Family and Education
b. c. 1500, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Ralph Assheton of Great Lever by Eleanor, da. of Adam Hulton of The Park, Lancs.; bro. of Richard m. Margaret, da. of William Orrell of Turton, Lancs., 3s. 4da.Date of birth estimated from that of son, VCH Lancs. v. 184n. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. cx), 206-7; (lxxxi), 28 corrected by VCH Lancs. v. 184n and J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. Gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 205.
Offices Held
Commr. in local disputes, Lancs. 1540, 1551, chantries 1550, goods of churches and fraternities ?1552; j.p. by 1550 – d.; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. and Cheshire 6 Nov. 1558–d.
Main residence: Great Lever, Middleton, Lancs.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ASSHETON, Ralph (c.1500-59)
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Oxford 1644
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