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Personal data SIR JOHN Ashton (Crown Auditor) 16th GGF 

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Household of SIR JOHN Ashton (Crown Auditor) 16th GGF

He is married to ELIZABETH Somer.

They got married about 1517 at England.


Child(ren):

  1. ELIZABETH Ashton  ± 1527-1564 


Notes about SIR JOHN Ashton (Crown Auditor) 16th GGF

John Ashton or Assheton was born about 1498. He was one of many Crown Auditors during the reign of King Henry the VIII of England. A court jester by the name of Will Somer made some jokes about the Crown Auditors, calling them "frauditors." This jest received plenty of laughs and is still in the annals of the history of the time.

A book regarding the Letters and Papers during the reign of King Henry VIII, cites John Assheton who died in 1542 as an "Auditor of Purchased Lands."[1]

John Ashton or Assheton was married to Elizabeth Somer, the daughter of John Somer MP of Sandwich and Alice Harman of Crayford, Kent. It is unknown whether the court's fool Will Somer was related to Elizabeth Somer. However, the name is the same and the Somer family was in service to the crown, so probably the two were related.

John Ashton or Assheton passed away in 1542. At the time of his death, he had but one surviving heir, a 15 year old daughter named Elizabeth Ashton or Assheton.

↑ Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII, Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and Elsewhere in England – Great Britain. Public Record Office. Published 1900. p 703.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII, Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and Elsewhere in England – Great Britain. Public Record Office. Published 1900. p. 492. p 703.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of SIR JOHN Ashton (Crown Auditor)

SIR JOHN Ashton (Crown Auditor)
± 1498-1542

± 1517

ELIZABETH Somer
± 1490-1566

ELIZABETH Ashton
± 1527-1564

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  2. Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Diocese: Diocese of Derby / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of death August 14, 1542

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