Ralph Assheton

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The VCH of Lancashire (Vol. 5 sub Great Lever) states in a footnote that Ralph was “of tender years” when his mother died in 1483.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Ralph Assheton.

Mother: Margaret Lever.

These parents are given in the Visitations of Lancashire in 1533 (p. 207) and 1567 (p. 28).

Spouse: Eleanor Hulton.

This relationship is given in the 1567 Visitation of Lancashire (p. 28) and in the 1533 Visitation (p. 207).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Adam Assheton

Ralph Assheton (born about 1500 - died 1559) married Margaret Orrell.

Richard Assheton (buried 20 January 1578/9 in Whalley, Lancashire) married Jane Harbottle.

Nicholas Assheton, a clerk.

Alexander Assheton

Patrick Assheton

Robert Assheton, a parson.

Margaret Assheton (died about 1584) married Robert Pendlebury.

Anne Assheton (buried 27 May 1588 in Bolton, Lancashire) married John Crompton of Prestolee.

References

Davidson, Alan. “Assheton, Ralph (c. 1500-59), of Great Lever, Middleton, Lancs.” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (1982).

Flower’s Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster in 1567. (Chetham Society Vol. LXXXI, 1870).

Hyde, Patricia. “Crompton, Thomas II (d. 1601), of Bennington, Herts., Hounslow, Mdx. and Farringdon, London” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (1981).

Middlesex Pedigrees, as collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1551. (London, 1914).

A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (London, 1911).

The Visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire A.D. 1533, part II (Chetham Society Vol. CX, 1897).

Will of Margaret Pendlebury of Bolton. Proved 1584 in the Consistory Court of Chester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 25 August 2023.