M.P. for Lancashire in 1382, 1388, and 1390.
Events
Date of Birth: about 1354.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Rawcliffe (ODBN).
Date of Death: about 1398.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Rawcliffe (ODBN).
Relationships
Father: Sir John Ashton.
Mother: Margaret del Leigh.
These parents are given by Rawcliffe (ODBN). Sir John was of Ashton under Lyne and died about 1360.
Spouse: Joan Radcliffe. Married by about 1366.
This relationship is given by by Rawcliffe (ODBN).
Spouse: a daughter of Robert Staveley.
This relationship is given by Rawcliffe (ODBN).
Children (by Joan):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Sir John Ashton II (died 3 September 1428) married (1) Jane Savile; married (2) Margaret Gray.
Robert Ashton
Piers Ashton
Nicholas Ashton
Ralph Ashton
Joan Ashton married Robert Davenport in March 1397.
References
“Assheton, Sir John I (c. 1354 - c. 1398), of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs.” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (1993).
“Assheton, Sir John II (d. 1428), of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs.” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (1993).
Rawcliffe, Carole and Andrew Ayton. “Ashton, Sir John (c.1354-c.1398)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).
“The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor, & boroughs” in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911).