1670, he identifies his wife as Margaret, and mentions a daughter-in-law, Mary Grigg, who this author takes to be the daughter of his wife, Margaret, by her first husband, John Grigg.^[18] Mary Grigg is also identified in Tobell Aylmer (the younger)'s will as his grandchild. Furthermore, Arthur Loane refers to his "Aunt Perryn", who this author takes to be the Edith Perryn (alias Perrin), or Mrs. Perrin, of Tobell Aylmer's will.

His grandfather was John Aylmer (b. 1521 (TBC), d. 1594 (TBC), Bishop of London, whose biography was written by a nephew of Tobell Aylmer (the younger), the London bookseller Brabazon Aylmer, and published by John Strype.^[19]

His wife, Margaret Casinghurst, was from Leatherhead, Surrey.^[20] Unverified online genealogical sources suggest that he married Margaret Casinghurst in 1627 (poss. 1628) at St. Gregory by St. Paul, Middlesex.^[21] He was, however, almost certainly a widower by the late 1650s, when we encounter Tobell Aylmer the younger in Chancery litigation, and in the early 1660s, when he appears in Sir George Oxenden's correspondence.

Elizabeth Dallison's links to Tobell Aylmer

Elizabeth Dallison referred to Tobel(l) Aylmer, or Mr. Aylmer, several times in her correspondence with Sir George Oxenden, and in one letter identifies him as her cousin.^[22] It is not clear the exact degree of this cousinship, and whether it was through birth or marriage.

Reference to "o:r Indian Freinds" in the postscriptum of a letter written by Tobell to Sir George Oxenden in 1663 suggests that Tobell may himself have been in India, perhaps in the late 1650s with Richard Oxinden, also a cousin of Elizabeth Dallison, who was definitely in the East Indies during that period.^[23] John Hoddesdon, probably a brother-in-law, or nephew of Tobell's younger sister Mary, by her second marriage, definitely travelled out to Surat on the Smirna Merchant in 1655 with George Oxenden and Richard Oxinden, referring in his will of 1655 to the planned voyage.^[24] It is even possible that Edward Masters, a merchant of Antwerp and relative of George Oxenden, may have been with Tobell Aylmer and Richard Oxinden in India. Tobell identified Edward Masters and Richard Oxinden as his intended drinking companions at the Ship, Old Bailey, where he wished to drink to "o:r Indian Freinds."

This day M:r Rich:d Masters M:r Rich:d Oxinden & my Selfe are gooing to y:e Shipp to Drinck to & Rememb:r o:r Indian Freinds in pticuler yo:r owne w:th a or Gunn of Ale^[25]

Although Elizabeth Dallison states in the letter identifying him as a cousin that Tobell was not free of the East India Company, neither was Richard Oxinden.^[26] A separate letter to Sir George Oxenden from John Mascall, sent on the same day as Tobell Aylmer's, mentions Richard Masters of Antwerp desiring "his remembrance", raising the possibility that John Mascall joined Tobell, and the two Richards, at the Ship.^[27]

For a period or periods in the late 1650s Elizabeth Dallison lodged at Tobell Aylmer's home in Ludgate Hill, though by the early 1660s she was lodging in Throgmorton Street, which was more convenient for the Exchange and East India House.^[28] An agrieved Lincolnshire lawyer stated, in an answer to a bill of complaint brought by Elizabeth Dallison, that in 1658 or early 1659 Elizabeth was living as a lodger in Tobell Aylmer's house in Ludgate. Others in the house included Elizabeth's servant, Sarah Waynman, Tobell Aylmer himself, his daughter Margaret Grigg, a Mrs Perrin, who Grasby suggests is Aylmer's unmarried partner, and Edward Kelke, a Gray's Inn lawyer.^[29] Despite Grasby's identification of Edith Perrin as Aylmer's unmarried partner, Tobell himself identifies her in his 1663 letter to Sir George Oxenden as "My Sister Perin," though he calls her in his will as "my goode freinde Edith Perin of London Widdow."^[30] Tobell made her the sole executrix of his will.

Tobell Aylmer in primary records

Tobell appears to have been involved in at least two Chancery suits in the 1640s and early 1650s. These require investigation.^[31]

The London widow, Edith Perrin, Aylmer's " goode freinde" whom he made his sole executrix, appears in a number of the records of the Fire Court on matters connected to the deceased Aylmer's properties. These also require investigation.

