Individual Details
William "Aubrey" Awbrey I D.C.L.
(1529 - 25 Jun 1595)
Supreme Judge of the Royal Army, Vicar General of Canterbury, Master of Requests to Queen Elizabeth, Member of the Council of Marches, Member of Parliament, Master in Chancery. (more)
See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6162/AUBREY%204_47.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (December 18, 2016; Anne Brannen, curator)
THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
London:
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans,
Paternoster-bow
1844
, Volume 4, Part 1
By Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
page 72
AUBREY, or AWBREY, WILLIAM, an eminent English civilian of the sixteenth century, was born at Cantre in Brecknockshire, in 1529 or 1530. His epitaph on the monument (destroyed in the great fire of London) erected in St. Paul's Cathedral to his memory by his sons stated that he was of a good family. It does not appear in what year he entered the University of Oxford; but in 1549 he took his degree of bachelor of law there, and was elected a fellow of All Souls' College. Next year he was chosen principal of New Inn Hall. In 1553 he was appointed regius professor of civil law. This appointment was, in 1554, bestowed upon William Mowse: Wood says, whether in his own right or as a deputy of Aubrey he had been unable to learn: Strype conjectures that Aubrey, not having been found so pliant as Mowse, who was a conformer to the Roman Catholic religion, had been deprived. This conjecture is not very probable, as we find that Aubrey took his degree of doctor of law and was admitted an advocate in the Court of Arches in 1554. He held the office of judge-advocate in the expedition against St. Quintin's. Archbishop Grindal appointed him auditor and vicargeneral in spirituals for the province of Canterbury, offices which he appears to have held till his death. In 1577, during the temporary sequestration of Grindal for refusing to enforce rigorously certain edicts and judgments against the Puritans, Aubrey was one of the civilians named to carry on the visitation in which Grindal was engaged at the time. Queen Elizabeth subsequently appointed Aubrey a member of the council of the marches for Wales, and a master in chancery. He died on the 23rd of July, 1595. Wood, on the authority of a grandson, describes him as a man of distinguished erudition, singular prudence, and agreeable manners. Tanner attributes to him letters on the dominion of the sea, addressed to Dr. Dee, which have not been published. Extracts from his opinion on the best mode of reforming the Court of Arches, also mentioned by Tanner, are given in Strype's "Life of Grindal." A few of his opinions are preserved among the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum, and some fragments of his letters have been published by Strype. Dugdale's "History of St. Paul's Cathedral" contains a drawing of the monument and effigy of Aubrey in St. Paul's. Aubrey had by his wife Wilgifford three sons and six daughters. (A. Wood, Hist. et Antiq. Universitatis Oxoniensis; Sir W. Dugdale, History of St. Paul's Cathedral; Tanner, Bibliotheca Britannico - Hibernica; John Strype, Histories of Archbishops Crammer and Grindal.) W. W.
Sir William Awbrey I D.C.L. (b 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales & d 6/25/1595 in Eng.).William is the third of Thomas Awbrey. Sir William wife was Willigford Millicent Williams (born abt 1532 in Wales) William AWBREY was born about 1530 in , South Wales. He died in Jul 1595 in , England. He was buried on 23 Jul 1595 in St Paul Church, London, England. He married Wilgiford WILLIAMS (bc 1530 in Tainton, Co. Oxford,England) about 1555 in , England. Wilgiford father John WILLIAMS. John was married about 1530.
Supreme Judge of the Royal Army, Vicar General of Canterbury, Master of Requests to Queen Elizabeth,
Member of the Council of Marches, Member of Parliament, Master in Chancery.
He was one of the commissioners at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointed Lord Keeper, but died before hecould receive the office.
