Publications
The Aynscombes of Mayfield, published September 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.76-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Stephen Aynscombe and the Earl of Gondomar, by Tim Cornish, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, article, pp.6-9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
In her article for Wealden Iron (2005) about John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts, Ruth Brown refers to Stephen Aynscombe as a smuggler of illicit ordnance to Portugal in 1620, working in tandem with the Spanish Ambassador, the Earl of Gondomar. Her general point about the prevalence of smuggling of ordnance is correct and Aynscombe, who came from Mayfield and who ran Pounsley Furnace, south of Hadlow Down had a record as a gun smuggler. However, there is some evidence that on this occasion Aynscombe was the victim of a false accusation which was inspired by national anti-Spanish feeling.