- Ayleward, Richard (b Winchester, 1626 - d Norwich, 15 October, 1669)
- Ayleward was a chorister at Winchester Cathedral under Christopher Gibbons (1638-9), and Organist and Master of the Choristers at Norwich Cathedral from 1661-4, and 1666-9. He wrote service music, and twenty verse anthems (some keyboard music attributed to him may be by his father).