Thomas de Ashton (warrior)
Thomas de Ashton (fl. 1346), was an English warrior.
Ashton was the son and heir of Sir
knighthood
, or to have been employed in any of the offices in which his father had distinguished himself.
Whilst
royal standard of Scotland
.
Shortly after King David was made prisoner by John de Coupland, variously described as a Lancashire esquire and as a Northumberland gentleman, who was knighted when the king returned from France, but Ashton was still an esquire when, in 1385, he formed one of the retinue of John of Gaunt in his expedition to Spain.
William de Ashton, doctor of laws, who was also with 'the serene prince, Lord John, king of Castile and León,' was his uncle.
References
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.