Individual Details

Sir John ASHTON of ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE is said to have been present, in 1370, at the siege of Noylon during the Hundred Years' War. He was, in 1386, a member of the retinue of John of GAUNT in Spain. In 1403, Sir John ASHTON of ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE was commissioned by Henry IV to muster forces against the Percys in their rebellion. He perished, in 1403, by drowning in a well at Norham. [See Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (106th edition, 1999), p. 605.]

Birth	Abt 1340	Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Co., England
Death	1403	Norham, Northumberland Co., England

Spouse	Anne Standish (1345 - 1376)
Child	Joan Ashton (1375 - 1443)