Aston family of Tixall, Staffordshire
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Sir Walter Aston
Generation 1.
Edward Aston of Tixhall, Staffordshire married Jane Bowles.
Generation 2.
John Aston married Joan Littleton.
Thomas Bowles married Maud Morgan.
Generation 3.
John Aston married Elizabeth Delves
William Littleton married Helen Walsh
unknown on the Bowles line
Thomas Morgan married Jane Herbert
Generation 4.
Robert Aston married Isabel Brereton.
John Delves married NN
Thomas Littleton married Joan Burley
Thomas Walsh married NN
John Herbert married a Lewys
Morgan ap Jenkin married Elizabeth Vaughn
Generation 5.
Roger Aston married Joyce Freyville
William Brereton married NN
John Burley married Alice Grey
Jenkin ap Philip married Cecily Welsh
Roger Vaughn married Gwladus verch Daffydd (daughter of David ap Llewelyn --
Davis Gam ). I believe this is marriage number 1 and her second marriage is
the beginning of the Herbert line (Earls of Pembroke)
Thanks in advance. Any help would be appreciated.
MichaelAnne
Kay Allen AG
If this is the Walter Aston of Va., this line, I believe, has been shown
to be invalid by Paul C. Reed. Please see the archives.
Kay Allen AG
ED MANN
Here's what I have for what may be his brother Leonard:
Ancestors of Leonard Aston
Generation No. 1
1. Leonard Aston, born in Tixwell, England. He was the son of 2. Sir
Edward Aston and 3. Joan Bowles. He married (1) Elizabeth Barton.
Generation No. 2
2. Sir Edward Aston, died Abt. 1568. He was the son of 4. Sir John
Aston and 5. Joan Lyttleton. He married 3. Joan Bowles.
3. Joan Bowles, died 15 Sep 1562. She was the daughter of 6. Sir
Thomas Bowles.
Children of Edward Aston and Joan Bowles are:
i. Frances Aston, married Robert Needham; born 1535.
1 ii. Leonard Aston, born in Tixwell, England; married Elizabeth Barton
Generation No. 3
4. Sir John Aston, died Abt. 1524. He was the son of 8. Sir John
Aston and 9. Elizabeth Delves. He married 5. Joan Lyttleton.
5. Joan Lyttleton She was the daughter of 10. Sir William Lyttleton
and 11. Ellen Walshe.
Child of John Aston and Joan Lyttleton is:
2 i. Sir Edward Aston, died Abt. 1568; married Joan Bowles
6. Sir Thomas Bowles
Child of Sir Thomas Bowles is:
3 i. Joan Bowles, died 15 Sep 1562; married Sir Edward Aston
Generation No. 4
8. Sir John Aston, died Abt. 1484. He was the son of 16. Sir Robert
de Aston and 17. Joan Brereton. He married 9. Elizabeth Delves.
9. Elizabeth Delves She was the daughter of 18. Sir John Delves and
19. Ellen Egerton.
Children of John Aston and Elizabeth Delves are:
4 i. Sir John Aston, died Abt. 1524; married Joan Lyttleton
ii. Margaret Aston, married John Kinnersley
10. Sir William Lyttleton He was the son of 20. Sir Thomas Lyttleton
and 21. Joan Burley. He married 11. Ellen Walshe.
11. Ellen Walshe She was the daughter of 22. William Walshe.
Child of William Lyttleton and Ellen Walshe is:
5 i. Joan Lyttleton, married Sir John Aston
Generation No. 5
16. Sir Robert de Aston, died Abt. 1465. He was the son of 32. Sir
Roger Aston and 33. Joyce Freville. He married 17. Joan Brereton.
17. Joan Brereton She was the daughter of 34. Sir William Brereton
and 35. Alice Corbet.
Child of Robert de Aston and Joan Brereton is:
8 i. Sir John Aston, died Abt. 1484; married Elizabeth Delves
18. Sir John Delves, died 1471. He married 19. Ellen Egerton.
19. Ellen Egerton
Child of John Delves and Ellen Egerton is:
9 i. Elizabeth Delves, married Sir John Aston
20. Sir Thomas Lyttleton, died 23 Aug 1481. He was the son of 40.
Thomas Wescote and 41. Elizabeth de Lyttleton. He married 21. Joan
Burley.
