Whittington families » Matthias ASTLEY (1666-1725)

Persoonlijke gegevens Matthias ASTLEY 

• Hij is geboren tussen 1665 en 1666 in Tamhorne.
• Hij werd gedoopt op 13 maart 1666 in St Giles, Whittington.
• Hij is overleden op 7 september 1725, hij was toen 60 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in St Giles, Whittington.
• Een kind van Walter (Gent) ASTLEY en Ann / Anna SMITH (ASTLEY)
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 30 juli 2015.

Gezin van Matthias ASTLEY

Hij is getrouwd met Sarah DABBS (ASTLEY).

Zij zijn getrouwd op 8 december 1690 te Elford, St Peter's, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.

CHAN: NOTE 13:25

Kind(eren):

1. Walter ASTLEY  < 1691-????
2. Matthias ASTLEY  < 1694-< 1751
3. Ann ASTLEY (SMALLMAN)  < 1695-1753 
4. Lucy ASTLEY  < 1697-????
5. Margaret /Astley (Norden NOLON)  < 1698-1773
6. Mary ASTLEY  < 1700-????
7. Elizabeth ASTLEY (BURTON)  < 1703-1745
8. Jane ASTLEY  < 1706-1789
9. Christopher (Esq) ASTLEY  < 1714-1780 
10. Sarah ASTLEY  
11. Hannah ASTLEY  ????-< 1761

Notities over Matthias ASTLEY

The Tamhorn family presumably had a house at Tamhorn. A house was part of the manor in 1500, (fn. 198) and by the late 16th century it was the home of the Astley family. Walter Astley was Edmund Mytton's bailiff at Tamhorn from c. 1590 and was still living there as bailiff in 1605. (fn. 199) He was presumably the Walter Astley who was tithingman for Tamhorn by 1603 and continued in the office from year to year until at least 1642. (fn. 200) In 1657 the manor house was still held by a Walter Astley, and he or another Walter Astley was assessed on seven hearths there in 1666. (fn. 201) A Walter Astley who died in 1710 conveyed the house in 1690 to his son «b»Matthias«/b», and in 169«b»2 Matthias«/b» paid £95 1s. 9d. as six months' rent for the manor. (fn. 202) He was succeeded in 1725 by a younger son Arthur, who died in 1742 or 1743 with an infant son «b»Matthias «/b»as his heir. «b»Matthias«/b» was succeeded in 1751 by his uncle Christopher Astley, who was already living at Tamhorn and continued there until his death in 1780. (fn. 203) His daughter and heir Mary married her cousin Richard Dyott in 1783. (fn. 204) Dyott went to live at Tamhorn, and although he moved to Freeford in 1784, he renewed his lease of the Tamhorn estate in 1785 and 1807 and continued to farm there. (fn. 205) On his death in 1813 the lease passed to his brother Gen. William Dyott, who moved to Tamhorn from Lichfield in 1815. Although he soon sublet the farm, he retained the house until 1817. (fn. 206) He believed that it was as a result of his persuasion that Peel bought the Tamhorn estate. (fn. 207)

The present house, known as Tamhorn Park Farm, dates from the early 18th century and was built as an L-shaped structure with a south entrance front of five bays. In the mid 18th century it was enlarged by a block which squared off the existing house and projects to the east and south; remains of a dovecot are visible on the west side. A large 17th-century barn standsto the south-west. It was originally timber framed, but the walls have been rebuilt in brick, with the east gable in stone.

From: 'Townships: Fisherwick with Tamhorn', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 14: Lichfield (1990), pp. 237-252. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42360. Date accessed: 18 November 2008.

«b»From:«/b» Ralph [mailto:r(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)]

«b»Sent:«/b» 05 August 2010 08:02

«b»To:«/b» (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)

«b»Subject:«/b» ASTLEY family

Hi Phil

I am a direct descendant of Matthias ASTLEY (1667-1725) of Tamhorn and Madeley Court - which he bought for £5000 in 1705.

He was the son of Walter Astley and one of his ancestors, another Walter was a bailiff at Tamhorn in 1590.

Matthias is the gt gt grandfather of Littleton WOOD (1782-1844) (via SMALLMAN and MATHER) who is my gtgt gt grandfather.

Makes a change to find I have some rich ancestors!

I hope to visit Whittington church very soon.

I understand (from googling) that there is or was a memorial to Matthias and his large family inside the church, and that in the churchyard (south side) is a memorial to his father Walter and family with many genealogical details.

Do you know if these are still there?

If so, I will be hotfooting it down from Stockport!

Do you know of any other people researching the ASTLEY family?

Many thanks

Ralph Atherton

see item 8 St Giles Monumental inscriptions.

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