George Aglionby

Background

He was the son of John Aglionby, educated at Westminster School, from which he was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1619, aged sixteen.

Education

He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1623, and successively proceeded Master of Arts

Career

In 1626, Bachelor of Divinity in 1633 and Doctor of Divinity in 1635. Aglionby wrote to Hobbes on Cavendish family matters from 1629, and later made his way into the Great Tew circle. In 1632 Aglionby accepted the vicarage of Cassington, Oxfordshire.

In the following year he was made a prebendary of Chichester, and in 1642 compounded for the Deanery there.

Foreign some time he was a master of Westminster School, and was tutor to the young George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. He was deprived of his stall at Westminster.

At Canterbury he was never installed, given the wartime conditions, and it is probable that he never visited his cathedral. He died of disease in Oxford, in November, 1643, and was buried in Christ Church Cathedral there.

In 1635 Aglionby married Sibilla Smith, of Saint Martin-in-the Fields, London.

Membership

He was a member of the Great Tew intellectual circle around Lucius Cary, and a friend and correspondent of Thomas Hobbes.

Connections

associate:

William Cavendish