Sir John Assheton, Kt.

Made a knight in 1460; died 1484. :'His son Thomas died 1507.

John de Ashton is said to have distinguished himself at the siege of Noyon in 1370, (fn. 43) and represented the county in Parliament in 1382, 1388, and 1390. (fn. 44) He was apparently father of Sir John de Ashton his successor, (fn. 45) prominent in the French wars of Henry V, and Seneschal of Bayeux in 1416. (fn. 46) In 1413 Sir John obtained a release of the service due from the manor. After reciting that he held it of Sir Richard de Kirkby by the rent of 1d., and that Sir Richard held it of Thomas La Warre, lord of Manchester, by the rent of 22s. and a hawk or 40s., which services Sir John de Ashton had to render on behalf of Sir Richard, the feoffees of Thomas La Warre granted that Sir John, Sir Richard, and their heirs should be free from the said service after the death of Thomas. (fn. 47) This Sir John died in 1428, holding the manor of Ashton of Robert de Ogle (in right of his wife Isabel, granddaughter and heir of Sir Richard Kirkby), and other manors and lands. Thomas, his son and heir, then twenty-five years of age, (fn. 48) came to be known as 'the Alchemist'; (fn. 49) he left a son John, (fn. 50) made a knight in 1460. (fn. 51) Sir John died in 1484, holding the manor of Ashton, with the advowson of the church, lands in Manchester, Oldham, and Wardle; and the manor of Alt. Sir Thomas, his son and heir, was sixty years of age in 1507, when the inquisition was taken. (fn. 52)

Excerpt from:

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp338-347

• 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq...
• Pg. 248
• EDMOND TRAFFORD, who was knighted by HENRY VI. at Whitsuntide, in 1426. He m. Alice, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir William Venable, knight of Bolyn, by Joan, his wife, daughter of John Massey, of Tatton, and had issue,
  • JOHN, (Sir) his heir.
  • Joan, m. first, in 1429, to James Byron, grandson of Sir John Byron, and secondly, in 1443, to William, son and heir of Sir Alexander Radcliffe, of Ordsall.
  • ' Dulcia, m. in 1438, to Sir John Ashton, of Ashton.
• Sir Edmond lived until 1457, when he was s. by his son,
• SIR JOHN TRAFFORD, knighted about the year 1444, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Ashton, knight, of Ashton, and had issue, ...
• Pg. 400
• .... SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Catherton, married twice: by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Knyvett of Thirling, he had a son, EDMUND, ancestor of the Radclyffes of Broad Clist, in Devonshire; and by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstal, knt. of Tunstal, he had a son, JOHN, who m. Katherine, daughter of Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, and left three daughters his co-heirs, namely JOAN, m. to Edmund Ashton, esq. second son of Sir Thomas Ashton, knt. of Ashton-under-Line: MARGARET, m. to Ralph Standish, esq. of Standish; and ELIZABETH, m. to Robert Radclyffe, second son of Alexander Radclyffe, esq. of Ordsall.
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• Agnes HARRINGTON
• Born: ABT 1465, Brirworth, Kent, England
• Father: James HARRINGTON of Wolfege (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Isabella RADCLIFFE
• Married: Thomas ASHTON (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1440 - d. 1517) (son of' John Ashton and Dulcia Trafford') ABT 1494, Woolfage, Northamptonshire, England
• Children:
  • **1. Alice ASHTON (b. ABT 1482) (m. Richard Houghton) 2. John ASHTON (b. ABT 1495) (m. Jane Stanley)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HARRINGTON.htm#Agnes HARRINGTON1
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Name: JOHN ASHTON Suffix: , OF ASHTON, LANCS.; KNIGHT Prefix: SIR 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1413 in ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE Death: 1508 in ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE Note: 1

   John Assheton

   Also Known As:

   "John de Asshton"

   Birthdate:

   circa 1413

   Birthplace:

   Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England

   Death:

   Died 1508

   Immediate Family:

   Son of Sir Thomas "the Alchemist" de Ashton and Elizabeth de Ashton ?Husband of Isabelle Assheton and Dulcia Assheton ?Father of Sir Thomas Assheton ?Brother of Jane Foljambe; Edmund de Ashton; Nicholas de Ashton; Unknown de Ashton; Elizabeth Trafford; and Dulcia Gerard?

Change Date: 1 SEP 2015

Father: THOMAS ASHTON b: ABT 1397 in ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, LANCASHIRE Mother: ELIZABETH BYRON b: ABT 1417 in CLAYTON, LANCASHIRE

Marriage 1 DULCIA TRAFFORD b: ABT 1417 in TRAFFORD MANOR, STRETFORD, LANCASHIRE

   Married: 

Children

   Has Children THOMAS ASHTON b: 1440 in ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, LANCASHIRE

Sources:

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   Date: 24 MAR 2014