Edith Perrin and the Fire Court

"The petition stated that Lawrence Caldwell and Florentine Tanturier on 28 Nov. 1648 leased two messuages in Fleet Street, parish of St. Bride, to Tobell Aylmer for 32 years at a rent of £p.a., which lease..."^[32]
- See also "Katherine Cooling, widow, v. Mathew Boucherett//The petition stated that on 23 Nov. 1648 Lawrence Caldwell and Florentine Tainturyer leased the Greene Draggon on Ludgate Hill, parish of St. Bride and an adjoining messuage on the east to...." ^[33]

"Brewster owned several tenements on Ludgate Hill and in Little Old Bailey, one of which he acquired from the executors of Tobias Aylmer,..."^[34]
- See also "The parties appeared and were heard by their counsel. It appeared that the petitioner was seised of a corner house and three adjoining houses on the south side of Ludgate Hill which stood between..." ^[35]

"G.B.-779; B.M. 5066-55
15 Nov 1667. Baron Turnor(s), Justice Archer(s), Justice Morton(s)
John Deane, citizen and carpenter, v. Edith Perrin, Arthur Loane the elder, Margarett Loane and Arthur Loane the younger, an infant..."^[36]

"...The petition stated that the petitioner held a lease of two messuages in Katherine Wheele Alley in Holborn Cross Street, parish of St. Sepulchre, from Tobell Aylmer, citizen and draper, for 22 years yet to come at a rent of £10 p.a. and had built one tenement on a plot of ground lying before the said messuage, the premises..."^[37]

"...Court decreed that the petitioner rebuild with all convenient speed, pay 20s. to Edith Perrin and be discharged of all rent from the time of the Fire till Mich. 1668, that from that date the rents be abated by £11.10s. p.a. to £15 pa., that the terms be increased to 61 years from Lady Day 1667, and that a new lease or leases for the extended terme might be made by such of the defendants as may be entitled..."^[38]

"...Edith Perryn, Mary Hoddesdon, George Wakefield, Tobell Acton (sic) and William Acton

The petition stated that Tobell Aylmer, William Wakefield and Henry Iles, trustees for Mary Hoddesdon, late wife of John Acton, on 10 Nov. 1649 leased a messuage in Lombard Street, parish of St...." ^[39]
- See also "The petition stated that William Wakefeild, Henry Isles and Tobell Aylmer, trustees for Mary Hoddesdon, held a messuage in Lombard Street, parish of St. Mary Woolnoth, for 99 years if Mary should so long live, that on 17 Dec. 1649 they leased the same to William MXXXX..." ^[40]
- Tobell Acton was a son of John Acton, goldsmith of St. Mary's Woolnoth, and Mary Aylmer, Tobell Aylmer's younger sister, who subequently married Christopher Hoddesdon. Presumably the Lombard Street property used to belong to John Acton
- It is worth looking at this reference in full and searching for the original petition, since the petition may make clearer the nature of the relationship between Edith Perrin and Tobell Aylmer. This author suspects that Richard Grassby is incorrect in suggesting that Edith Perrin was Tobell Aylmer's unmarried widowed lover^[41]

"G.D.-164; B.M. 5076-37
14 Oct. 1668. Lord Chief Justice Vaughan(s), Baron Turnor(s), Justice Wylde(s)
Edith Perinne, widow, executrix of Tobell Aylmer, and Mary Hoddesdon, late wife of John Acton, v. George Beck, George Wake-XXXX"^[42]

Background secondary material

Woodhead (1966)

AYLMER, Tobel^[43]

Dep Farringdon Without (St Bride), 1660-3 Ludgate Hill, 1641, 1657, St Martin Ludgate, 1628, 1661, ? St Bride, 1660 (1) DR, fr, 1627, by John Ayre, W 1659 (2) Will PCC 113 Juxon pr, 17 Feb 1662/3 f Tobel Aylmer of London and Writtle, Essex, gent, m Mary, da of John Sommes of Hatfield Peverel, Essex, mar 1628, Margaret, da of John Casinghurst of Leatherhead, Surr (3) City and Southwark property (4) Commsr for Lieut, 1660

(1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 134, Boyd 9010, VBk, St Martin Ludgate, VBk, St Bride (2) Will, Boyd 9010 (3) Boyd 9009, 9010, f was s of John Aylmer, Archdeacon of Lincoln and Bishop of London (Boyd 9009) (4) Will

Lincolnshire Pedigrees, vol. 1 (1902)

THE PEDIGREE OF AYLMER OF REVESBY (1902) IS CONSISTED WITH WOODHEAD (1966) BUT INCONSISTENT WITH VISITATION OF LONDON, 1633-1635 (1880)