21. Joan Burley, born Abt. 1426; died 5 May 1505. She was the
daughter of 42. Sir William Burley and 43. Ellen Grendon.
Child of Thomas Lyttleton and Joan Burley is:
10 i. Sir William Lyttleton, married Ellen Walshe
22. William Walshe
Child of William Walshe is:
11 i. Ellen Walshe, married (1) Thomas Fielding; married (2) Sir
William Lyttleton
Generation No. 6
32. Sir Roger Aston, died Abt. 1447. He was the son of 64. Sir Thomas
de Aston and 65. Elizabeth Leigh. He married 33. Joyce Freville.
33. Joyce Freville, died Bef. 1418. She was the daughter of 66. Sir
Baldwin de Freville and 67. Maud.
Child of Roger Aston and Joyce Freville is:
16 i. Sir Robert de Aston, died Abt. 1465; married Joan Brereton
34. Sir William Brereton, born Abt. 1388; died Bef. 1426. He was the
son of 68. Sir William de Brereton and 69. Anyll Venable. He married
35. Alice Corbet.
35. Alice Corbet, born Abt. 1390.
Children of William Brereton and Alice Corbet are:
i. Sir William Brereton, born Abt. 1414; married Philippa Hulse; born
Abt. 1416.
17 ii. Joan Brereton, married Sir Robert de Aston
40. Thomas Wescote He married 41. Elizabeth de Lyttleton.
41. Elizabeth de Lyttleton
Child of Thomas Wescote and Elizabeth de Lyttleton is:
20 i. Sir Thomas Lyttleton, died 23 Aug 1481; married Joan Burley
42. Sir William Burley He married 43. Ellen Grendon.
43. Ellen Grendon She was the daughter of 86. John Grendon.
Child of William Burley and Ellen Grendon is:
21 i. Joan Burley, born Abt. 1426; died 5 May 1505; married (1) Sir
Philip Chetwynd; married (2) Sir Thomas Lyttleton
Generation No. 7
64. Sir Thomas de Aston, died Bef. 1414. He married 65. Elizabeth
Leigh.
65. Elizabeth Leigh
Child of Thomas de Aston and Elizabeth Leigh is:
32 i. Sir Roger Aston, died Abt. 1447; married (1) Joyce Freville;
married (2) Elizabeth Meynill Aft. 1418.
66. Sir Baldwin de Freville, born 1368 in Woebley Castle, Cty.
Worcester, England; died 1401. He was the son of Sir Baldwin de
Freville and Joyce de Botetourte. He married 67. Maud Bef. 1397.
67. Maud, died 1397.
Children of Baldwin de Freville and Maud are:
33 i. Joyce Freville, died Bef. 1418; married Sir Roger Aston
ii. Elizabeth Freville, born Abt. 1394; married Thomas Ferrers 1437;
born Abt. 1411 in Groby, Cty. Leicester; died 6 Jan 1458/59.
68. Sir William de Brereton He married 69. Anyll Venable.
69. Anyll Venable She was the daughter of Hugh Venable.
Children of William de Brereton and Anyll Venable are:
i. Eleanor de Brereton, married Sir John Savage; born Abt. 1410; died
29 Jun 1463.
34 ii. Sir William Brereton, born Abt. 1388; died Bef. 1426; married
Alice Corbet
86. John Grendon
Child of John Grendon is:
43 i. Ellen Grendon, married Sir William Burley
See Leonard at W101-16
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FWIW; AFAIK; IMHO; YMMV; yadda, yadda, yadda.
Regards, Ed Mann mailto:edl...@mail2.lcia.com
References:
Ä = Weis, _Ancestral_Roots_, 7th ed.
AACPW = Roberts & Reitwiesner, _American Ancestors and Cousins of
the Princess of Wales_, [page].
