Robert Aylett

He was a son of Leonard Aylett and Ann Pater of Rivenhall, Essex[1] born in 1582 or 3[2] and was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating B.A.

Joseph, or Pharaoh's Favorite, Peace with her Four Gardens (1622) and Thrift's Equipage (1622) are other earlier works.

[8] Divine and Moral Speculations (1654)[11] was dedicated to Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester and his wife.

A Wife not readymade but bespoke, by Dicus the Batchelor, and made up for him by his fellow shepheard Tityrus; in four pastoral eclogues (1653) is a secular piece.

He died on March 15, 1655 and is buried inside the parish church of Great Braxted with an elaborate monument constructed by his younger nephew, John Aylett.