_Act for settling the militia for the City of London and Liberties thereof_

"[12 March 1659/60]

The Parliament taking into Serious Consideration the present State and Condition of this Common-wealth, and particularly of the City of London, Do Enact and Ordain, And be it Enacted and Ordained by Authority of the same, That Thomas Aleyn Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffes of the said City for the time being, Thomas Atkin, Thomas Foot, John Fowke, Thomas Viner, Major General Alderman Richard Browne, William Thompson, John Robinson, Anthony Bateman, John Lawrence, Richard King, William Bolton and William Wale, Aldermen, Col. Lawrence Bromfield, Richard Ford, Major Thomas Chamberlyn, William Bateman Esquire, William Vincent, John Jolly Esquires, Major John Taylor, William Antrobus Esquire, Thomas Steane, John Winne, Theophilus Biddulph Esquires, Captain Edward Storey, Deputy Abraham Johnson, John Saunders, Thomas Bludworth Esq; Maximilian Beard Esq; Major Thomas Cox, Major William Earely, Major John Alsopp, Deputy Thomas Lenthall, Colonel Thomas Gower, Peter Mills, Master Nicholas Penninge, Captain Edward Cleggat, Sir Thomas Soame, Isaac Pennington Esq; Samuel Vassal Esq; Major General Philip Skippon, Henry Ashurst, Christopher Pack, John Dethick, Richard Chiverton, John Frederick, Tempest Milner, William Love, and Edward Backwell, Aldermen of the said City, Lawrence Blomley, James Noell, Deputy Richard Cliffe, William Lluelling, John Maskal, Richard Rives, Leiutenant Colonel Jackson, Thomas Morris, John Bathurst, John Cock, William Allet, Tobell Aylmer, Deputy Thomas Myms, and James Medlicot, or any nine or more of them, and no other Person or Persons whatsoever, be and are hereby constituted and Appointed Commissioners for the Militia of the City of London, and Liberties thereof;..."^[44]

Primary sources

BL

BL, MS. XXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir George Oxenden, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. 30-31
- "I am Silent leaving all to y:e Penn of y:e Lady Dallyson, onely say they take up her whole time, y:t I feare I shall lose my Acquaintance w:th her at home..."
- "My Sister Perin, my Sonn & Daughter Sone [possibly Lone], & yo:r Serv:t Mary Grigg Desire w:th me to give theire hearty prayers (& Service) to God for yo:r Prosperitie"
--See: PROB 11/343 Pye 119-167 Will of Arthur Loane, Gentleman of Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 November 1673
--Possibly Margaret Aylmer, daughter of Tobell Aylmer (the younger) married firstly John Grigg and then Arthur Loane (alias Lone), with John Grigg dead before 1662/63
BL, XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir George Oxenden, 1st April 1663, ff. 74-82
-"if I had putt it in my Cozin To:b Aylmers name, it would have cost me 5:ll to make him free of y:e East India Comp:a"

TNA

C9/243/65, f. 1
- "these defts further say that the sayd Edward Kelke then lodging as these defts hope will appeare to this honoble Court in the course of one M:r XXXXX the compl:t also lodged & wherein one who is called ?M:rs Grigg daughter as it is sayd of the sayd M:r Aylmer & one who is called Sarah Waynman the comp:lts servant & the sayd M:r Aylmer then ?there & did all reside...And these def:ts further say that they beleive that the complt & the sayd M:r Aylmer M:rs Grigg M:rs Pewyn & Sarah Waynman of some of them the sayd Edward Kelke Xf speaking or having XXXX intenccon of makeing any will did unduly instigate incite & psuade him the sayd Edward Kelke thereto & of their or some of their XXXX free will did thinking & seeing the sayd Edward Kelke to be far decayed spent & not likely to live send for M:r Raworth a counsellor at lawe to make a writeing as being or to be the [?will] of sayd Edward Kelke But these def:ts further say that they doe not beleive that the sayd Edward Kelke did rightly understand wXXXX the supposed will was so makeing..."

