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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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton, John De 1428 deaths Year of birth unknown John Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire English knights 15th-century English soldiers Knights of the Bath English MPs 1411 English MPs March 1416 English MPs May 1413
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
Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...
, and was entrusted by the king with the office of seneschal
The word ''seneschal'' () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ...
of the city. There is in the ' Fœdera' 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
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, and Sir Roger de Ashton
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, of Middleton.
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History of Parliament
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton, John De 1428 deaths Year of birth unknown John Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire English knights 15th-century English soldiers Knights of the Bath English MPs 1411 English MPs March 1416 English MPs May 1413