ASHFIELD, Edmund (by 1506-78), of Ewelme, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. by 1506, yr. s. of John Ashfield (d.1506) of Heythrop by 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Humphrey Colwick of Worcs.; half-bro. of Francis Bulstrode. m. bet. 1530 and 1534, Eleanor, da. of Humphrey Barton of Northants., wid. of William Stafford of Tattenhoe, Bucks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Kntd. Aug. 1570.Date of birth estimated from father’s death. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 168; Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 393; LP Hen. VIII, vii; C142/180/1.

Offices Held

Servant of Henry Norris by 1534; keeper, manor and park of Ewelme 1536; receiver, lands of Abingdon abbey to 1538, bailiff and collector, manors of Nether Shenley, Over Shenley and Snelshall, Bucks. 1546; steward, manors of Cuddesdon, Oxon. and West Wittenham, Berks. 1551; j.p. Bucks., Oxon. 1547 – d.; surveyor, Exchequer, Bucks. 1559; sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 1559 – 60, Beds. and Bucks. 1569 – 70; commr. relief, Bucks. and Oxon. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Oxon. 1552, 1553, loan 1562, subsidy 1563, musters; other commissions 1550–72.LP Hen. VIII, vii, x, xxi; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 289; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 88; 1549–51, p. 344; 1550–3, pp. 142, 395; 1553, pp. 351, 357, 418; 1553–4, pp. 17, 23, 27; 1558–60, p. 111; 1560–3, pp. 434, 441; 1563–6, pp. 20, 41; 1569–72, pp. 219, 223, 430; E315/223/366; Chantry Certificates (Oxon. Rec. Soc. i), 57, 65, 72, 75; Osborn Collection, Yale Univ. Lib. 71.6.41; Lansd. 8, f. 80; 56, ff. 168–9.

Parlimentarian

ASHFIELD, Edmund (by 1506-78), of Ewelme, Oxon.

Main residence: Ewelme, Oxon.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ASHFIELD, Edmund (by 1506-78)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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