Thomas (Ashton) de Ashton
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Thomas (Ashton) de Ashton (abt. 1300 - aft. 1346)

Thomas de Ashton formerly Ashton
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 46 [location unknown]
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Biography

Thomas de Ashton (fl. 1346), was an English warrior. [1]

Ashton was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Ashton, and it is remarkable that, although the chief recorded event of his life shows him to have been a man of conspicuous military courage, he does not appear to have received the honour of knighthood, or to have been employed in any of the offices in which his father had distinguished himself.

Whilst Edward III was fighting in France, David II of Scotland, entered Northumberland with a force estimated at 50,000 men, and wasted and pillaged the country as far as Durham. Queen Philippa, the heroic wife of Edward III, marched against the invaders with a force of about 12,000, whom she encouraged to the unequal conflict.

The Battle of Neville's Cross Battle was joined at Neville's Cross, near Durham, 17 Oct. 1346, and the result was a decisive victory for the English. Thomas de Ashton, who fought under Lord Neville, captured the royal standard of Scotland.

Shortly after King David was made prisoner by John de Coupland, variously described as a Lancashire esquire and as a Northumberland gentleman, who was knighted when the king returned from France, but Ashton was still an esquire when, in 1385, he formed one of the retinue of John of Gaunt in his expedition to Spain.

William de Ashton, doctor of laws, who was also with 'the serene prince, Lord John, king of Castile and León,' was his uncle.

Research Notes

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that he is "probably a figment".[2] There do not seem to be contemporary sources to support his existence.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia:Thomas_de_Ashton_(warrior)
  2. Andrew Ayton, "Ashton, Thomas (supp. fl. 1346)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/778
  • "Ashton, Thomas de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. [1]




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