PROB 4/7909 Aylmer, Tobell, of St. Martin Ludgate, London, Citizen and Draper 1664 30 Apr.
- There are 9 PROB 4/ and 1 PROB 5/ records for St Martin Ludgate, 1640-1670

PROB 11/293 XXXX Will of Edward Kelke of Grayes Inn, proved XXXX
- "To M:r Tobyell Aylmer Twentie pounds"
PROB 11/312 Juxon 103-150 Will of Tobell Aylmer, Draper of London 16 September 1663
- " ITEM I give to my dear daughter Margarett Grigg all my Lands in Southwoode [OR, Southwould] after y:e decease of Edith perin with twenty Shillings yearely to be paid by the said Edith perin unto my daughter Margarett whose Estate is only for her life upon the payment of the XXXXXXX Part of the twenty shillings yet owing (?) And to her heirs forever

ITEM I give moore unto my dear daughter Margaret to whom I have already given a portion and to her Eyres forever all my Lands att Snowmill in Holbourne conduit But my Will and Meaning is that the full proffitt or Rent shall be paid unto my Executrix for seven years after my death for and towards the payment of my debts

ITEM I give to my Grandchild Mary Grigg and to her Eyres forever my five little houses in Clarke Raven Alley in Christ church prsh if she shall attaine to the age of one and twenty yeare or day of Marriage...

ITEM my mind & will is And I make and ordaine my goode freinde Edith perin of London Widdow my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And I give unto her All my Goods and householdestuffe whatsoever as shall my house on Ludgatehill and the house where now I dwell And the Rent and proffitt of my lease of the chequer at Doughgate And my Lease in Carter Lane so long as shee shall live for and towards y:e true payment of my iust debts some of which shee the said Edith is ingagedd with me for and hath promised payment of the Residue being in all abought thurten hundred pounds or ther abouts and for her better security long since I have by deed conveyghed unto her my Lease where now I live and all my householdstuffe & goods whatsoever w:ch now I doe confirme unto her Also I give and bequeath unto Edith my Executrix for the better Inabling her in paying my debts I give and bequeath all debts Bills Bonds Statutes Doquets whatsoever and oweing unto me of what person soever in this world not ommitting of her care and ffaithfulness in pformeing of this my Will and some as her trust not heare expressed concerning my daughter and Grandchild especially As also concerning some other relations which I wholely leave to her mind and after my debts are iustly paid..." (probate granted to Edith Perin, 1663)

"III. For Influence in Legal Matters, &c....
46. Lazaro Arminian, a Persian Christian. For assistance in recovering a debt of 312l. from Capt. Stoakes, who attempts to defraud him of it; not knowing the English law or language, he is unable to defend himself. Refers to Dr. John Godolphin as evidence on his behalf.
47. Tobell Aylemere and James Stedman. For a warrant to the Lord Chancellor to pass to Aylemere a grant of the custody of John Reeve, a lunatic, his relative, whose estate cannot descend to him. With reference on this petition, and on one of Wm. Le Neve, to the Lord Chancellor."^[45]

"Tobell Aylmore.

26 March 1650.

E.W. 28 42. Information that when in London, he furnished Hollingshead Valentine with money to go to the King's quarters, corresponded with him, and supplied him with 200l.; and after his death, sent his brother Thomas to the army, and supplied him, and harboured and concealed him. Also that he went to the enemy's quarters at Brentford, and sent moneys to Oxford when a King's garrison. Vol. A. 22; No. or p. 30
17 June 1651. Information to like effect Vol. A. 22 139; No. or p. 223 156"[[FootNote(
Mary Anne Everett Green (ed.), 'Cases brought before the committee: March 1650', Calendar, Committee for the Advance of Money: Part 3: 1650-55 (1888), pp. 1203-1221. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=59424 Date accessed: 09 October 2011)]]

Secondary sources

Maddison, A.R., 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' pedigree in Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55
Strype, John, "Historical collections of the life and acts of John Aylmer" (Oxford, 1821)
Woodhead, J.R., 'Aylmer, Tobel', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), p. ?

"1638-9. Jan. 2 Christopher Hoddesdon, Gent., of S' Andrew's, Holborn, Bachelor, 25 or 26, & Mary Legat, of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, Spinster, 26, at own disposal ; at Great S' Bartholomew."^[46]

"Sir Christopher Hoddesdon (1534-1611), master of Merchants Adventurers Company; accompanied Richard Chancellor on voyages to Russia; head of English..."

