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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ASHLEY, Henry (1519-88)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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