He obtained a BCL degree in 1549 and was appointed Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford in 1550.

[1] He served as judge-marshal of the army led by William Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke in the St. Quentin campaign of 1557.

[2] In 1571 he was named in the foundation charter as one of the original eight fellows of Jesus College, Oxford.

[1] In 1562 Aubrey was a member of the commission set up by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury that declared unlawful the marriage of Lady Catherine Grey to Henry Herbert (son of the 1st Earl of Pembroke).

[1] Aubrey died in London, England in 1595 and was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.