Family and Education
s. and h. of John Ashburnham of Ashburnham. m. 1s.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 17 gives Ashburnham’s mother as Mary Isseley of Sundridge, Kent and his wife as Elizabeth Finch, but no evidence has been found to substantiate this pedigree. The account in Cat. Ashburnham Archs. ed. Steer, p. viii splits the career of the shire knight between two John Ashburnhams.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 9 Dec. 1395 – 1 Dec. 1396, 29 Nov. 1402 – 5 Nov. 1403, 4 Nov. 1409 – 29 Nov. 1410
Commr. of inquiry, Surr., Suss. Nov. 1397 (Salman estates); to collect an aid, Suss. Dec. 1401; of arrest Aug. 1403; array Nov. 1403, May 1415.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ashburnham, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ASHBURNHAM, John (-d.1417)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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