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Edward Aston (died 1568)
Sir Edward Aston (died 1568) built and resided at Tixall House, Staffordshire. He served four terms as Sheriff of Staffordshire. Biography Edward Aston was the son and heir of Sir John Aston and Joan, the only child of Sir William Littleton, of Frankley, Worcestershire. Aston was knighted by Henry VIII at Calais in November 1532.John Gough Nichols, ''Chronicle of Calais'' (London: Camden Society, 1846), p. 123. Sir Edward demolished the old manor house at Tixall and build a large mansion called Tixall House. Most of it has been demolished but the gatehouse survives. Sir Edward was Sheriff of Staffordshire in the years 1528, 1534, 1540, and 1556. His tomb is in St Mary's Church, Stafford. Family Sir Edward married first Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Vernon. They had no children, and she died in 1525. Richardson, Douglas"Magna Carta Ancestry" pg. 59 Sir Edward married secondly Joan (died 15 September 1562), daughter of Sir Thomas Bowles (of Penhow Castle, Monmouthshire), a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tixall Gatehouse
Tixall Gatehouse is a 16th-century gatehouse situated at Tixall, near Stafford, Staffordshire and is all that remains of Tixall Hall which was demolished in 1927. The gatehouse is a Grade I listed building. Tixall was used as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots for two weeks in 1586. History The manor of Tixall was held for many years by the Littleton baronets, Littleton family until 1507 when the Littleton heiress married Sir John Aston. The medieval manor house was replaced by Sir Edward Aston, High Sheriff of Staffordshire, in about 1555 and the Gatehouse was added in about 1580. The Gatehouse is a three-story rectangular structure, the Baluster, balustraded facade of which is decorated with three orders of twinned columns. There are four octagonal corner turrets topped with cupolas and weather vanes. The Astons were later raised to the Aston baronets, baronetage and to the Lord Aston of Forfar, peerage, with the title Lord Aston of Forfar. Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Staffordshire
This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. From 1204 to 1344 the High Sheriff of Staffordshire also served as Sheriff of Shropshire. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff. The high sheriff changes every March. Sheriffs 11th century * 1086: Robert de Stafford . * 1094: Nicholas de Stafford 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century High sheriffs 20th century 21st century References * ''London Gazette'' * * ''History of Staffordshire'' from British History O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aston (knight Banneret)
John Aston may refer to: Politicians * John Aston (fl. 1362–1391), MP for Leominster, Dartmouth and Barnstaple * John Aston (fl. 1388), MP for Leominster * John Aston (MP for Ludlow); see Ludlow Sportspeople * John Aston Sr. (1921–2003), English footballer * John Aston Jr. (born 1947), English footballer * John Aston (cricketer) (1882–1951), Irish cricketer Others *John Dastin (c. 1293–c. 1386), associated with Oriel College and worked at the court of cardinal Napoleon Orsini * John Aston (preacher) (fl. 1382), one of John Wycliffe's earliest followers * John Aston (knight banneret) (died 1523), a military character of great eminence in the during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII *John Aston (statistician), British statistician, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office See also *John Astin (born 1930), American actor *John Ashton (actor) John David Ashton (February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024) was an American actor, known for his roles in the ''Beverl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankley
Frankley is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122. History Frankley is listed within the hundred of Cane in Worcestershire in the 1086 Domesday Survey. In the mid-12th century Cane was combined with other Domesday hundreds to form the hundred of Halfshire, which was extant through the 19th century. Adam de Harvington, or de Herwynton, (died c.1345), Lord Treasurer of Ireland, owned the manor of Frankley in the fourteenth century. St Leonards Church The 15th-century church building lies to the north of the village. The building is constructed from sandstone in a red and grey colour, until 1965 the tower contained two bells. A new church hall was constructed in 2005. Frankley services The village gives its name to Frankley services, a motorway service area on the M5 motorway The M5 is a motorway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolution of the monasteries, dissolved convents and monasteries, for which he was List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church, excommunicated by the pope. Born in Greenwich, Henry brought radical changes to the Constitution of England, expanding royal power and ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings in opposition to papal supremacy. He frequently used charges of treason and heresy to quell dissent, and those accused were often executed without a formal trial using bills of attainder. He achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Church, Stafford
St Mary's Church, Stafford is a Grade I listed parish church in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. History The church dates from the early 13th century, with 14th century transepts and 15th century clerestories and crossing tower. Excavations in 1954 revealed the adjacent late Anglo-Saxon church of St Bertelin. The church was collegiate when recorded in the Domesday Book when there were 13 Prebendary Canons. It became a Royal Peculiar around the thirteenth century, exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop, but this caused conflict and culminated in December 1258 when the new bishop Roger de Meyland came to Stafford with many armed men who forced entry and assaulted the canons, chaplains, and clerks. The church survived as a collegiate institution until the dissolution of colleges and chantries in 1548. Deans of Stafford Post reformation history For several generations the Aston family, who held the Scots title Lord Aston of Forfar, acted as patrons, despite the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vernon (died 1515)
