Staffordshire, Leigh
"Hic jacent corpora Domini Johannis Aston Militis, et Domimæ Johannæ Aston, uxoris ejus, qui quidem Dominus Johannes obiit decimo octavo die Mensis Maii, Anno Domini 1523. Et prædicta Domina Johanna obiit, —— die Mensis —— Anno Dom. 15——."
Sir John Aston of Heywood d1523 eldest son of John Aston and Elizabeth Delves, and wife Joan, daughter of Sir William Littleton, son of the famous Chief Justice Thomas Littleton from whom she had inherited Tixall; and from her mother Helen (Welsh/Byron) she inherited Wanlip in Leicester.
Children:
1. Edward 1568 of Tixall, Sheriff of Staffordshire who in 1555 built Tixhall house m1 1525 Mary dsp daughter of Sir Henry Vernon m2 1530 Joan 1562 daughter of Sir Thomas Bowles of Penho Carnarvonshire, baron of the exchequer. (His son Sir Walter Aston, (one of whose daughters, Margery, m Thomas Astley) His son Sir Edward, and grandson Sir Walter Aston were created baronets in 1611 by James I., and in 1627 was made a Scotch peer, by the title of Baron Aston, of Forfar His grand daughter Eleanor m William Peyto of Chesterston www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/742o72 Their grand daughter Mary Gresley Horton is at Staunton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W07747 .)
2. William of Millewitch m Elizabeth Stapleton of Carlton Yorkshire (Parents of Francis Aston at Blithfield with wife Mary Astley flic.kr/p/6SjA1p )
3. Isabell
4. Elizabeth
John was MP for Staffordshire and also Sheriff of Stafford. Warwick and Leicester.
He was made a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII in 1501 and accompanied the king to Brittany and was present at the sieges of Terrouenne and Tournay. For his bravery at the Battle of Spurs he was made a knight banneret by the King on the field of battle.
Before he departed overseas he made his will dated April 24, 1513, beginning as follows:
"intending to depart over see with our most dreadde soverayne in his royall armee". .
At his death he had lands and tenements in Wollaster and Orne held of the King and his manor of Church Eyton this having been forfeited by the Duke of Buckingham, attained for high treason. He left his daughters £200 each.
Staffordshire, Leigh
"Hic jacent corpora Domini Johannis Aston Militis, et Domimæ Johannæ Aston, uxoris ejus, qui quidem Dominus Johannes obiit decimo octavo die Mensis Maii, Anno Domini 1523. Et prædicta Domina Johanna obiit, —— die Mensis —— Anno Dom. 15——."
Sir John Aston of Heywood d1523 eldest son of John Aston and Elizabeth Delves, and wife Joan, daughter of Sir William Littleton, son of the famous Chief Justice Thomas Littleton from whom she had inherited Tixall; and from her mother Helen (Welsh/Byron) she inherited Wanlip in Leicester.
Children:
1. Edward 1568 of Tixall, Sheriff of Staffordshire who in 1555 built Tixhall house m1 1525 Mary dsp daughter of Sir Henry Vernon m2 1530 Joan 1562 daughter of Sir Thomas Bowles of Penho Carnarvonshire, baron of the exchequer. (His son Sir Walter Aston, (one of whose daughters, Margery, m Thomas Astley) His son Sir Edward, and grandson Sir Walter Aston were created baronets in 1611 by James I., and in 1627 was made a Scotch peer, by the title of Baron Aston, of Forfar His grand daughter Eleanor m William Peyto of Chesterston www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/742o72 Their grand daughter Mary Gresley Horton is at Staunton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W07747 .)
2. William of Millewitch m Elizabeth Stapleton of Carlton Yorkshire (Parents of Francis Aston at Blithfield with wife Mary Astley flic.kr/p/6SjA1p )
3. Isabell
4. Elizabeth
John was MP for Staffordshire and also Sheriff of Stafford. Warwick and Leicester.
He was made a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII in 1501 and accompanied the king to Brittany and was present at the sieges of Terrouenne and Tournay. For his bravery at the Battle of Spurs he was made a knight banneret by the King on the field of battle.
Before he departed overseas he made his will dated April 24, 1513, beginning as follows:
"intending to depart over see with our most dreadde soverayne in his royall armee". .
At his death he had lands and tenements in Wollaster and Orne held of the King and his manor of Church Eyton this having been forfeited by the Duke of Buckingham, attained for high treason. He left his daughters £200 each.