ayscue

Updated: June 1, 2025

The commercial interests of the maritime states were deeply involved in the issue of this contest; both England and Holland prepared to aid their respective allies; and a Dutch squadron joined the Danish, while an English division, under the command of Ayscue, sailed to the assistance of the Swedish monarch.

Hilaire Belloc - The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans: to the Accession of King George the Fifth: Volume 8

Sir George Ayscue, though he commanded only forty ships, according to the English accounts, engaged near Plymouth the famous De Ruiter, who had under him fifty ships of war, with thirty merchantmen. The Dutch ships were indeed of inferior force to the English.

David Hume - The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.: From Charles I. to Cromwell

The blame rested not with Ayscue, but with his inferior officers; but the council took the opportunity to lay him aside, not that they doubted his courage or abilities, but because he was suspected of a secret leaning to the royal cause. To console him for his disgrace, he received a present of three hundred pounds, with a grant of land of the same annual rent in Ireland.

Hilaire Belloc - The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans: to the Accession of King George the Fifth: Volume 8

Albemarle, who, from his successes under the protector, had too much learned to despise the enemy, proposed to detach Prince Rupert with twenty ships, in order to oppose the duke of Beaufort. Sir George Ayscue, well acquainted with the bravery and conduct of De Ruyter, protested against the temerity of this resolution: but Albemarle's authority prevailed.

David Hume - The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F.: From Charles II. to James II.