ASSHETON (ASHTON), Richard (1654-1705), of Allerton and Gledhow, Yorks.

b. 4 May 1654, 2nd s. of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Bt., of Middleton, nr. Manchester, Lancs.; bro. of Sir Ralph, 2nd Bt.*; educ. privately. m. Mary, da. of John Parker of Extwisle, Lancs., wid. of Benjamin Waddington of Allerton and Gledhow, 3s. 2da. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, lxxxiv), 15; Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 19–22; Life of Adam Martindale (Chetham Soc. ser 1, iv), 196.