Sir John Assheton Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁵³⁵
Sir John de Ashton was made a knight of the Bath at the cornation of King Henry IV, and returned of of the knights of the shire for Lancashire. He was called to the first parliament of Henry V, by which latter monarch he was made governor of Constance in France. He first married Jane, daughter of John Savile, of Tankersley in Yorkshire. Their children were:
Sir Thomas, the alchemist who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Byron.
Lucy, married first to Sir Bertone Entwisle, and secondly to Richard Byron, and lastly to Sir Ralph Shirley
Margaret, married to Thomas Langley of Edgecroft
Katherine, married to John Duckenfield
Elizabeth, married first to Sir Ralph Harrington, and second to Sir Richard Hammerton
Agnes, married Thomas Booth of Barton
Anne, marrie _____Dutton, esquire of Cheshire

Chidren of Sir John Ashton and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire:

Sir Ralph Ashton, married to Margaret, daughter of John Barton of Middleton.

~Burke's A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, pg. 20

• Background Information. ⁹³¹
Sir John served in Parliament for Lancashite in 1 Henry IV, and by that King he was made Captain and Baliffe of Constance, in the realm of Frace, 7 Henry V. He died in 7 Henry VI. He had two wives. First, Isabel, daughter of Eland, of Eland, in Yorkshire, widow of Sir William Mirfield, by whom he had four sons and eight daughters. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire, England, and widow of Edmund Talbot.

~History and description of the town and parish of Ashton-Under-Lyne, pg. 15-18

John married Jane Savile. (Jane Savile was born in Tankersly, Yorkshire, England.)⁵³⁵

John next married Margaret Byron, daughter of Sir John le Byron Knight and Margery Booth.⁵³⁵