Potential primary sources

BL

BL, Add. MSS. 40,696 f. 38
- Josias Maes of Cobham [?] in the County of Surrey Gentt. Executor of the last will and testament of John Haddesdon [?], Late of Surrat in East India Merchant” appoints Sir George Oxenden his “true and lawfull Attorney”. The document is one page long (foolscap ca.) and is sealed and delivered in the presence of Jobell Aylmer and Joson [?] Harvey and dated “Third day of ffebruary Anno Sin 1661”^[47]
- My quick transcription of "Jobell Aylmer" done a couple of years ago is presumably "Tobell Aylmer". In the Fire Court documentation related to Tobell Aylmer there is a Mary Hoddesdon, late wife of John Acton. The pedigree of Aylmer in Lincolnshire pedigrees identifies Mary as a younger sister of Tobell Aylmer, son of Tobell Aylmer, who married John Acton. Could this BL document be a reference to a dead second husband? This theory is supported by Eeast India Company documentation identifying a John Hoddesdon in Persia, with William Garway as Agent, Nicholas Buckeridge as second ranking factor, and John Hoddesdon as third ranking factor^[48]
- See "The President and Council had advised that a factor named John Hoddesdon had borrowed money from several persons in India sums...."^[49]
- See "Nov. 2 [1661] Francis Seamar [sic subs.], of Hornechurch, Essex, Gent., Wid:r, about 28, & Jane Acton, of same, Sp:r, about 20; consent of mother Mary Hoddesdon alias Acton, of same, Widow; at Rainham, Upminster, or Hornchurch, s:d co."^[50]
- Marry Hoddesdon, in her will written in 1678 and proved 1690, refers to Jane Seamer (OR, Seamar) as her daughter. She also refers to her son Tobell Acton, and her late deceased husband John Acton, who was goldsmith to Charles I, and to whom his present majesty is substantially indebted for delivery of silver plate to Charles I. She desires to be buried "in the parish of Hornchurch in the said County of Essex as near as may be where my late husband Christopher Hoddesdon was buried"^[51]

TNA

C 2/JasI/A1/19 Samuel Aylmer v Stephen Downing. Messuage in the manor of Cleyden, Suffolk, purchased by the plaintiff and his late father John Aylmer bishop of London, from Sir Robert Southwell. Between 1603 and 1625
- Samuel Aylmer is probably the eldest brother of Tobell Aylmer, who was a significantly younger brother

C 5/537/103 Perryn v. Stevens: Devon. 1671

C 6/10/206 Short title: Phillipps v Aylmer. Plaintiffs: John Phillipps clerk and others. Defendants: Theophilus Aylmer. Subject: recovery of deeds, Middlesex. Document type: answer only. 1648
C 6/17/7 Short title: Borraston v Hoddesdon. Plaintiffs: Richard Borraston. Defendants: Christopher Hoddesdon and Mary Hoddesdon his wife. Subject: legacy under the will of the deceased John Acton.Document type: replication. 1650-1666
C 6/133/9 Short title: Boraston v Hoddesdon. Plaintiffs: Jane Boraston spinster. Defendants: Christopher Hoddesdon and Mary Hoddesdon his wife. Subject: personal estate of the deceased John Acton, of Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer. SFP 1656

C 9/73/1 Aylmer v. Godbold 1678
C 9/424/57 Godbold v. Aylmer 1685
NOTE: "Marriage of Brabazon Aylmer and Mary Godbold, 1658" (St. Andrew, Hatfield Peverel, Essex: D/P 42/1/1 Register of baptisms and marriages

C 10/5/21 Edward Clovyle and Anne his wife, Tobell Aylmer, John Higden, Edward Shelton, Edmund Burton and others v Thomas Barker: West Hanningfield, Essex 1649
C 10/12/128 Anne Vallentine widow v Tobell Aylemer, Joshua Walters, Thomas Sparkes, Anne Saywell and John Dansey: parish of St Sepulchre, London, Middx. Bill and two answers 1651
- Just possible connected with PROB 11/181 Harvey 136-202 Will of Richard Valentine of Revesby, Lincolnshire 11 December 1639
- See: "Tobell Aylmore.//26 March 1650.E.W. 28 42. Information that when in London, he furnished Hollingshead Valentine with money to go to the King's quarters, corresponded with him, and supplied him with 200l.; and after his death, sent his brother Thomas to the army, and supplied him, and harboured and concealed him. Also that he went to the enemy's quarters at Brentford, and sent moneys to Oxford when a King's garrison. Vol. A. 22; No. or p. 30//17 June 1651. Information to like effect Vol. A. 22 139; No. or p. 223 156"^[52]
C 10/160/90 Perryn v Luttrell, Allyn, Quicke and Knill: Devon 1670
C 10/207/33 Godbold v. Aylmer, Coys, Godbold and Campion: Essex 1678

C 22/361/41 Godbold v Aylmer. Between 1558 and 1714
C 22/760/36 Aylmer v. Goddold & others. 1679

C 25/107/46 Martha Wilson widow v Theophilus Aylmer or Aylemer. Interrogatories 1667

