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3 unusual facts about Joseph Ayloffe


Joseph Ayloffe

He saw through the press John Thorpe's Registrum Roffense, which was published in 1769 by the compiler's son.

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Sir Joseph was the intimate friend of his colleague at the State Paper Office, Thomas Astle, and of Richard Gough; the latter described Ayloffe as the English Montfaucon.

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On 10 February 1731-2 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and on 27 May of the same year a fellow of the Royal Society.



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