AAP = Roberts, _Ancestors_of_American_Presidents_, [page] or
[Pres. # : page].
BP1 = _Burke's_Presidential_Families_, 1st ed. [page].
BPci = _Burke's_Peerage_, 101st ed., [page].
BRF = Weir, _Britain's_Royal_Families_, [page].
BxP = _Burke's_Dormant_&_Extinct_Peerages_, [page].
EC1 = Redlich, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol I, [page].
EC2 = Langston & Buck, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol II,
[page].
EC3 = Buck & Beard, _Emperor_Charlemagne's_Descendants_, Vol II,
[page].
F = Faris, _Plantagenet_Ancestry_, [page:para].
NK1 = Roberts, _Notable_Kin_Volume_One_, [page].
Π= Hardy, _Colonial_Families_of_the_Southern_States_of_America_,
[page].
S = Stuart, _Royalty_for_Commoners_, 2d ed. Caveat emptor.
W = Weis, _Magna_Charta_Sureties,_1215_, 4th ed.
WFT = Broderbund's World Family Tree CD, [vol]:[num] Caveat emptor.
WMC = Wurt's Magna Charta, [vol]:[page]
Kay Allen AG
No, Thomas.
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>Farnham's Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees, p.141
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> > 10. Sir William Lyttleton He was the son of 20. Sir Thomas Lyttleton
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> > 11. Ellen Walshe She was the daughter of 22. William Walshe.
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> Kay Allen AG
Weis, W-101-13, says William as father, Thomas Fielding as her 1st
husband.
Robert O'Connor
LEA...@aol.com wrote in article <ef5b01b7...@aol.com>...
Could someone please verify and enhance the line below:
Generation 4.
Robert Aston married Isabel Brereton.
John Delves married NN
Thomas Littleton married Joan Burley
Thomas Walsh married NN
John Herbert married a Lewys
Morgan ap Jenkin married Elizabeth Vaughn
Generation 5.
Roger Aston married Joyce Freyville
William Brereton married NN
John Burley married Alice Grey
Jenkin ap Philip married Cecily Welsh
Roger Vaughn married Gwladus verch Daffydd (daughter of David ap Llewelyn
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Davis Gam ). I believe this is marriage number 1 and her second marriage is
the beginning of the Herbert line (Earls of Pembroke)
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Joan Burley has been proved not to have been a daughter of John Burley &
Alice Grey. There is a good royal line through Grey, but the connection
with Littleton is entirely false. Joan was the daughter of William Burley
MP of Broncroft, Salop & his wife Ellen Grendon. Sources - Magna Carta
Sureties, p 133 & the History of Parliament Series 1386-1421 II. p 435.
The Littleon line may be continued as follows:
THOMAS de LITTLETON, of Frankley, Worc., M 1st Emma, d. of Sir Simon de
Frankley, Kt., of Frankley. M 2nd Asselina, d. of William Fitz Warine, of
Upton, Worc., a Justice Itinerant in the reign of King Henry II. He had
issue: Burke's P 1904, p 349 Foss, p 271
1.Edmund, of Coulesdon., d.s.p.
2.THOMAS, of whom we presently.
THOMAS de LITTLETON, M.P., of Coulesdon., Member of Parliament for Worc.,
1315 & 1360. M Lucia, d. of John Atwood, of Wolverly, Worc. He had issue:
Burke's P 1904, p 349
THOMAS de LITTLETON, of Frankley, Worc., M Maud, d. of Richard Quatermain,
of Ricote, Oxon., & his wife Joan Grey. Died 1422. He had issue: Burke's
P 1904, p 349
ELIZABETH LITTLETON, M THOMAS WESTCOTE, of Westcote, near Barnstaple, Devon
(Died after 1450). She had issue: Burke's P 1904, p 349
1.THOMAS (Sir), K.B., of whom we presently.
2.Nicholas, M Agnes, d. of Edmund Vernon, of Staffs.
3.Guy.
4.Edmund, d.s.p.