Bundle 15 no. 3 Plaintiff: Aylmer, Tobell Defendant: Williamson, Sir Francis, knight, and others 1652 Farm called "Saybridge"^[53]
- See C 5/15/3 Aylmer v. Williamson 1652

C 10/15/32 Abraham Deskeene v Christopher Hoddesdon, Abraham Smith, John Hopper and William Galhampton: parish of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, Middx 1652

PROB 11/84 Dixy 45-89 Will of Reverend John Ailmer or Bishop of London 22 November 1594
PROB 11/152 Skynner 60-124 Will of Zachary Aylmer of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex 02 August 1627
- Uncle of Tobell Aylmer (the younger); Zachary (alt. Zacharias) (b. 1572, d. 1627) was the 4th son of John Aylmer, whereas Tobell Aylmer (the elder) was the sixth son
PROB 11/171 Pile Quire Numbers: 43-89 Sentence of Samuel Aylmer of Akenham, Suffolk 28 May 1636
- Probably the eldest brother of Tobell Aylmer (the older) and uncle of Tobell Aylmer (the younger)
PROB 11/177 Lee 52-114 Will of John Acton, Goldsmith of London 07 September 1638
- Probably father of John Acton (the younger), who was Mary Aylmer's first husband
PROB 11/203 Essex 1-52 Will of John Acton, Goldsmith of London 04 February 1648
- Definitely brother-in-law of Tobell Aylmer the younger; first husband of Mary Aylmer, who later married Christopher Hoddesdon
PROB 11/213 Pembroke 110-156 Will of Christopher Hoddesdon of Inner Temple, Middlesex 30 September 1650
- Possibly related to Mary Hoddesdon (alias Aylmer, alias Acton), but not her second husband, who appears to have died in 1660, but was also of Inner Temple, where he had chambers (see 1660 inventory in Essex Record Office)
PROB 11/255 Berkeley 15-206 Will of Edward Aylmer, Doctor of Divinity of Claydon, Suffolk 13 May 1656
- Possibly a cousin of Tobell Aylmer (a son of Samuell Aylmer, Tobell Aylmer (the elder)'s eldest brother; see Pedigree of Aylmer of Revesby in Lincolnshire Pedigrees)
PROB 11/302 Nabbs 260-312 Will of John Hoddesdon, Merchant of London 10 November 1660
- Probably a brother of Christopher Hoddesdon, Tobell Aylmer (the younger)'s sister Mary's second husband. Not Mary Aylmer's husband, since no wife is mentioned in John Hoddesdon's will, and Mary Hoddesdon (alias Aylmer, Acton) identifies her second deceased husband as Christopher Hoddesdon in her will
PROB 11/343 Pye 119-167 Will of Arthur Loane, Gentleman of Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 November 1673
- Possible son-in-law of Tobell Aylmer; possible second husband of Tobell's daughter Margaret, who appears (TBC) to have married firstly John Grigg(s). Edith Perrin refers in her will to an Arthur Lone gentl., who is probably the son of the above mentioned Arthur Lone
PROB 11/389 Foot 133-172 Will of Edith Peryn or Perrin, Widow of Saint Andrew High Holborn, Middlesex 08 November 1687
- Possibly Tobell Aylmer's executrix and main beneficiary
- Unclear if she was a relation of Tobell Aylmer, or, if, as Richard Grassby suggests, she was his unmarried partner
PROB 11/398 Dyke 1-44 Will of Mary Hoddesdon, Widow of Upminster, Essex 11 January 1690
- Definitely Mary Aylmer, Tobell Aylmer's sister, who married first John Acton, goldsmith to Charles I, and then Christopher Hoddesdon, who was buried at Hornchurch, Essex

STAC 8/282/17 Tallboys v. Casinghurst, Allen, jurors, Hammond and others: Surrey. 04/03/1603-27/03/1625
- Just possible linked to Casinghurst family of Sussex, into which Tobell Aylmer (the younger) married ca. 1627

