Family and Education
s. and h. of Thomas Astley (d.1432) of Nailstone by Joan (fl.1461), da. of Sir Thomas Gresley† of Drakelowe, Derbys. m. (1) ?2s.; ?(2) aft. July 1475, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Boteler of Warrington, Lancs., wid. of John Cawarden (d.1475) of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffs. Dist. Staffs. 1465.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. election, Staffs. 1450.
Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Leics. May 1437; of arrest, Staffs. July 1457 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth);
Verderer of Kinver forest, Staffs. 12 May 1446 – ?
Sheriff, Staffs. 8 Nov. 1451–2.
J.p. Staffs. 8 July 1461 – Dec. 1470.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Nailstone, Leics; Patshull, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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