AYLESBURY, Thomas, Sir

  General Notes:

Biography

Thomas Aylesbury was the son and heir of Sir John Aylesbury[1] by his father's first marriage to Isabel, alleged daughter of Ebles le Strange, Lord Strange of Knockin.[2][3][4] His exact place of birth is unknown. His birth date is not known but his father remarried before November 1369 so his mother died before then. (See his father's profile.)

His father's 1409 Inquisitions Post Mortem found him to be, variously, 30 and more, 35 and more, and 40 and more at his father's death in 1409,[5] pointing to a birth date from 1369 or earlier to 1379
Thomas was serving in a retinue at sea in 1378,[2] and, according to the History of Parliament Online, knighted then.[1] This suggests he may have been born somewhat before 1369.

Marriages and Children

Thomas married first to Isabel, widow of John de Odingsells of Long Itchington, Warwickshire. They were married before 16 February 1384,[2] when a royal pardon was granted for failure to obtain the necessary licence enabling Isabel to remarry.[6] Isabel brought to their marriage her interest for life in property at Long Itchington, Warwickshire, the manor of Bradwell in Oxfordshire and dower lands elsewhere.[1] There were no known children by this marriage.[2]

Thomas married second before December 1399 to Katherine Pabenham, widow of Sir William Cheney, and daughter of Sir Laurence Pabenham and his first wife, Elizabeth d'Engaine.[1][2][7] With her first husband, Katherine had one son, Lawrence Cheyne.[7]

Thomas and Katherine had one son and two daughters together:[1]

John Aylesbury,[2] who married Margaret Mortimer.[8] He was chamberlain to the Prince of Wales. John died in 1422.[1]
Eleanor Aylesbury,[4][9][10] married Humphrey Stafford, Knt., of Grafton, Worcestershire[2][7]
Isabel Aylesbury (or Elizabeth),[9] married Thomas Chaworth, Knt.,[1][7][10] of Wiverton, Nottinghamshire[2]

Lands

Thomas held lands and properties at: Milton Keynes and Drayton Beauchamp in Buckinghamshire; Aldbury, Tiscot, and Wilstone in Hertfordshire; Pytchley in Northamptonshire; Abinger, Surrey, etc.[2]

Katherine Pabenham brought considerable wealth to their marriage. From her first marriage, she had rights of dower in the Cheyne properties at Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, and Dadlington, Leicestershire.[1] Katherine's mother died about 1387 and, before 1397, Katherine inherited from her brother, Lawrence, the Engaine manors of Blatherwycke and Engaines (Pytchley), Northamptonshire; Eaton, Bedfordshire and Engaine, Huntingdonshire. Katherine's father died in 1399, and in 1407 she inherited from her half-brother John Pabenham, properties in Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.[2]

In 1391, Thomas and his father pursued their claim to their interest in estates held by their kinsman, Sir Ralph Basset of Weldon, who had died in 1385. It seems Thomas and his father harassed the widow Basset and her new husband; Thomas was threatened with heavy fines if he continued to torment the couple.[1] On the death of Sir Ralph Basset's son and heir, Richard, his estates were divided between his cousins,[7] John Knyvet and Sir John Aylesbury, Thomas' father.[11]

In 1409, Thomas inherited his father's holdings in eight counties, including his share of the Basset manors.[1][12]

Career

According to the History of Parliament Online, Thomas was knighted 14 August 1378 while serving at sea in the retinue of Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham.[1] In 1380, he participated in the expedition to France.[1][2]

Thomas is referred to as a knight in the 1384 pardon for his marriage to his first wife.[6]

He was Knight of the Shire (member of Parliament in the House of Commons) for Buckinghamshire[2] in 1391 and September 1397.[1]

Thomas served on several official commissions between 1392 and 1410. He was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire from 1399 to 1404, Cambridgeshire from 1401 to 1407, and Huntingdonshire from 1405 to 1407. He was also a tax collector in Cambridgeshire in 1404.[1]

In 1401 and 1403, Thomas was one of three knights summoned from Buckinghamshire to attend the great council.[1]

Thomas was Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire[2] from 3 November 1412 to 6 November 1413.[1]

Death

Thomas died on 9 September 1418,[1][2] his place of death and burial is not recorded. His heir was his son John aged 16 3/4 and more.[13] John died in 1422 leaving an infant son, Hugh,[14] who died a year later.[15] Thomas' eventual heirs would be his daughters Isabel and Eleanor.[1][15]

His wife Katherine survived him and died on 17 June 1436.[2][7] On Katherine's death, her son by her first marriage, Lawrence Cheyne, inherited the Pavenham and Engaine manors.[1][7][16]

Sources

? 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe, 1993. History of Parliament Online: AYLESBURY, Sir Thomas (d.1418), of Milton Keynes, Bucks.
? 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. Vol. I, pages 265-6, BASSET 14, Thomas Aylesbury.
? Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. Vol. I, pages 116-117. BASSET 9, Thomas Aylesbury.
? 4.0 4.1 Frederick Lewis Weis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. Eighth Edition. Baltimore, 2008. Page 176, Line 187, #10. Online with sub., Ancestry.com.
? J L Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 655-699', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 19, Henry IV (London, 1992), pp. 234-250, British History Online (entries 683-689), accessed 15 March 2023
? 6.0 6.1 Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, A.D. 1381-1385, HMSO, 1897, p. 375, HathiTrust
? 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 'Parishes: Pytchley', in A History of the County of Northampton. Volume 4, ed. L. F. Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 208-213. British History Online.
? Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry IV, Vol IV A.D. 1408-1413. Published for His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1909. Page 301 HathiTrust
? 9.0 9.1 George Baker. History and Antiquities of Northampton. Vol. 1. London, 1822. Online at Archive.org, pages 352, 355-356: Isabel and Eleanor Aylesbury, co-heiresses of Thomas, heir of Keynes.
? 10.0 10.1 Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614. Edited by George William Marshall. Printed at London in 1871. pages 125-126. Aylesbury Pedigree
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: Richard son of Ralph Basset of Weldon, Knight.
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: John Aylesbury, Knt.
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: Thomas Aylesbury, Knt.
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: John Aylesbury, son and heir of Thomas Aylesbury, Chevalier.
? 15.0 15.1 Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: Hugh, son and heir of John son and heir of Thomas Aylesbury, Chevalier.
? Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. University of Winchester and King's College London, 2014. Inquisition Post Mortem: Katherine who was wife of Thomas de Aylesbury, Knight.

  Research Notes:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aylesbury-5
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Thomas married Katherine PABENHAM, daughter of Sir Laurence PABENHAM and Elizabeth ENGAINE, before Dec 1399 in England. (Katherine PABENHAM was born about 1372 in Thenford, Northamptonshire, England and died on 17 Jul 1436 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.)