ASHURST, Henry (1669-1705), of St. Augustine’s, London

Family and Education

bap. 4 Mar. 1669, 1st s. of Sir William Ashurst*. educ. Wickhambrook, Suff. (Samuel Cradock); I. Temple 1685, called 1693. m. by 1699, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Edward Grace of Eltham, Kent, 2s. IGI, London; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 414; Calamy, Life, i. 134–5.

Offices Held

Commr. hackney carriages 1694–5; attorney and serjeant, duchy of Lancaster 1697–1702; High Easter steward, duchy of Lancaster 1697–1703. CSP Dom. 1695, p. 254; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 51, 101, 207–8.

Freeman, Preston 1697; town clerk, London 1700–d. Lancs. RO, Preston bor. recs. CNP 3/1/1 p. 506.

Member, New England Co. 1698. W. Kellaway, New England Co. 289.

Parlimentarian

ASHURST, Henry (1669-1705), of St. Augustine’s, London

Main residence: St. Augustine’s, London.

Author

P.L.G.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

ASHURST, Henry (1669-1705)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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