ASSHETON, Sir William (d.1466), of Croston and Ulnes Walton, Lancs.

s. and h. of Thomas Assheton (d.1407) of Croston by Alice (fl.1409), da. and h. of Sir William de la Lea of Croston and his w. Iseult (fl.1392). m. (1) at least 1s.; (2) c. 1425, Alice (fl.1465), da. of John Lacy of Gateforth, Yorks., wid. of Sir Robert Tempest of Stainforth, Yorks., div. July 1438; She had had dispensation to marry Tempest in 1408: Test. Ebor. iii (Surtees Soc. xlv), 319. (3) Anne, da. of Roger Millington of Millington, Cheshire, prob. by Margaret, da. of John Legh of Knutsford Booths, Cheshire, at least 2s. Chetham’s Lib. Manchester, Raines mss, 25, pp. 272-3; G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, i (2), 350. Kntd. between 6 May 1420 and 2 Apr. 1421. E101/49/36, m. 8; C219/12/5.