English School, 1572

Portrait of Sir Edward Ayscough (1542-1612), half-length, in a grey slashed doublet and ruff

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English School, 1572
Portrait of Sir Edward Ayscough (1542-1612), half-length, in a grey slashed doublet and ruff
inscribed and dated S?/r EDWARD • / AYSCOGH / KNIGHT / SEN/s: / • ætatis. 30: A.DNI.1572' (upper left and right)

oil on panel
17 ¾ x 13 7/8 in. (45 x 35 cm.)

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The son of Sir Francis Ayscough (c.1509-1564) and Elizabeth Hansard (1520-1568) Edward Ayscough was born in South Kelsey in Lincolnshire and on 27 September 1563 he married Hester Grantham (1544-1590) in that same town. They went on to have 14 children. Ayscough became High Sheriff of Lincoln in 1587. He is buried in Stallingborough in Lincolnshire.

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