File talk:Portrait of Jane Stebbing (1679 – c 1730), wife of Thomas Aynscombe (1706).jpg

Jane Stebbing (1679-c1730?), wife to Thomas Aynscombe (1674-d.1740). They married in 1706, in Norwich.Rodolph (talk) 23:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC) The portrait has an inscription Jane wife to Thomas Aynscombe Aynscombe's wife, at least at time of his death, was called Ann. His sister was also called Jane. (This picture used to hang at Portnall Park, Virginia Water, since 2006 it has been in a private collection, North London)Rodolph (talk) 12:24, 31 December 2008 (UTC) Note: (Jane Elliott (Aynscombe) (d. 1718) daughter of Henry Aynscombe by his wife Elizabeth Chew (d.1711), was probably named after her aunt Jane Chew, also of Dunstable, who married James Cart, citizen and distiller of London).Rodolph (talk) 12:50, 31 December 2008 (UTC) Jane, the sitter, was daughter of Philip Stebbing (c.1641-d.1705), grocer and Freeman of Norwich, who apprenticed to the successful grocer and sometime MP for Norwich Augustin Briggs, Esq., (c1618-1684), 3 August 1674. Stebbing became a Royalist (Tory) councilman, Mayor of Norwich 1687; sheriff of Norwich 1682. As sheriffs he and Lawrence Goodwin had 'established a well-deserved reputation as merciless persecutors of non-conformists with a special animus for Quakers' (Evans p.297). He is buried in St Peter Mancroft, by the side of his wife, Anne Andrews (d.1702), and three children. One son was Georgius Stebbing, grocer, freeman, Norwich 24 March 1704, while another Philip Stebbing of Norwich, then of Sprowston, with property in Wymondham, died 1715 making his brother-in-law Thomas Aynscombe an heir. Thomas Aynscombe was governor and benefactor of several hospitals. He left £200 each to Christ's Hospital and to St. Bart's. hospital, and is buried at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. His son Philip died (in debt) at Boulogne in 1737, subsequently Aynscombe spent the end of his life defending his grand-daughter's inheritance (£12,000) in the courts, see Frederick v Aynscombe (1738-39)).Rodolph (talk) 12:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC) Auctioneer's Bonham's cataloguing: Lot No: 32, sale 5 December 2007 Studio of John Verelst (active 1698-1734 London) Portrait of a lady, said to be Jane (1679-circa 1730), wife of Thomas Aynscombe, three-quarter-length, seated in a blue dress and holding a dish of peaches inscribed 'IANE. WIFE OF./THO. AYNSCOMBE/ESQE.' (centre left) oil on canvas (50 x 40 1/8 in.)Rodolph (talk) 23:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)