Essex Record Office

ERO: D/DYw/11: 16 Sep.1651: Summary: Covenant to stand seised to uses,with countepart; Content: Chrir.Hoddesdon of Le gardens in Hornchurch,esq., to Geo.Smith and Rich. Snow of London, gent., to use of Christr.H.for life, then to use of S.Christr.
ERO: D/DYw/15: c. 1660: Abstract of deeds,1572-1651,relating to mansion called Lee Gardens alias Baldwyns in Hornchurch [i.e.D/DYw 1-10]
ERO: D/DYw/17: 28 Oct.1660: Inventory of the goods and chattels of Christopher Hoddesdon esq. at his house at `Le gardings'; appraised by John Hellam, Samuel Ballard, John Wood and Zachary Dixon; also inventory of all his goods in his chambers in the Inner Temple,London
ERO: D/DYw/18: c. 1660: Memo.concerning the personal estate of Chris.Hoddesdon,the debts chargeable upon that estate,the legacies devised by his will and payments made by his executrix,the personal estate having apparently been over-charged to the amount of £325
ERO: D/DYw/22: 28 Oct.1660: Inventory of the goods and chattels of Christopher Hoddesdon esq.at his house at `Le gardings';appraised by John Hellam,Samuel Ballard,John Wood and Zachary Dixon;also inventory of all his goods in his chambers in the Inner Temple,London

