Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lowesby, Leics.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ASHBY, William (by 1470-1543)
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