Walter Aston (1530 - 1589)

Born 1 Oct 1530 in Tixall, Staffordshire, England

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Died 2 Apr 1589 at age 58 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

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Sir Walter Aston was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

According to Find-a-Grave, Sir Walter Aston was born on 1 Oct 1530, and died at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, on 2 Apr 1589. He was buried at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton.

Sir Walter Aston was the 1st son of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall and Heywood by 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Bowles of Penhow Castle, Mon. He married, 1548x1551 (contracted by 1545), Elizabeth (b. 1532?), daughter of James Leveson of Lilleshall (Shropshire), and had issue:^[1][2]

1. Sir Edward Aston (c.1551-98), kt.
2. Robert Aston (c.1552-1623) of Parkhall; educated at Grays Inn (admitted 1568; called to bar, 1581); barrister-at-law; married Joyce, second daughter of William Dallyson, justice of Kings Bench, and had issue four sons, to whose descendants the manor of Parkhall descended;
3. Jane Aston (c.1554-1624); married, 1573/4, William Crompton (d. 1603) of Stone (Staffs) and had issue fourteen children; buried with her husband, December 1624, at Stone (Staffs), where they are commemorated by a monument;
4. Richard Aston (d. 1610); married 1st, Julia, widow of N.N. Clerke, and had issue three sons and four daughters; married 2nd, Anne [surname unknown]; died 1610;
5. Margery Aston (d. 1628); married, 1585, Thomas Astley (d. 1632) of Patshull (Staffs) and had issue seven sons and six daughters; she was excommunicated from the Church of England and was buried at Patshull by special licence, 1628;
6. William Aston (c.1560-1628) of Milwich (Staffs); educated at University College, Oxford (matriculated 1579); married, 21 April 1590, Elizabeth, daughter of Waldive Willington of Hurley Hall near Tamworth (Warks), and had issue two sons (from the elder of whom descended the men who claimed and used the title Barons Aston of Forfar in the late 18th century) and one daughter; buried at Tixall, 6 May 1628;
7. Eleanor Aston (d. 1637); married William Peyto (d. 1609 or 1619) of Chesterton (Warks); died 1636/7 and was buried with her husband at Chesterton where they are commemorated by a monument designed by Nicholas Stone;
8. Mary Aston (fl. 1596); married, after 1583, Christopher Collier (d. 1609) of Yarlet; living in 1596;
9. Hastings Aston (1564-86), baptised at Wanlip (Leics), 13 March 1564; died unmarried, 1586;
10. Elizabeth Aston (b. c.1565); married, by 1585, Basil Feilding (c.1567-1633) MP of Newnham Paddox (Warks) and had issue three sons (from whom descend the Earls of Denbigh) and one daughter;
11. Catherine Aston (c.1566-1646); married 1st, Stephen Slaney (d. 1597), son of Sir Stephen Slaney, Lord Mayor of London, and had issue one daughter; married 2nd, 21 June 1604 at St Mary Woolnoth, London or 18 January 1605 at Ingestre, Sir William Chetwynd (d. 1614), kt., of Ingestre (Staffs) and 3rd, 1617 at St Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn (Middx), Sir Edward Cope (1551-1619), kt. of Canons Ashby (Northants); died 1646 and was buried at St Giles-in-the-Fields;
12. Devereux Aston (c.1571-1635); educated at Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1587); married 1st, Godith (fl. 1609), widow of Richard Skeffington of London, and 2nd, 1 April 1624, Margaret (fl. 1635), daughter of William Barratt of Wymeswold (Leics) and widow of [forename unknown] Botham, but died without issue, 1635.

He died 2 April 1589.

Sources

• ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. I, page 178
• CHURCH EATON: THE MANOR OF WOOD EATON, Staffordshire Record Society (1883) Canning-229 19:44, 22 December 2014 (EST)
• Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 4 vols, Volume 1, page 60, ASTON 13ii.
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 3 vols, Volume 1, page 126, ASTON 15ii.
• Wikipedia page

1. ↑ Aston of Tixall Hall, Barons Aston of Forfar
2. ↑ ASTON, Walter (1530-89), of Tixall and Heywood, Staffs. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982

• UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current; Name: Sir Walter Aston; Birth Date: 1 Oct 1530; Death Date: 2 Apr 1589: CemeterySt. Peter's Collegiate Church; Burial or Cremation Place: Wolverhampton, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England; Has Bio?: N; Father: Edward Aston; Mother: Jane Aston; Spouse: Elizabeth Aston; Children: Jane Crompton; Eleanor Peyto; Catharine Cope; William Aston; Margery Astley

Notes

 !BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-CHILD-PARENTAGE: Culpepper Connections Family Tree website cites Fairfax Harrison "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck"

The data showing is a combination of two or three different Walters. I can't tell which one he was supposed to be, but as he's orphaned I'm just going to merge him with his brother.

Richardson cites the HoP article as a source, but leaves out the 1st wife.HoP lists m. (1) ?Aug. 1544, Mary, da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northants. And Wormleighton, Warws., s.p., but I can't verify the source, but I assume it was an error in a visitation.

The data showing is a combination of two or three different Walters. I can't tell which one he was supposed to be, but as he's orphaned I'm just going to merge him with his brother.

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