Sir THOMAS LITTLETON, K.B., of Frankley, Worc., Born c. 1407. He adopted
his mother's surname in lieu of "Westcote". Member of the Inner Temple.
Sheriff of Worc., 1447. Recorder of Coventry, 1450. Appointed
Serjeant-at-law, 2 July 1453, King's Serjeant-at-law, 13 May 1455, & was
afterwards a justice of assize on the northern circuit. Appointed to the
bench as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 27 April 1466. Created a
Knight of the Bath on the admission of the Prince of Wales to that order,
18 April 1475. He is best remembered for his celebrated treatise on
English Law entitled 'Treatise on Tenures' which was probably written after
his appointment to the Bench for the instruction of his son Richard. M
before 1444 Joan (Died 22 March 1505), widow of Sir Philip Chetwynd, Kt.,
of Ingestre, Staffs. & d. of William Burley, M.P., J.P., of Broncroft,
Salop & his 1st wife Ellen, d. of John Grendon (BURLEY). Will dated 22
Aug. 1481. Died 23 Aug. 1481. Will Proved at P.C.C., 1481. Bur. Worcester
Cathedral. M.I. (altar tomb). He had issue: DNB, XI, pp 1252-5 EB, XIV, p
223 Baker II, p 163 MCS II, p 133 HoP 1386-1421, II, p 435 Foss, p 419
Roskell, p 229 Will
Sir William Littleon, Kt., of Frankley, Worc., Knighted by Henry VII after
the Battle of Stoke, 16 June 1487. M Ellen, d. of William Walsh, of
Wanlip, Leics. M 2nd Mary, d. of William Whittington, of Pauntley, Glouc.
Died 8 Nov. 1507. He had issue by his 1st wife: Burke's P 1904, p 349 MCS
II, p 113
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I have the early Aston's as follows:
Sir ROGER ASTON, Kt, M.P., of Haywood, Staffs., M.P. for Staffs., 1344 &
1358. M Isabel (M 2nd by 1364 Sir William Chetwynd, Kt., of Ingestre,
Staffs.). Died c. 1362. He had issue: HoP 1386-1421, II, p 80
Sir THOMAS ASTON, Kt., M.P., J.P., of Haywood, Staffs., He was a minor at
his father's death & became a ward of his stepfather, Sir William Chetwynd.
He came of age, c. 1370, & joined the retinue of Hugh, 2nd Earl of
Stafford, probably for the expedition to France, 1375. Assessor of Tax,
Staffs, May 1379. Knighted by July 1380. In the summer of 1380 Ralph,
Baron Basset, of Drayton, retained him as a knight to campaign with him in
France. He was on many commissions between 1380 & 1406. M.P. for Staffs.,
1380, 1384, 1388, 1393, 1399 & 1406. Forester of Cannock Chase, Staffs.,
by 16 June 1385. J.P. for Staffs., 28 May 1386 to Nov. 1389, 28 June 1390
to Nov. 1397 & 28 Nov. 1399 to Feb. 1406. Collector of a royal aid,
Staffs., Dec. 1401. Treasurer of the Household of Edmund, Earl of Stafford,
1402-3, who was one of the chief casualties from among Henry IV's
supporters at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Collector of Taxes, March 1404.
Sheriff of Staffs., 1409/10. M by Oct 1385 Elizabeth Cloddeshall, widow of
Sir William Devereux, Kt., M.P., of Bodenham, Herts., who d c. 1384. Died
1412/3. He had issue: HoP 1386-1421, II, pp 80-2 MCS II, p 135 WSAS, XIV,
pp 229 & 257
Sir ROGER ASTON, Kt., M.P., of Haywood & Tixall, Staffs., Born c. 1390.
Fought at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415. Sheriff of Staffs., 1427.
Mentioned in a Deed of his 1st wife's brother-in-law, Sir Hugh Willoughby,
Kt., of Wollaton, Notts., 24 March 1435. Constable of the Tower of London.
