In our search through Aylmer wills we have now reached the one of Roger Aylmer of 1497
It is my hope that it may throw some light as to how the following are related:
Edmund Aylmer and his wife Elizabeth Tyrrell, parents of Frances (d. 1540) and Anne.
We have Thomas and Robert Aylmer, gentlemen, sons of ? Aylmer and his wife Elizabeth de Wood, sister of John at Wood, whose widow was Margaret.
We do have a Thomas Aylmer who married a Rose Jenney (b.1474). It is probable that he was the son of a Roger Aylmer. Could it be Roger Aylmer who married Elizabeth de Wood and was father of the above?
Robert Aylmer's son Alexander married Anne. Alexander was the father of William, Frances - who married Christopher Thetford, Bridget - who married Stephen Rookwood, Elizabeth, Honour, Ursula and Mary.
Frances Aylmer the Elder mentions the child Frances Aylmer the Younger in her will of 1540 and refers to her as 'cousin'.
There is great overlap in the social circles of Frances Aylmer the Elder and Bishop John Aylmer, the tutor of Lady Jane Grey.
Edmund Aylmer, Roger Aylmer and Thomas Aylmer are mentioned together in about 1486 - Brothers?'Plaintiffs: Edmund Aylmer, esquire. Defendants: William Paston. Subject: Detention of bonds between Roger and Thomas Aylmer and complainant of the one party, and Harry Straunge, Thomas Drury, and John Sharnburgh, of the other.'
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7452975Laurence Ailmer, John Ailmer and Thomas Ailmer are mentioned together in 1488 - Brothers?'1488 [...] 4 Henry VII County of Essex [...] 33. Mich. Laurence Ailmer, John Ailmer, Thomas Ailmer, John Barley, Robert Godewyn and William Hampton, pl. Richard Pake and Elizabeth his wife, def. 1 messuage, 24 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow and 18d. rent in Eisonham. Def. quitclaimed to pl. and the heirs of Laurence. Warranty as in 10. Cons. 201.'
http://esah1852.org.uk/images/pdf/ffines/F1400000.pdfWe know that Sir Laurence Aylmer's father was Thomas Aylmer of Ellesnam/Allesham/Elsham in Essex, and that Sir Laurence also had a brother named Thomas Aylmer, gentleman. Could Sir Laurence have been a nephew of Roger Aylmer, and had a brother named John?
Bishop John Aylmer's father is said to have been called John.
We also have another John Aylmer, who is mentioned in the will of his uncle Thomas Aylmer of Norwich in 1500.
Could either of these two John Aylmers be the father of the bishop?
I am hoping that this will might give the answer to some of the questions above
The full will can be found here:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39Z-SSTC-F?i=591&cat=278818Thank you so much in advance!