Sir Henry Vernon, Knight of the Bath, KB (1441–13 April 1515), was a Tudor-era English landowner, politician, and courtier. He was the Controller of the household of Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII of England and heir to the throne until his untimely death. Family Vernon was born into the prominent Vernon family of Cheshire and Derbyshire. His father, William Vernon (died 1467), William Vernon, was Knight-Constable of England, Treasurer of Calais, and a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament, while his grandfather Richard Vernon (speaker), Richard Vernon had been the Speaker of the House of Commons.Carrington, W. A"Haddon: The Hall, the Manor, and Its Lords" ''Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society'', Volume 22 (1900), pp. 11–13 His mother, Margaret Swynfen, was the heiress of Sir Robert Pype. Henry Vernon was one of twelve children, and was the principal heir, succeeding his father at the latter's de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Richardson
Douglas Charles Richardson (born April 16, 1951, Sacramento, California) is an American genealogist, historian, lecturer, and author based in Salt Lake City in Utah. He has written extensively on the genealogy of medieval English gentry families and English royalty. Early life and career Richardson was born April 16, 1951, in Sacramento, California, to Wayne H. Richardson (1917-2003) and his wife Joan Elizabeth nee Kercheval (1917-1991). He took a B.A. degree in History from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a M.A. degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a schoolteacher of American History he held positions at El Reno Junior College, in El Reno, Oklahoma, and at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was Contributing Editor of ''The American Genealogist'' and was formerly a member of the Santa Barbara Genealogical Society and of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. Publications Major books * :The book se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penhow Castle
Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century. Extended and reconstructed in almost every century since, it has been claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited castle in Wales. The castle is a Grade II* listed building. History The manor of Penhow was held by Caradog ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwent at the time of the Norman invasion of Wales. The estate was seized by the Seymour family (anciently ''de St. Maur'') and by 1129, Sir Roger de St Maur had built a fortified manor at the site. The house was extended and further fortified in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 16th century, the manor passed to the Somersets. In 1674, it was purchased by the Lewis family of St Pierre. Viscount Rhondda, an industrialist and conservator of ancient buildings in Wales, bought the castle in 1914. By the mid-20th century, the castle was in a state of some dilapidation, until bought and restored by the film director Stephen Weeks. During his tenure, the castle was open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport, Wales, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk. The county is administered by Monmouthshire County Council. It sends two directly-elected members to the Senedd at Cardiff and one elected member to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK parliament at Westminster. The county name is identical to that of the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county, of which the current local authority covers the eastern three-fifths. Between 1974 and 1996, the county was known as Gwent (county), Gwent, recalling Kingdom of Gwent, the medieval kingdom which covered a similar area. The present county was formed under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Aston (MP For Staffordshire)
Sir Walter Aston, Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Justice of the peace, JP (1 October 1530 – 1589), of Tixall and Heywood, Staffordshire, was a Knight of the Shire and Sheriff of Staffordshire. Biography Walter Aston was born on 1 October 1530. He was the first son of Sir Edward Aston (died 1568), Edward Aston of Tixall and Heywood and his second wife, Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Bowles of Penhow Castle, Monmouthshire. He succeeded to his father's estates on 8 September 1568. Aston was a Knight of the Shire for the constituency of Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Staffordshire in the Parliament of March 1553 for 31 days—this was his only parliamentary experience. He was knighted on 18 July 1560 by the 4th Duke of Norfolk for his service at the siege of Leith in that year. He was Sheriff of Staffordshire twice for a year starting in 1570 and again in 1580. He was Justice of the Peace twice by 1574 – 1575 and again from 1577 until his death in 1589. He was commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Of The Shire
Knight of the shire () was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ended the practice of each county (or ''shire'') forming a single constituency. The corresponding titles for other MPs were '' burgess'' in a borough constituency (or ''citizen'' if the borough had city status) and ''baron'' for a Cinque Ports constituency. Knights of the shire had more prestige than burgesses, and sitting burgesses often stood for election for the shire in the hope of increasing their standing in Parliament. The name "knight of the shire" originally implied that the representative had to be a knight, and the writ of election referred to a belted knight until the 19th century; but by the 14th century men who were not knights were commonly elected. An act of Henry VI ( 23 Hen. 6. c. 14) stipulated that those eligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
