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Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet (1631 – 5 March 1722) of Great Braxted, was a London merchant. Biography Benjamin Ayloffe was born in 1631. He was the younger son of Sir Benjamin Ayloffe and his second wife, Margaret the 5th daughter of Thomas Fanshawe. Ayloffe was a merchant in London, governor of the Russia Company The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company russian: Московская компания, Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint s ... from 1700, for the rest of his life; and was also active in local politics. In 1675, on the death of his elder brother Sir William Ayloffe, he inherited the baronetcy and family seat of Great Braxted. He died with no surviving children on 5 March 1722, aged 91. Notes: Will probate 1722. The baronetcy passed to his nephew (the son of his younger brother Henry), Sir John Ayloffe. Family Benjamin Ayloffe married, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet (29 August 1592 – March 1662) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1662. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Biography Ayloffe was the second son of Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet and his first wife Catharine, daughter and coheir to John Sterne, of Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. His elder brother William died within the lifetime of his father so Ayloffe inherited the estates and the baronetcy on his father's death in 1627. At the outbreak of the English Civil War King Charles I appointed Ayloffe High Sheriff of Essex. Consequently, he was imprisoned by Parliament, his estates being sequestrated and himself obliged to sell that of Brittains. He was fined, 29 May 1649, £2,000, increased to £3,000. In 1661 Ayloffe was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in the Cavalier Parliament. He died in 1662 and was buried at Braxted. Family Ayloffe married three times. Firstly, abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer Of The Exchequer)
Thomas Fanshawe (1533–1601) was a Member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He also held the civil service post of Queen's remembrancer of the exchequer. Background Fanshawe was the eldest son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate near Holmesfield, Derbyshire, where he was born about the year 1530. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, and became a member of the Middle Temple. Career His uncle, Henry Fanshawe, took him under his protection, and procured for him the reversion of the appointment of the office of Remembrancer of the Exchequer, then occupied by the elder Henry. This office was held during five tenures by members of the family. Fanshawe acquired considerable wealth in his office, to which he succeeded on his uncle's death in 1568. Besides Fanshawe Gate, which he let to his brother, he owned Ware Park, Hertfordshire (an estate he acquired in 1575) and Jenkins, in Barking, Essex, and other property. He fulfilled the duties of his offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia Company
The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company russian: Московская компания, Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint stock company, the precursor of the type of business that would soon flourish in England and finance its exploration of the world. The Muscovy Company had a monopoly on trade between England and Muscovy until 1698 and it survived as a trading company until the Russian Revolution of 1917. Since 1917 the company has operated as a charity, now working within Russia. Chancellor would function as the navigator of the small fleet, which consisted of three ships: the ''Bona Esperanza'' under Willoughby, the ''Edward Bonaventure'' under Chancellor and the ''Bona Confidentia''. The fleet departed from London on 10 May 1553, but near the Lofoten islands a storm hit the ships and separated Chancellor's vessel from the other two. Willoughby eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet (3 December 1618 – 1675) was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. Biography William was the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Ayloffe and his second wife, Margaret, the fifth daughter of Thomas Fanshawe. He was born on 3 December 1618. Like his father he supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was a colonel of a regiment at the siege of Colchester. On the death of his father in 1662 he inherited the family estates and baronetcy. He died in 1675, and was buried at Braxted. As he died without any surviving children, Benjamin, his younger brother, inherited the baronetcy. Family Sir William married Anne (c. 1609–1684), 1st daughter of Peter Orby Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ..., of Burton Ped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayloffe Baronets
The Ayloffe Baronetcy, of Braxted Magna in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1611 for Sir William Ayloffe, subsequently Member of Parliament for Stockbridge. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Essex and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The third Baronet was an officer in the Royalist army during the Civil War. The fourth Baronet was a London merchant. The fifth Baronet was Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex from 1707 until 1730. The sixth Baronet was an antiquary. The title became extinct on his death 19 April 1781. William Ayloffe, father of the first Baronet, was a distinguished judge. Ayloffe baronets, of Braxted Magna (1611) *Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet (1563–1627) *Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet (1592–1662) *Sir William Ayloffe, 3rd Baronet (1618–1675) *Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 4th Baronet (1631–1722) *Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet Rev. Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet ( – 10 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet
Rev. Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet ( – 10 December 1730) was an English clergyman, Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex from 1707 until 1730. Biography John was the son of Henry Ayloffe of Pandets (captain of a troop of Horse), and Dorothy (daughter and heir of Richard Bulkeley, of Chedle, Cheshire). Henry was the third son of Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet and his second wife, Margaret, fifth daughter of Thomas Fanshawe Sir Thomas Fanshawe KB (1580 – 17 December 1631) was an English government official and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1629. Fanshawe was the second son of Thomas Fanshawe and first son by his second wife Jo ... of Jenkins in Barking. Henry's two elder brothers inherited the baronetcy but both died childless so on the death of Sir Benjamin, his uncle John Ayloffe inhered the title. John was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge; B.A., 1691; M.A., 1695, and, taking Holy Orders, was Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1631 Births
Events January–March * January 23 – Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany. * February 5 – Puritan leader Roger Williams arrives in Boston. * February 16 – The Reval Gymnasium is founded in Tallinn, Estonia, by Swedish king Gustavus II Adolphus. * February 20 – A fire breaks out in Westminster Hall, but is put out before it can cause serious destruction."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p29 * March 7 – Ambrósio I Nimi a Nkanga, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo (in what is now Angola) dies after a reign of five years. * March 10 – Al Walid ben Zidan becomes the new Sultan of Morocco upon the death of Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 Deaths
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'' (film), a 2009 film whose working title was ''17'' * ''Seventeen'' (2019 film), a Spanish drama film Television * ''Seventeen'' (TV drama), a 1994 UK dramatic short starring Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
