Family and Education
b. 1 Oct. 1530, 1st s. of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall and Heywood by 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Bowles of Penhow Castle, Mon. m. (1) ?Aug. 1544, Mary, da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northants. And Wormleighton, Warws., s.p.; (2) by 1551, Elizabeth, da. of James Leveson of Lilleshall, Salop, 6s. 6da. suc. fa. 8 Sept. 1568. Kntd. 18 July 1560.Date of birth given at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/152/149. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 38-39; v(2), 18; HMC Talbot and Shrewsbury, ii. 343; C142/222/43.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Staffs. 1570 – 71, 1580 – 81; j.p. by 1574 – 75, q. 1577 – d.; commr. musters 1586; dep. lt. by 1586.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Tixall; Heywood, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ASTON, Walter (1530-89)
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Oxford 1644
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