John Aston Esq (abt. 1444 - 1483)

Born about 1444 in Staffordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Delves) Aston — married about 1465 in England

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1483 at about age 39 in England

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Biography

John Aston, Esq., was the son and heir of Robert Aston, Knt., and Isabel Brereton.^[1][2][3][4] His date of birth is unknown and is estimated (see research notes).

John held lands in Brocton, Staffordshire; Ashtead and Newdigate, Surrey, etc. and was Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1475-1476 and 1479-1480. In 1467, he jointly claimed the manor of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, with his great aunt, Margaret Bingham and cousins Thomas Ferrers and William Berkeley, as lineal descendants and heirs of Sir William la Zouche Mortimer, Lord Zouche, who died in 1337.^[1] John was "one of the eighty-nine knights and esquires, retainers for life to William, Lord Hastings".^[5]

He married Elizabeth Delves, daughter of Sir John Delves and Ellen Egerton.^[1][5] They had three sons and eight daughters (see research notes):

• John,^[3][5] K.B., born about 1465, died 28 March 1523, married Joan Littleton and had issue^[1]
• Richard,^[1] second son^[3]
• Robert,^[1] third son^[3]
• Isabel,^[3] wife of Humphrey Okeover, Esq.^[1]
• Elizabeth,^[3] wife of John Basset, Esq.^[1]
• unknown daughter, married _____ Dudley, Esq.^[1]
• unknown daughter, married _____ Braddock, Esq.^[1]
• Katherine, wife of Thomas Blount, Esq.^[1]
• Alice, wife of John Dodd, Esq.^[1]
• unknown daughter, married Sir Andrew Colwich^[1]
• Rose, wife of Thomas Cludd, Esq.^[1]

John died on 19 October 1483. The Inquistion Post Mortem into his lands in Warwickshire (Beaudesert and Offord) was held at Stratford upon Avon on 6 December 1483 and found that his heir John Aston was aged over 21.^[6] His widow was living in 1518/9.^[1]

Research Notes

Estimated Birth

Richardson (Royal Ancestry, I:176 ASTON 14) does not give a birth year for John, or a date for his marriage to Elizabeth Delves. His father was born about 1414, died 1464 and had four children. John and Elizabeth had 13 children; their oldest son, John, was born "about 1465". The 1444 birth year Lewis gives is a good guess (his father would have been 30 and he would have been 21 when his son John was born).^[1]

Daughter Margaret

"Margaret, wife of W. St. Andrew, Esq. or wife of Thomas Kynnardesley, and of Ralph Wolseley, Esq."^[1][7] was detached in 2015 as John and Elizabeth's daughter. She is more likely the sister of John and daughter of Robert Aston, but research is ongoing.^[8][9] See the research notes on Margaret's profile.

Unsourced Son

Lewis lists Thomas Aston as a son of John and Elizabeth, born c1480, but a son Thomas is not listed by Richardson. No proof has been found to make the parent/child connection, however it is widely found online.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. Vol. I, pages 176-177, ASTON 14.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, page 58,, ASTON 11.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} The Visitacion of Staffordschire Made by Robert Glover ...1583. (1883). Online at Google Books, pages 37-38.
4. ↑ Sampson Erdeswicke and Thomas Harwood. A Survey of Staffordshire; Containing the Antiquities of that County Erdeswick and Harwood. J.B. Nichols and Son, 1820. Online at Archive.org, page 61
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} 'Church Eaton: The manor of Wood Eaton', in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 4, ed. George Wrottesley (London, 1883), pp. 20-25. British History Online, accessed 23 May 2021.
6. ↑ IPM of John Aston esq.
7. ↑ Thomas Hugh Constable. A Topographical and Historical Description of the Parish of Tixall by Sir T and A Clifford. 1817. Online at Archive.org, pages 148-149.
8. ↑ "Aston-Kinnersley-Bradshaw-Fowke" 2006 post on soc.genealogy.medieval
9. ↑ 2014 SGM post by Charlie McNett titled "Col. Gerard Fowke".

See also:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Entry for John Aston, in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors" (free database online). Useful for leads; see cautions about use on the Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page.

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This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Traci Thiessen on 26 May 2021 and reviewed/approved for the Project by Michael Cayley on 27 May 2021.

John Aston Esq appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Lieut. Col. Walter Aston to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. I, pages 57-64 ASTON). This trail was badged for the Magna Carta Project on 5 June 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails on the Gateway's profile to view the profiles in that trail.

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