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John Astley

Also Known As: "John de Astley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Patshull, Staffordshire, England
Death: 1441 (63-73)
Patshull, Staffordshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Astley and Elizabeth de Astley
Brother of Margaret Astley of Coton and Nordley Regis; Joan Astley; Thomas Astley; William Astley; Richard Astley and 5 others

Managed by: Charles Arthur Chester
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About John Astley

  • 'Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA379&lpg=PA379&dq...
  • 6. ELIZABETH DE BEAUCHAMP, married before 1336/7 (as his 2nd wife) THOMAS DE ASTLEY (or ASTELEY), Knt., of Astley, Bentley, and Weddington, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, and Crick, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Giles de Astley, Knt., by Alice, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of Thomas de Wolvey, Knt., of Wolvey, Warwickshire. He was born in or before 1305. They had three sons, William, Knt., Thomas, Knt., and Giles. He was married previously to MARGARET ___, who was living 15 Jul 1334. They had no known issue. He was heir in 1325 to his uncle, Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley. In 1338 he founded a chantry in Astley, Warwickshire, which, in 1343, he had sanction to change into a collegiate church. He was summoned to Parliament from 25 Feb. 1342/3 to 10 Mar 1349/50. SIR THOMAS DE ASTLEY, 3rd Lord Astley, was living 3 May 1366.
    • 7. THOMAS DE ASTLEY, Knt., of Hillmorton, Warwickshire, and, in right of his wife, of Braunstone (in Glenfield and Little Stretton, Leicestershire, younger son. He married before 13 Dec. 1369 ELIZABETH DE HARCOURT, daughter and heiress of Richard de Harcourt, Knt., of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, by Joan, daughter of William de Shareshull, Knt., Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chief Baron of the Exchequer [see HARCOURT 6.i. for her ancestry]. She was born about 1347/9 (aged 22 in 1369 and 21 in 1370). They had two sons, Thomas, Esq., and 'John', and one daughter, Elizabeth, wife of John Clay, Knt. They were involved in a protracted series of lawsuits regarding the manor of Ellenhall, the reversion of which was awarded to them. His wife, Elizabeth, was living in 1383-84. SIR THOMAS DE ASTLEY died in 1399.
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  • Sir Thomas de Astley1,2
  • M, b. circa 1346, d. 1399
  • Father Sir Thomas Astley, 3rd Lord Astley3,4 b. c 1305, d. a 21 Jul 1381
  • Mother Elizabeth Beauchamp3,4 b. 1313
  • Sir Thomas de Astley was born circa 1346 at of Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England.1 He married Elizabeth Harcourt, daughter of Sir Richard de Harcourt and Joan Shareshull, before 12 December 1369; They had 2 sons (Thomas, Esq., & 'Sir John') and 1 daughter (Elizabeth (wife of Sir John Clay)).1,5 Sir Thomas de Astley died in 1399 at of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England.1,2
  • Family Elizabeth Harcourt b. c 1348, d. a 1384
  • Child
    • Thomas Astley, Esq.+1,5 b. c 1375, d. b 13 Jan 1432
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 46.
  • 2.[S31] Unknown author, Wikipedia.
  • 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 45-46.
  • 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 53-54.
  • 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 55.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1866.htm#...
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John Astley's Timeline

1373
1373
Patshull, Staffordshire, England
1441
1441
Age 68
Patshull, Staffordshire, England