M 1st after 1418 Joyce, d. of Sir Baldwin Freville, Kt., of Tamworth
Castle, Warw., & his 2nd wife Maud (See FREVILLE). M 2nd Elizabeth
Meynill. Died 1446/7. He had issue by his 1st wife: MCS II, p 135 HoP
1386-1421, II, p 12 Payling, p 85 Roberts, p 212
Sir Robert Aston, Kt., of Tixall & Haywood, Staffs., M Joan, d. of Sir
William Brereton, Kt., of Brereton, Staffs. & his wife Alice, sister of
Richard Corbet, of Leighton. Died 1465. He had issue: Burke's EP, pp 13 &
74
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I hope that this is of assistance
Robert O'Connor
Kay Allen AG
for this "fact". Farnham is a reliable source. Perhaps Paul Reed would
care to comment. Until a more concrete citation proves me wrong, I will
stand by Thomas as opposed to William.
Kay Allen AG
Kay Allen AG
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> Joan Burley has been proved not to have been a daughter of John Burley &
> Alice Grey. There is a good royal line through Grey, but the connection
> with Littleton is entirely false. Joan was the daughter of William Burley
> MP of Broncroft, Salop & his wife Ellen Grendon. Sources - Magna Carta
> Sureties, p 133 & the History of Parliament Series 1386-1421 II. p 435.
>
> The Littleon line may be continued as follows:
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> THOMAS de LITTLETON, of Frankley, Worc., M 1st Emma, d. of Sir Simon de
> Frankley, Kt., of Frankley. M 2nd Asselina, d. of William Fitz Warine, of
> Upton, Worc., a Justice Itinerant in the reign of King Henry II. He had
> issue: Burke's P 1904, p 349 Foss, p 271
William F. Carter in "Pedigree of the Family of Lyttelton," The
Genealogist, NS 37(1921): 1 et seq.
Held land in Upper Snodsbury, Worcs. Ascelina was dtr. of Warine of
Upton Warren, worcs. and Hawise Beauchamp, a descendant of Sir Nicholas,
Sheriif of Staffs.
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> 1.Edmund, of Coulesdon., d.s.p.
> 2.THOMAS, of whom we presently.
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> THOMAS de LITTLETON, M.P., of Coulesdon., Member of Parliament for Worc.,
> 1315 & 1360. M Lucia, d. of John Atwood, of Wolverly, Worc. He had issue:
> Burke's P 1904, p 349
Carter gives Thomas, d. in 1306. Wife unknown. Lucia is given as wife of
Edmund, his brother, who dsp.
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> THOMAS de LITTLETON, of Frankley, Worc., M Maud, d. of Richard Quatermain,
> of Ricote, Oxon., & his wife Joan Grey. Died 1422. He had issue: Burke's
> P 1904, p 349
Thomas, b. bef. 1285. MP for Worcs. 1315-16. Wife unknown. Other sources
give Julian de Somery.
Followed by two Thomases, who may only be one Thomas. If two, the latter
married Maud Quartermaine, widow of Bruley, dtr. of Thomas Quartermain
and Joan Russell.
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> ELIZABETH LITTLETON, M THOMAS WESTCOTE, of Westcote, near Barnstaple, Devon
> (Died after 1450). She had issue: Burke's P 1904, p 349
Thomas Westcote alias Heuster [deed of 1436], so as likely to be a
member of the Heuster family of Lichfield.
I stand with Ellen dtr. of Thomas.
This is why I so loath Burkes.
Kay Allen AG
Kay Allen AG
[wholesale snipping
Wm Salt 1914, Annotated version of Walter Chetwynd's "History of
Pirehill Hundred [Staffordshire], p. 133:
Pedigree of Aston
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Sir Roger MP [Acc. Wm. Salt 1917/18, p. 87, b. ca. 1315, son of Sir John
and Emma. Sir John d. 1353.]
Sir Thomas served with John of Gaunt. = Eliz., sis. and coh. of Reginald
de Leigh.
Sir Roger = Joyce Freville.
Sir Robert = Isabel, sister of Sir Wm. Brereton.
John = Eliz. Delves.
Burkes strikes again!
Kay Allen AG