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Sir Anthony Ashley 1561 – 1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1561

Birth Location: Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1628

Death Location: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England

Father: Lord Ashley

Mother: Lady Lyte

Spouse(s): Lady Okeover

Children(s): Lady Ashley, Anne Ashley

In 1561, Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council entered the world in Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England, born to Lord Sir Knight Anthony Ashley and Lady Dorothy Henricus Lyte. Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council married Lady Jane Okeover, and had children including Lady Countess Anne Elizabeth Ashley, Anne Ashley. Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council passed away in 1628 in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1561, Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council entered the world in Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England, born to Lord Sir Knight Anthony Ashley and Lady Dorothy Henricus Lyte.
  • Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council married Lady Jane Okeover, and had children including Lady Countess Anne Elizabeth Ashley, Anne Ashley.
  • Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council passed away in 1628 in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Ashley
1541 – 1628
Birth Location: Winbourne, St Giles, Dorset, England
LA
Lady Lyte
1545 – 1601
Birth Location: Lytes, Carey, Somerset, England
LL

Spouses(s)

Lady Okeover
1554 – 1619
Birth Location: Okeover Hall, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
LO

Children(s)

Lady Ashley
1595 – 1628
Birth Location: Winborne, St Giles Parish, County Dorset, or St. Andrew, Holborn, London, or St. Botoph, Aldgate, London, England
LA
Anne Ashley
Birth Location: –
AA

Sir Ashley's Ancestors

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Sir Ashley
1561 – 1628
Birth Place: Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Lord Sir Knight Anthony Ashley
1541 – 1628
Winbourne, St Giles, Dorset, England
Lady (Dorothy Henricus) Lyte
1545 – 1601
Lytes, Carey, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry) Ashley
1495 – 1549
Wimborne, St.Giles, Dorset, England
Lady (Radegan) Gilbert
1495 – 1548
Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Sir (John) Lyte
1502 – 1566
Lytes Carey, Somerset, England
Lady (Edith) Horsey
1520 – 1566
Martin Colville, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ashley
1490 – 1549
Radegan Gilbert
1495 – 1548
Robert Somerset
1475 – 1546
Lady Hackett
1478 – 1546
Edith Lyte
1504 – 1566
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Ashley's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Anthony) Ashley (11 Jul 1561 – 1628) m. Lady (Jane) Okeover (abt 1554 – 27 April 1619)
  1. 1. Lady (Countess Anne Elizabeth) Ashley (July 20 1595 – 20 Jul 1628) m. Sir (John Rockburne) Cooper (1599 – 23 Mar 1631)
    1. 1. Sir (Anthony) Ashley-Cooper (22 Jul 1621 – 21 Jan 1683) m. Nancy Peters (1662 – )
      1. 1. Robert (Reuben Cooper) II (30 Jul 1654 – 16 Feb 1732) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Howard (1680 – 1730)
        1. 1. Benjamin (O.) Cooper (12 Jan 1701 – 1907) m. Elizabeth (Augusta) Cannon (1710 – abt 1751)
  2. 2. Anne Ashley

Sir Ashley's Timeline

21 Records

1551
22 Jul 1551
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
1551
1551
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
1551
1551
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
1561
11 Jul 1561
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
1561
11 Jul 1561
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St Giles, Dorset, England
St Giles, Dorset, England
1561
11 Jul 1561
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St Giles, Dorset, England
St Giles, Dorset, England
1561
11 Jul 1561
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in St Giles in The Fields St Katherines St Katherines East Smithfield St Martins St Martins, Middlesex, England
St Giles in The Fields St Katherines St Katherines East Smithfield St Martins St Martins, Middlesex, England
1561
11 Jul 1561
Birth of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
1627
17 Feb 1627
Age 66
Burial of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Bradwell, Essex, England
Bradwell, Essex, England
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1628
1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1628
13 January 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1628
13 January 1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
1628
1628
Age 67
Death of Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council in Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
1670
7 Mar 1670
Age 109
Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council was baptized in Wimborne-St. Giles, Dorset, England
Wimborne-St. Giles, Dorset, England
1711
9 Mar 1711
Age 150
Sir Anthony Ashley , II, Knight, 1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Secretary to the Privy Council was baptized in Surrey, England
Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Jul 1551
    Event Place: St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1561
    Event Place: St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1561
    Event Place: St Giles, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1561
    Event Place: St Giles, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: St. Giles, East Smithfield, St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1561
    Event Place: St Giles in The Fields St Katherines St Katherines East Smithfield St Martins St Martins, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1561
    Event Place: Okeover, Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 7 Mar 1670
    Event Place: Wimborne-St. Giles, Dorset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Mar 1711
    Event Place: Surrey, England
    Record Source: Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P49/1/7

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Middlesex: - Calendar to the Sessions Records, 1612-1614
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: St. Giles'-in-the-Fields St. Katherine's St. Katherine's East Smithfield St. Martin's St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Middlesex: - Calendar to the Sessions Records, 1612-1614
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: St. Giles'-in-the-Fields St. Katherine's St. Katherine's East Smithfield St. Martin's St. Martin's, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 January 1628
    Event Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 January 1628
    Event Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1627
    Event Place: Bradwell, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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