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ASHLEY, Henry (1519-88), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.

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b. 2 Oct. 1519, s. of Henry Ashley of Wimborne St. Giles by Radegund, da. of Robert Gilbert of Witcombe, Som. m. by 1548, Catherine, da. of Sir John Bassett of Umberleigh, Devon, 2s. inc. Henry. suc. fa. 1 Mar. 1549. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth given in Hutchins, Dorset , iii. 594-5; The Gen. n.s. ii. 221.
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Dep. v.-adm. Dorset 1550 – 82; commr. relief, Dorset 1550, piracy 1565; keeper of manor and forest of Holt 1555 – 66; j.p. Dorset 1554 – d., Wilts. 1562, rem. 1586/87; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1555 – 56, 1564 – 65; dep. lt. Dorset 1577–d.EHR, xxiii. 741; HCA 25/1 pt. 2; CPR, 1553, p. 352; APC, vii. 283; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 571, 582; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 280–1.

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ASHLEY, Henry (1519-88), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
Main residence: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ASHLEY, Henry (1519-88)

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

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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.
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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.

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ASHFIELD, Edmund (by 1506-78), of Ewelme, Oxon.
Main residence: Ewelme, Oxon.
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T.F.T.B.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ASHFIELD, Edmund (by 1506-78)

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ASHBY, William (by 1470-1543), of Lowesby, Leics.

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b. by 1470, 1st s. of William Ashby of Lowesby by Agnes, da. of Sir Richard Illingworth of Kirkby Woodhouse, Derbys. and Merton, Surr. m. by 1492, Agnes, da. of Sir Thomas Pulteney of Misterton, Leics., 2 or 3s. 1 or 2da. suc. fa. 14 Jan. 1500.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 334. Nichols, Leics. iii. 298-9 and Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 14 give imperfect pedigrees.
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J.p. Leics. by 1500 – d.; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1509 – 10, ?1526 – 27; commr. subsidy 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, for suppression of monasteries 1536; other commissions 1509–41.CPR, 1494–1509, p. 646; Statutes, iii. 84, 115, 169; LP Hen. VIII, i-viii, x, xiii-xv; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xvii. 79.

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ASHBY, William (by 1470-1543), of Lowesby, Leics.
Main residence: Lowesby, Leics.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ASHBURNHAM, Thomas (by 1462-1523), of Guestling and Winchelsea, Suss. and London.

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b. by 1462, 2nd s. of Thomas Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss. by Elizabeth, da. of Henry Wanses. m. by 1483, Elizabeth, da. of John Dudley of Atherington, Suss., 2s. inc. John I 2da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 18-19. The pedigree given in Drummond, Noble Brit. Fams. i. wrongly ascribes the Member’s wife and children to his nephew and namesake.
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Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1499 – 1500; jurat, Winchelsea 1508 – d., mayor 1509 – 10, 1521 – 22; j.p. Suss. 1511; commr. musters 1512, subsidy 1514.Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 141, 143–6, 182–6; Statutes, iii. 114; LP Hen. VIII, i.

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ASHBURNHAM, Thomas (by 1462-1523), of Guestling and Winchelsea, Suss. and London.
Main residences: Guestling; Winchelsea, Suss.; London.
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P.H.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ASHBURNHAM, Thomas (by 1462-1523)

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