John De Ashton 
John was born about 1342 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England.1 John's father was Thomas De Ashton and his mother was Eleanor Bumhley. His paternal grandparents were Robert Ashton and Elizabeth; his maternal grandfather was John Bumhley. He was an only child.General Notes
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John was Knight of the Shire for Lancaster 1383-1388 and 1390. He is said to have distinguished himself at the siege of Noyon in 1370. He attended John of Gaunt or Ghent, son of Edward III, as one of his retinue in Spain in 1386, and was commissioned by Henry IV to bring forces against the Percies, who had risen in rebellion in 1403. He was drowned in a well at Norham, leaving with other issue a son and heir John.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1170
- b.~ 1218 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1240 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1194 in of Manchester, England
- b.~ 1220 in of Manchester, England
- b.1303 in Ashton, Lancashire, England d.9 JAN 1383/84
- b.1322 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England d.1386
- b.~ 1305 in Ashton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1342 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1300 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1326 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England
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John and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony about 1360 in Ashton-Under-Lyn, Lancashire, England.1 They had a son and three daughters, named John, Joan, Katherine and Cecelia.
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Children
John Assheton
John was born about 1368 in of, Ashton-under-Lyn, Lancashire, England.1 He died on September 3rd, 1428.1
Joan Ashton
Joan was born in 1376 in Ashton, Under Lyne, Lancastershire, England.1 She died at the age of 67 in 1443 in Bramhall, Cheshire, England.1
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