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to the Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott
Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales - Page 104
By Thomas Nicholas - Breconshire- 1991 - 964 pages«/i»
Henry VIII
William Awbrey Esq of Cantref, Regius Prof of Law At Oxford and L. L. D. One of the Council for the Marches of Wales and one of the Master of Request to Queen Elizabeth.......1545
See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6162/AUBREY%204_47.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (December 18, 2016; Anne Brannen, curator)
THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
London:
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans,
Paternoster-bow
1844
, Volume 4, Part 1
By Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
page 72
AUBREY, or AWBREY, WILLIAM, an eminent English civilian of the sixteenth century, was born at Cantre in Brecknockshire, in 1529 or 1530. His epitaph on the monument (destroyed in the great fire of London) erected in St. Paul's Cathedral to his memory by his sons stated that he was of a good family. It does not appear in what year he entered the University of Oxford; but in 1549 he took his degree of bachelor of law there, and was elected a fellow of All Souls' College. Next year he was chosen principal of New Inn Hall. In 1553 he was appointed regius professor of civil law. This appointment was, in 1554, bestowed upon William Mowse: Wood says, whether in his own right or as a deputy of Aubrey he had been unable to learn: Strype conjectures that Aubrey, not having been found so pliant as Mowse, who was a conformer to the Roman Catholic religion, had been deprived. This conjecture is not very probable, as we find that Aubrey took his degree of doctor of law and was admitted an advocate in the Court of Arches in 1554. He held the office of judge-advocate in the expedition against St. Quintin's. Archbishop Grindal appointed him auditor and vicargeneral in spirituals for the province of Canterbury, offices which he appears to have held till his death. In 1577, during the temporary sequestration of Grindal for refusing to enforce rigorously certain edicts and judgments against the Puritans, Aubrey was one of the civilians named to carry on the visitation in which Grindal was engaged at the time. Queen Elizabeth subsequently appointed Aubrey a member of the council of the marches for Wales, and a master in chancery. He died on the 23rd of July, 1595. Wood, on the authority of a grandson, describes him as a man of distinguished erudition, singular prudence, and agreeable manners. Tanner attributes to him letters on the dominion of the sea, addressed to Dr. Dee, which have not been published. Extracts from his opinion on the best mode of reforming the Court of Arches, also mentioned by Tanner, are given in Strype's "Life of Grindal." A few of his opinions are preserved among the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum, and some fragments of his letters have been published by Strype. Dugdale's "History of St. Paul's Cathedral" contains a drawing of the monument and effigy of Aubrey in St. Paul's. Aubrey had by his wife Wilgifford three sons and six daughters. (A. Wood, Hist. et Antiq. Universitatis Oxoniensis; Sir W. Dugdale, History of St. Paul's Cathedral; Tanner, Bibliotheca Britannico - Hibernica; John Strype, Histories of Archbishops Crammer and Grindal.) W. W.
Sir William Awbrey I D.C.L. (b 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales & d 6/25/1595 in Eng.).William is the third of Thomas Awbrey. Sir William wife was Willigford Millicent Williams (born abt 1532 in Wales) William AWBREY was born about 1530 in , South Wales. He died in Jul 1595 in , England. He was buried on 23 Jul 1595 in St Paul Church, London, England. He married Wilgiford WILLIAMS (bc 1530 in Tainton, Co. Oxford,England) about 1555 in , England. Wilgiford father John WILLIAMS. John was married about 1530.
Supreme Judge of the Royal Army, Vicar General of Canterbury, Master of Requests to Queen Elizabeth,
Member of the Council of Marches, Member of Parliament, Master in Chancery.
He was one of the commissioners at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointed Lord Keeper, but died before hecould receive the office.
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to the Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott
Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales - Page 104
By Thomas Nicholas - Breconshire- 1991 - 964 pages«/i»
Henry VIII
William Awbrey Esq of Cantref, Regius Prof of Law At Oxford and L. L. D. One of the Council for the Marches of Wales and one of the Master of Request to Queen Elizabeth.......1545
Events
| Birth | 1529 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1555 | England - Willingford Millicent Williams of Hinton, Oxfordshire | |||
| Death | 25 Jun 1595 | ||||
| Burial | 23 Jul 1595 | St. Paul's Church | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Sir |
Families
| Spouse | Willingford Millicent Williams of Hinton, Oxfordshire (1535 - ) |
| Child | Williford "Kemeys" Awbrey (1567 - 1597) |