Samuel Ashe (died 1708) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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in 1659 and from 1679 to 1681.
Ashe was the son of James Ashe, a clothier of
Freshford, Somerset
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, and his wife Grace Pitt, daughter of Richard Pitt of
Melcombe Regis
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Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th centu ...
.
[John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2'' ]
/ref> He entered the Inner Temple
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in 1646 and was called to the Bar in 1653. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from 1649 to 1652 and in 1657. Also in 1657, he bought the estate of Langley Burrell
Langley Burrell is a village just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Langley Burrell Without which includes the hamlets of Peckingell (south of the village) and Kellaways (to the east on ...
. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament
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for Heytesbury
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The civil parish includes most of the small neigh ...
in the Third Protectorate Parliament
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. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from January 1660 to 1662, commissioner for militia in March 1660 and a J.P. from March to July 1660. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire again from 1665 to 1680. From May the July 1674 he was JP for Wiltshire again. In October 1679 he was elected MP for Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town
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. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from 1689 to 1690.[
Ashe was the brother of MPs John Ashe, Edward Ashe and Sir Joseph Ashe. Before 1666 he married Anne Pleydell, daughter of Oliver Pleydell of ]Shrivenham
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, Berkshire; they had two sons and three daughters.[ The second son, Joseph, was also elected for Chippenham.]
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