Family and Education
b. 2 Oct. 1519, s. of Henry Ashley of Wimborne St. Giles by Radigund, da. of Robert Gilbert of Witcombe, Som. m. Katherine, da. of Sir John Bassett of Umberleigh, Devon, 2s. inc. Henry. suc. fa. 1549. Kntd. 1553.
Offices Held
Dep. v.-adm. Dorset 1551 – 82, keeper of manor and forest of Holt 1555 – 66; j.p.q. Dorset from 1554, Wilts. from 1562, rem. c. 1586; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1555 – 56, 1564 – 65; commr. piracy Dorset 1565, dep. lt. by 1577, col. of musters, Shaftesbury division 1587.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
ASHLEY, Sir Henry (1519-88)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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