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Thomas (Ashton) de Ashton (abt. 1403 - abt. 1460)

Sir Thomas de Ashton [uncertain] formerly Ashton
Born about in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1415 [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 57 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Biography

Ashton, Sir Thomas (c.1403–c.1460), alchemist, was the son of Sir John Ashton (d. 1427) of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, and his first wife, Jane Saville.

1415 -- Sir John Byron made a settlement of lands in Droylsden on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth with Thomas son of Sir John Ashton. [1]

Circa 1415 - 1422 -- Sir Thomas married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir John Byron and Margery Booth, a relative of William Booth, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (d. 1464).

1423 - 1432 -- John Ashton and Elizabeth Byron Aston had four children: two daughters (Jane and Elizabeth), and two sons (John and Edmund) --

  1. Sir John, born circa 1423 d. 1484
  2. Edmund, Esq., born circa 1425, died March 1490;
  3. Jane, born circa 1425;
  4. Elizabeth, born circa 1432. [2] [3]

Research Notes

"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'; "

[4]

Sources

  1. History of the County of Lancaster, pages 282 - 287.
  2. Magna Carta Ancestry, page 207.
  3. Genealogical and Heraldic History, page 20.
  4. 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. 08 November 2014.
  • Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition. Volume II. Pages 249. Volume IV. Page 207.
  • John Burke, Esq., and John Bernard Burke, Esq. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Pages 20 & 400.
  • William Farrer and J. Brownbill, Editors. Townships: Droylsden, A History of the County of Lancaster. Volume 4. London. 1911. Pages 282 - 287. British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp282-287. Accessed by Michael Boynton on January 8, 2016 at 10:40 PM.




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Ashton-173 and Ashton-201 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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