John de Ashton (seneschal)

Sir John de Ashton or Sir John Assheton (died 1428), was an MP and soldier under

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

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

"Ashton, John de (d.1428)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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