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- Sir John de Ashton or Sir John Assheton (died 1428), was an MP and soldier under King Henry IV and King Henry V.
Ashton was the son of Sir John de Ashton and his wife, Joan Radcliffe. He was one of forty-six esquires who were summoned to attend the grand coronation of Henry IV in 1399, in honour of which event they were solemnly admitted to the Order of the Bath.
Ashton served in 1411, 1413 and 1416 as a knight of the shire (MP) for Lancashire.
In 1416 he was with Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence at the taking of Bayeux, and was entrusted by the king with the office of seneschal of the city. There is in the 'Foedera' a document sent to him by Henry IV from Falaise, commanding him to give special protection to the inhabitants of the religious houses. He was also captain of Coutances and Carentan and bailiff of Cotentin.
Sir John died in 1428. He was twice married (firstly to Isabel, heiress of Sir Richard Kirkby) and left many children, of whom the most distinguished were Sir Thomas de Ashton, the alchemist, and Sir Roger de Ashton, of Middleton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Ashton_(seneschal)
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ASSHETON, Sir John II (d.1428), of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs.
Constituency Dates
LANCASHIRE 1411
LANCASHIRE May 1413
LANCASHIRE Mar. 1416
Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Assheton I by his 1st w. Margaret.
m. (1) Isabel, gdda. and h. of Sir Richard Kirkby, prob. 2s.1da.;
(2);
(3) by 1420, Margaret (d. by Apr. 1434), at least 1s.
Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399.
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[He] died almost one year later, on 3 Sept. 1428.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/assheton-sir-john-ii-1428
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De Assheton, Sir John (d. 1427/8), kt.(Parents: Elder son of Sir John de Ashton (c.1354-98) and his wife, Joan, the daughter of William Radcliffe of Smithills in Lancashire.)
MY NOTE: for verification of marriage on sources.
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Sir John de Assheton, KB (1399); Seneschal of Bayeux 1412; Governor of Hadupais and Bailiff of Coutances 1419, MP Lancs 1411 and 1413, commanded troops at Battle of Agincourt 1415; married 1st Jane, daughter of Sir John Savile, of Tankersleigh, and had issue (including Sir Thomas Assheton, alchemist, ancestor of the extinct Asshetons of Ashton-under-Lyne, Asshetons of Chadderton, and Ashtones of Shepley); married 2nd Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron, of Clayton, and died 3 Sep 1428.(Burke's Peerage). My note: Just a year difference from other recorded info.below.
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Sir John de Ashton (fl. 1370), was a military commander.
Ashton was the son of Thomas de Ashton (warrior),
Sir John Ashton was knight of the shire for his native county in the parliament of Westminster in 1389. He married Margaret, daughter of Perkin Legh of Lyme, and was succeeded in the lordship of Ashton by his son. Sir John, who was drowned at Norham.
Sir John (d. 1427), kt. Elder son of Sir John de Ashton (c.1354-98) and his wife, Joan, the daughter of William Radcliffe of Smithills in Lancashire. He followed his father into service with the House of Lancaster in the 1380s, and was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Henry IV in 1400. JP for Lancashire from 1404 and MP for Lancashire in 1411, 1413 and 1416. He may have fought against the Welsh and the Scots during Henry IV's reign; he certainly served under King Henry V in 1415 on the Agincourt campaign. In 1417 he returned to France and was appointed seneschal of Bayeux and baillie of the Cotentin in 1418, offices he held until 1421. During those years he was also sent three times on embassy to Brittany. In the 1420s he played less part in public life, but was appointed JP for Yorkshire.
He married 1st, Jane, daughter of John Savile of Tankersley (Yorks), by whom he had three sons and eight daughters;
He married 2nd, Margaret Gray. His issue included:
(1.1) Sir Thomas Assheton (c.1403-60), kt.; knighted by 1434 but was exempted from appointment to Crown offices, 1442; had a licence to practice alchemy, 1446;
He married 3rd Elizabeth Byron, daughter of Sir John Byron and had issue ten children;
(1.2) Lucy Assheton; married 1st, Sir Berton Entwisle, 2nd, Richard Byron, and 3rd Sir Ralph Shirley;
(1.3) Margaret Assheton; married Thomas Langley of Edgecroft;
(1.4) Katherine Assheton; married John Dukinfield;
(1.5) Elizabeth Assheton; married 1st, Sir Ralph Harrington and 2nd, Sir Richard Hammerton;
(1.6) Agnes Assheton; married Thomas Booth of Barton;
(1.7) Anne Assheton; married [forename unknown] Dutton of Cheshire;
(2.1) Sir Ralph Assheton (c.1425-88), kt. (q.v.).
He inherited estates at Ashton-under-Lyne, Wardle and Alt (Lancs) and Morley (Yorks WR); his Lancashire estates were left to his eldest son, but his Yorkshire property to the son of his second marriage.
He died 3 September 1427.
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Source for all of the above: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVD5-4F3
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Abt 1375 - 1428 (~ 53 years)
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