ASHE, William I (1647-1713), of Heytesbury, Wilts.

b. 17 Nov. 1647, 1st surv. s. of Edward Ashe†, Draper, of Fenchurch Street, London and Halstead, Kent, being 1st by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of William Jolliffe of Leek, Staffs., wid. of William Bowyer of Knippersley, Staffs.; bro. of Edward Ashe†. educ. I. Temple 1652, called Nov. 1653; St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 1664. m. (1) lic. 27 June 1670, Anne (d. 1684), da. of Alexander Popham† of Littlecote, Wilts., 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.; (2) lic. 10 May 1694, Mary (d. 1721), da. of John Rivett, Skinner, of London and Beeston, Suffolk, wid. of Sir Henry Appleton, 4th Bt., of Jarvis Hall, South Benfleet, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1656. PCC 381 Berkeley; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 145; Hoare, Wilts. Heytesbury, i. 117–18, 150; Mar. Lics. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 290.