Thomas Aston Esq. (abt. 1480 - abt. 1552)

Born about 1480 in Aston, Cheshire, England

Husband of Bridget (Harewell) Aston — married 1512 in Warwickshire

Descendants

Died about 1552 at about age 72 in Aston, Cheshire, England

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Biography

"The Aston family was first documented during reign of Henry II, whose charters record one Gilbert de Aston, Lord of Aston juxta Sutton (he is mentioned in AD/IX/7). The family built up a large estate in Cheshire and in Berkshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, through the marriage of their male heirs to a female heiresses. The estate descended lineally until the death of Sir Thomas Aston, 4th Baronet, in 1744 when the baronetcy reverted to a collateral male line and the estate was settled on his elder sister Catherine. This brought the estate to the Hervey-Aston line and remained in the possession of this family until the death of Arthur Hervey-Aston in 1839, when an entail passed it to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot. It was inherited in turn by his great-nephew Captain Talbot.

Accrual and descent of the Aston estates

•Thomas Aston (married Bridget Harewell of Warwickshire). He was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1551. •John Aston (d.1573, married Margaret Ireland of Lancashire). •Sir Thomas Aston (d.1613, married Elizabeth Mainwaring of Shropshire and Mary Unton of Shropshire). He was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1601. •John Aston (d.1615, married Maud Needham of Shropshire). •Sir Thomas Aston (1600-1645, married Magdalene Poultney of Leicestershire and Anne Willoughby of Derbyshire) was created 1st Baronet Aston in 1628. He was High Sheriff of Cheshire 1635-1636 (see AD/V/1-3), and held the office of M.P. for Cheshire from April 1640 to May 1640. He was a colonel for the Royalist cause during the Civil War, and was defeated by the Parliamentary General, Sir William Brereton, in the Battle of Nantwich on 28 January 1642. He was captured in later fighting in Staffordshire, and died attempting to escape from a prison at Stafford. [ Note: Anne Willougbhy, sole heir of Sir Henry Willoughby of Risley, Derbshire, brought with her estates in Berkshire (Stanford-in-the-Vale) and Warwickshire (Kingsbury). She had been previously married to the Honourable Anchitel Grey of Stanford-in-the-Vale, and these estates came into the possession of the Aston family when Sir Willoughby inherited them on his mother's death. Her maternal great-grandfathers were Sir Ambrose Cave of Warwickshire (ca.1503-1568), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Sir Francis Knollys (ca.1514-1596), Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth."

In 1512 (4th year of Henry VIII) Aston married Bridget, one of the daughters of John Harewell, and sister and coheir to Thomas Harewell, of Shotery, in Warwickshire. They had children: ^[1]

1. John, son and heir, married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Ireland, of the Hutt, in Lancashire, in 1546.
2. Richard, second son.
3. Peter, third son, had a bastard called Thomas Aston(born c. 1546), then living at London.
4. William, fourth son, married Anne, daughter of Thomas Ireland of the Hutt, Lancashire, and had children.
5. Francis, fifth son.

Aston also had a bastard son called Roger (died 23 May 1612), afterwards Sir Roger Aston, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King James I, who married Mary Stewart, daughter to Alexander, Lord Ochiltree. ^[1]

Thomas Aston (born on or after 1483, died 1553) of Aston was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1551, (the 4th year of Edward VI).^[1]

Disputed Parents

"The linkage of Thomas Aston to parents John Aston and Elizabeth Delves has been a hot topic at times. The linkage is found in the Ancestral File, but there is no proof that this is true."^[2]

Research Notes

According to profile managed by Jack Wise, he was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wotton, Thomas (1741), The English baronets, a genealogical and historical account of their families, pages 107-108
2. ↑ Descendants of Thomas de Aston

• Baronets. vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. Cokayne, George Edward (1902). The Complete Baronetage. vol. II. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd.. Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Attribution Public domain: "Aston, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 .... London. pp. 229–239. George Ormerod: The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume I, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby (George Routledge, London, 1882). Pages 531-537 are Ormerod's account of the Aston family from the reign of Henry II up to the time of Sir Willoughby Aston, 2nd Baronet, with an added family tree which follows the family up to Sir Arthur Ingram Aston. George Edward Cockayne: Complete Baronetage, Volume II, 1625-1649, (William Pollard & co., Exeter, 1902). Pages 48-49 list the grantee and successors to the title of Baronet Aston in the reign of Charles I. The Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd series, vol 24, (Chester, 1927). Contains a description of the biographical diaries of Sir Willoughby Aston with some biographical notes.

Associated Material The Aston collection at the University of Liverpool form only a small part of the papers of the Aston family. A full list of the other holdings of the papers of the Aston family of Aston Hall can be found on the National Register of Archives. Links are provided below to the catalogue entries for the Aston papers held by •The British Library •John Rylands University Library Special Collections •Cheshire Record Office •Liverpool Record Office

• 'The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne - Church and charities ', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911) pp. 347-352. URL: [1]. Accessed: 12 August 2023 Picture 1: Image Copyright David Dixon. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit [2] or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Picture 2 found at www.ashton-under-lyne.com
• Section CD: Descendants of Thomas de Aston [3]
• Source: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=27284681&pid=388
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  Source The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)

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• Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Attribution Public domain: "Aston, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 .... London. pp. 229–239. George Ormerod: The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume I, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby (George Routledge, London, 1882). Pages 531-537 are Ormerod's account of the Aston family from the reign of Henry II up to the time of Sir Willoughby Aston, 2nd Baronet, with an added family tree which follows the family up to Sir Arthur Ingram Aston. George Edward Cockayne: Complete Baronetage, Volume II, 1625-1649, (William Pollard & co., Exeter, 1902). Pages 48-49 list the grantee and successors to the title of Baronet Aston in the reign of Charles I. The Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd series, vol 24, (Chester, 1927). Contains a description of the biographical diaries of Sir Willoughby Aston with some biographical notes.
• William Farrer & J. Brownbill (editors). "The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor & boroughs." A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911): 338-347. British History Online. Web. 12 August 2023. <https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp338-347#p25>

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