1. ↑ http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I80888&tree=London#cite1, 09/10/11
2. ↑ PROB 11/312 Juxon 103-150 Will of Tobell Aylmer, Draper of London 16 September 1663
3. ↑ 'Aylmer, Tobell' in J.R. Woodhead, 'Abrahall - Ayray', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 14-21, viewed 07 October 2011
4. ↑ A.H. Johnson, The history of the worshipful company of drapers, vol. 4 (Oxford, 1922), pp. 422, 446
5. ↑ A.H. Johnson, The history of the worshipful company of drapers, vol. 4 (Oxford, 1922), p. 422
6. ↑ A.R. Maddison, 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' pedigree in Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55, viewed 07/10/11
7. ↑ A Toppinghoehall (sic) appears on Google Map half a mile due west of Hatfield Peverell, and roughly ten miles west of Little Totham, where records exist for the Sammes family in the early seventeenth century; Note: "John Godebold, Esq. married Mary, the eldest daughter of John Sammes, Esq., and had with her Topingo Hall, and afterwards, various individuals of the family, by intermarriages with the families of Shea and Aylmer, became possessed of Mugdon Hall, in Ulting, and of Terling Hall (Thomas Wright, The history and topography of the County of Essex, vol. 1 (London, 1836), p. 241)
8. ↑ A.R. Maddison, 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' pedigree in Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55, viewed 07/10/11
9. ↑ "John Aylmer or Elmore - 27th September 1630 [on the resignation of Thomas Drayton]" (http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Bletsoe/ListOfBletsoeRectors.aspx, viewed 11/10/11
10. ↑ BL, Add. 61681 f. 83 Aylmer al. Elmore (John). Rector of Bletsoe. Order rel. to sequestration of his living 1644. Draft
11. ↑ A.R. Maddison, 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' pedigree in Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55, viewed 07/10/11
12. ↑ C 9/243/65, f. 1; PROB 11/312 Juxon 103-150 Will of Tobell Aylmer, Draper of London 16 September 1663
13. ↑ H.J. Jackson, J.L. Chester, The visitation of London, anno domine 1633, 1634, and 1635 (London, ?1880), Pedigree of 'Acton, Farringdon within', p. 4, viewed 10/10/11; TNA, PROB 11/203 Essex 1-52 Will of John Acton, Goldsmith of London 04 February 1648; TNA, PROB 11/398 Dyke 1-44 Will of Mary Hoddesdon, Widow of Upminster, Essex 11 January 1690
14. ↑ Essex Record Office: ERO: D/DYw/22
15. ↑ J.L. Chester, G.J. Armytage (ed.), Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Bishop of London, 1611-1828 (London, 1887), p. 239
16. ↑ W.R. Powell (ed.), 'Hornchurch: Manors', A History of the County of Essex, vol. 7 (1978), pp. 31-39, viewed 10 October 2011
17. ↑ Robert Hovenden, A true register of all the christenings, marriages, and burials in the parishe of St. James, Clarkenwell: marriages, 1551-1754, vol. 3 (London 1887), p. 87; IGI record: Christopher Hoddesdon; spouse: Mary Grigge; marriage 17 Sep. 1651; Saint James, Clerkenwell; IGI record no. M001411
18. ↑ TNA, PROB 11/343 Pye 119-167 Will of Arthur Loane, Gentleman of Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 November 1673
19. ↑ A.R. Maddison, 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' pedigree in Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55, viewed 07/10/11; John Strype, Historical collections of the life and acts of John Aylmer: Wherein are explained many transactions of the Church of England; and what methods were then taken to preserve it, with respect both to the papist and puritan (Oxford, 1821)
20. ↑ 'Aylmer, Farringdon within' in Joseph Jackson Howard and Joseph Lemuel Chester, The visitation of London anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635 (London, 1880), p. 34; This author believes that the pedigree of 'Aylmer of Redesby, etc.' incorrectly ascribes Tobell Aylmer the younger's will to his father in A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 1 (London, 1902), pp. 53-55, viewed 07/10/11
21. ↑ IGI: 'Tobie Ailmer; spouse Margarite Cassinghurst; date of marriage 21 Jan 1627; Saint Gregory By Saint Paul, London; IGI batch no. M054261; http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I80890&tree=London, viewed 10/10/11
22. ↑ BL, XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir George Oxenden, 1st April 1663, ff. 74-82
23. ↑ BL, MS. XXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir George Oxenden, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. 30-31
24. ↑ PROB 11/302 Nabbs 260-312 Will of John Hoddesdon, Merchant of London 10 November 1660
25. ↑ BL, MS. XXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir George Oxenden, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. 30-31
26. ↑ BL, XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir George Oxenden, 1st April 1663, ff. 74-82
27. ↑ BL, MS. XXXXX Letter from John Mascall to Sir George Oxenden, March 20th 1662/63, ff. 31-32
28. ↑ C9/243/65, f. 1; 3rd April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO, London BL, MS. XXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir George Oxenden, London Frogmorton Street, 3rd April 1663, ff. 86-87
29. ↑ C9/243/65, f. 1, The joynt and severall answeres of Alexander Emerson Esquier & Frances his wife two of the defts to the bill of complaynt of Elizabeth Dallyson widow complaynant
30. ↑ BL, MS. XXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir George Oxenden, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. 30-31; TNA, PROB 11/312 Juxon 103-150 Will of Tobell Aylmer, Draper of London 16 September 1663
31. ↑ C 10/5/21 Edward Clovyle and Anne his wife, Tobell Aylmer, John Higden, Edward Shelton, Edmund Burton and others v. Thomas Barker: West Hanningfield, Essex 1649; C 10/12/128 Anne Vallentine widow v Tobell Aylemer, Joshua Walters, Thomas Sparkes, Anne Saywell and John Dansey: parish of St Sepulchre, London, Middx. Bill and two answers 1651
32. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1966), vol. 1, p. 45
33. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (London, 1966) vol. 1, p. 37
34. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1966), vol. 1, p. 53, fn. 1
35. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1966), vol. 1, p. 53, fn. 1
36. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1966), vol. 1, p. 198
37. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire, vol. 1 (XXXX, 1966), p. 198
38. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire, vol. 1, p. 199
39. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1970) vol. 2, p. 263
40. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1970) vol. 2, p. 272
41. ↑ Richard Grassby, "Kinship and capitalism: marriage, family, and business in the English speaking world, 1580-1720" (Cambridge, 2001), p. 135
42. ↑ Phillip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire (XXXX, 1970), vol. 2, p. 272
43. ↑ J.R. Woodhead, 'Abrahall - Ayray', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 14-21. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=31877#s50 Date accessed: 07 October 2011
44. ↑ C.H. Firth, R.S. Rait (eds), 'March, 1659/60: An Act for the Settling the Militia for the City of London, and Liberties thereof.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 1455-1458. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56665 Date accessed: 09 October 2011.
45. ↑ 'Charles II - volume 22: November 1660', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1660-1 (1860), pp. 372-400. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54642 Date accessed: 09 October 2011
46. ↑ J.L. Chester, G.J. Armytage (ed.), Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Bishop of London, 1611-1828 (London, 1887), p. 239
47. ↑ See possibly relevant document: PROB 11/302 Nabbs 260-312 Will of John Hoddesdon, Merchant of London 10 November 1660
48. ↑ William Foster, The English factories in India, 1655-1660 (Oxford, 1921) p. 147
49. ↑ William Foster, The English factories in India, 1655-1660 (Oxford, 1921) p. 323
50. ↑ G.J. Armytage, Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster, 1558-16XX (London, 1890), p. 64
51. ↑ PROB 11/398 Dyke 1-44 Will of Mary Hoddesdon, Widow of Upminster, Essex 11 January 1690
52. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Green (ed.), 'Cases brought before the committee: March 1650', Calendar, Committee for the Advance of Money: Part 3: 1650-55 (1888), pp. 1203-1221. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=59424 Date accessed: 09 October 2011)
53. ↑ A.J. Gregory, Index of Chancery proceedings, Bridges' division, 1613-1714, preserved in the Public record office (London, 1913), p. 2