ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. 31 Mar. 1606, 1st s. of Richard Assheton of Middleton, and Mary (d. 24 Feb. 1645), da. of Thomas Venables of Kinderton, Middlewich, Cheshire.Middleton ed. G. Shaw (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xii) 45, 191; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 14-15; Lancs. IPM ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 107. m. 4 May 1623, Elizabeth, da. of John Kay of Woodsome, Almondbury, Yorks. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Almondbury par. reg.; Middleton ed. Shaw, 78, 83, 89, 97; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 15. suc. fa. 7 Nov. 1618.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 107. d. 17 Feb. 1651.Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 148.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Lancs. 8 Mar. 1627 – 11 July 1642, by Aug. 1646–16 Apr. 1650.Lancs. RO, QSC/6–36, 42–51. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 29 Sept. 1632.Lancs. RO, DDN/1/64, f. 82. Sheriff, 20 Nov. 1632–3.Greater Manchester County RO, E7/15/4/7; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 73. Commr. sewers, 16 Feb. 1633;C181/4, f. 130v. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649.SR; A. and O. Member, Lancs. co. cttee. June 1642–?d.CJ ii. 625b; LJ v. 137a; Gratton, Lancs. 79. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Custos. rot. 27 Aug. 1647–1 Sept. 1649.Lancs. RO, QSC/46–9; Greater Manchester County RO, E7/15/4/10.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 27 Apr. 1636–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 203, 329; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2. Preston by Aug. 1642–d.;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 106. Wigan by Mar. 1640–d.Sinclair, Wigan, i. 215; ii. 7, 53.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb., 28 Oct. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 825b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Oct. 1642-c.Apr. 1645, June 1648–?Warr in Lancs. 9; Brereton Lttr. Bks. i. 487; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 252; CJ v. 608b. Maj.-gen. Sept. 1648-c.Mar. 1649.CJ vi. 32a, 137b; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 277; Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 19–20.

Parlimentarian

ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.

: of Middleton, Lancs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.

Will

24 Jan. 1650, pr. 10 May 1651.PROB11/216, f. 211v.

Estates

in 1618, inherited estate inc. manors and advowsons of Middleton and Radcliffe and property in Ainsworth, Bamford, Birtle, Blackley, Middleton, Pilsworth, Siddal, Thornham and Tonge, Lancs.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 104-7. By 1625, estate valued at £680 p.a.Long, ‘Lancs.’, 49. In 1632, assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 223. In 1636, sold hall and demesne of Blackley for over £2,000.VCH Lancs. iv. 255. At d. estate inc. manors of Middleton and Radcliffe and property in Ainsworth, Alkrington, Bamford, Birtle, Castleton, Heape, Hopwood, Pilkington, Pilsworth, Siddal, Thornham, Tonge and Unsworth – all in the hundred of Salford, Lancs.PROB11/216, f. 211v; Greater Manchester Co. RO, E7/5/1/40-1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented William Assheton to rectory of Middleton, 1634; Peter Shaw to rectory of Radcliffe, 1638; Thomas Pyke, c.1644.Add. 33935, f. 314; VCH Lancs. v. 66, 158. Elder, second Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 509.

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