Individual Details

Eustace Sulyard

(Abt 1500 - Abt 1547)

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== Biography ==
William Ayloffe (died 1585), a judge of the Queen's Bench, married Jane, daughter of Sir Eustace Sulyard.

SUMMARY: The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 20 July 1579, together with a codicil dated 24 December 1584, of Margaret (nee Forster) Bassett Sulyard Ayloffe. The will and codicil were proved 9 March 1587.
According to the inscription on a brass monument in the church at Runwell, Essex, the testatrix married three times.
Her first husband was Gregory Basset (d.1528) of Bradwell, Essex, by whom she had an only daughter, Dorothy (d.1602)
Her second husband was Eustace Sulyard (d. 26 February 1546/7), by whom she had a son,
#Edward (d.1610), and five daughters,
#Mary,
#Margaret,
#Jane,
#Anne and
#Bridget.
For the will of Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), see TNA PROB 11/31, ff. 271-4. Her third husband was William Ayloffe (d.1569), of Bretons in Hornchurch, by whom she had no issue. For his will, see TNA PROB 11/51, ff. 34-5. William Ayloffe’s son and heir, the testatrix’s son- in-law Justice William Ayloffe (c.1535-1584), knew Oxford personally, and is mentioned in two documents which directly concern Oxford (see CP 159/110-11 and CP 9/91). For his will, see TNA PROB 11/67, f. 296. For the monument, see Christy, Miller, W.W. Porteous and E. Bertram Smith, ��Some Interesting Essex Brasses’, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. IX, Part I, New Series, (Colchester, 1903), pp. 22-67, at http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsess01socigoog#page/n56/mode/1up; and Wright, Thomas, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, vol. I (London: George Virtue, 1836), p. 143, available online).

The will of the testatrix’s second husband, Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), differs from the brass monument in that his will mentions three sons, Edward, John and Eustace, as well as five daughters, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Bridget and Anne, all under age and unmarried. It would appear that two sons, John and Eustace, and one daughter, Mary, predeceased the testatrix, as they are not mentioned in her will below. The surviving children of the testatrix’ marriage to Eustace Sulyard (d.1547) were:# Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), who married Anne (surname unknown), and by her had two sons, Edward and Thomas, and a daughter, Elizabeth. For the will of Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), see TNA PROB 11/116.# Margaret Sulyard, who married Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) of Tolleshunt Darcy (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/69, ff. 492-3). Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) was the son of Thomas Darcy (1511?-1557) of Tolleshunt Darcy and his wife Anne (nee Munday), the daughter of the goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Munday (d.1537). For the will of Sir John Munday (d.1537), see TNA PROB 11/27, ff. 72-3.Transcript and translation copyright ©2009 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com

== Sources ==
* [http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-72_ff_163-6.pdf Prerogative Court of Canterbury]
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p21982.htm#i219820

Events

BirthAbt 1500
DeathAbt 1547
MarriageMargaret Forster
Reference No7476026
Reference No7767127
Reference No60

Families

SpouseMargaret Forster (1500 - 1587)
ChildMargaret Sulyard (1539 - 1586)
ChildJane Sulyard (1530 - )
ChildEdward Sulyard (1535 - 1610)