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ASHLEY, alias COOPER, Hon. Anthony (1652-99).
Family and Education
b. 16 Jan. 1652, o. surv. s. of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1666-7. m. 22 Sept. 1669, Lady Dorothy Manners (d. June 1698), da. of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, 3s. 4da. styled. Lord Ashley 23 Apr. 1672; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury 22 Jan. 1683.
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Commr. for assessment, Dorset, Poole and Wilts. 1673 – 80, recusants, Dorset 1675, v.-adm. 1679 – d., j.p. by 1685–?87.
Member, Society of Mines Royal 1674.
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COOPER
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ASHLEY ALIAS COOPER, Hon. Anthony (1652-99)
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph I, 2nd Bt. (c.1605-80), of Whalley Abbey and Downham, Lancs.
Family and Education
b. c. 1605, 1st s. of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt., of Great Lever, by 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Sir James Bellingham of Levens, Westmld. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1623; G. Inn 1624. m. (1) lic. 17 Apr. 1630, Lady Dorothy Tufton (d. 28 Jan. 1635), da. of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet, s.p.; (2) 3 Feb. 1644, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Sapcotes Harrington of Rand, Lincs., 1s. d.v.p. suc. fa. 18 Oct. 1644, cos. Richard Assheton in Downham estate 1657.T. D. Whitaker, Hist. Whalley, 316-18; VCH Lancs. vi. 554-5.
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Receiver, duchy of Lancaster 1629 – ?49, May 1660 – d.; commr. for sequestration, Lancs. 1643, assessment 1644 – 48, Jan. 1660–9, 1679 – d., northern assoc. 1645, defence 1645; elder, Blackburn classic 1646; j.p. Lancs. 1647 – 49, Mar. 1660–6, commr. for militia 1648, Mar. 1660; out-bailiff, Clitheroe Oct. 1660–2.
Capt. of ft. (parliamentary) 1643.
Main residences: Whalley Abbey; Downham, Lancs.
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Commons 1660-1690
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph I (c.1605-80)
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Edmund (c.1643-95), of Chadderton, Lancs.
Family and Education
b. c. 1643, 1st s. of James Assheton of Chadderton by Catherine, da. of John Greenhalgh of Brandlesholme, Lancs. educ. G. Inn, entered 1659; St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1660. unm. suc. fa. 1651.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxiv), 18; VCH Lancs. v. 117.
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J.p. Lancs. 1665 – Apr. 1688, Mdx. and Westminster 1687 – Apr. 1688; commr. for assessment, Lancs. 1667 – 69, 1689 – 90; freeman, Preston 1682.
Capt. of ft., regt. of Sir Allen Apsley June – Aug. 1667; maj. King’s 1 Gds. 1673, lt.-col. 1684–90.
Corporal, yeoman of the guard 1668 – 72; gent. of the bedchamber to the Duke of York 1672–?85.
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Main residence: Chadderton, Lancs.
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Commons 1660-1690
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Edmund (c.1643-95)
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph II, 2nd Bt. (1652-1716), of Middleton, nr. Manchester, Lancs.
Family and Education
b. 11 Feb. 1652, 1st s. of Ralph Ashton of Middleton by Anne, da. of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt., of Great Lever. educ. privately; Brasenose, Oxf. 1668; travelled abroad 1673. m. (1) Mary (d. 11 Nov. 1694), da. and h. of Thomas Vavasour of Spaldington, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) 30 July 1696, Mary, da. and h. of Robert Hyde of Denton, Lancs., s.p. suc. fa. 28 Apr. 1665, maternal uncle Sir John Assheton, 4th Bt., in Whalley Abbey estate 1696.Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 19-22; E134/31 Chas. 11 Mich. 32; Rylands Lib. Legh mss, Anne Assheton to Richard Legh, 29 Mar. [1673].
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Freeman, Preston 1662, 1682; j.p. Lancs. 1675 – 87, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, lt.-col. of militia ft. by 1680–?7, col. by 1697–?d., dep. lt. 1682 – 87, Oct. 1688–?d.
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Main residence: Middleton, nr. Manchester, Lancs.
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Commons 1660-1690
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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph II (1652-1716)
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ASTLEY, Sir Jacob, 1st Bt. (1640-1729), of Melton Constable, Norf. and Hillmorton, Warws.
Family and Education
b. 1640, 1sts. of Sir Edward Astley of Hindolveston, Norf. by Elizabeth, da. of Jacob, Baron Astley of Reading. educ. King’s, Camb. 1657; Christ Church, Oxf. 1659. m. 6 Feb. 1661, Blanche (d.1697), da. of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Bt., of Kimberley, Norf., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 1 da. suc. fa. 1653, uncle Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Bt., in Melton Constable estate 1659; cr. Bt. 26 June 1660; suc. cos. Jacob, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading, in Kent estate 1688.R. W. Ketton-Cremer, Norf. in the Civil War, 164, 286.
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J.p. Norf. Sept. 1660 – Feb. 1688, 1689 – d., capt. of militia horse Oct. 1660 – ?76, commr. for assessment 1663 – 80, 1689 – 90, sheriff 1663 – 64, dep. lt. 1664 – Feb. 1688, Nov. 1688 – d., commr. for recusants 1675, col. of militia ft. 1676 – Feb. 1688, by 1691-at least 1697.
Gent. of privy chamber 1662 – Dec. 1688; ld. of trade 1714–17.
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Main residences: Melton Constable, Norf.; Hillmorton, Warws.
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Commons 1660-1690
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ASTLEY, Sir Jacob (1640-1729)
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