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William Ashby 1448 – 1514 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1448

Birth Location: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 31 MAY 1514

Death Location: Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Ashby

Mother: Catherine Hesilrige

Spouse(s): Katherine Houghton

Children(s): Anne Ashby, William Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Robert Asheby, George Ashby

William Ashby was born in 1448 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Ashby and Catherine Hesilrige. William Ashby married Katherine De Houghton, and had children including Anne Ashby, William Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Robert Asheby, George Ashby. William Ashby passed away in 1514 in Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Ashby was born in 1448 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Ashby and Catherine Hesilrige.
  • William Ashby married Katherine De Houghton, and had children including Anne Ashby, William Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Robert Asheby, George Ashby.
  • William Ashby passed away in 1514 in Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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William Ashby's Ancestors

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William Ashby
1448 – 1514
Birth Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Ashby
1415 – 1488
Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine Hesilrige
1452 –
Noseley, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Ashby
1390 – 1460
Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Mrs (William) Ashby
1400 – 1485
Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (de) Esselington
1430 –
Whittingham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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William Ashby's Descendants

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William Ashby (1448 – 31 MAY 1514) m. Katherine (De) Houghton (1449 – 1514)
  1. 1. Anne Ashby (1465 – 24 SEP 1514) m. John Curzon (1460 – 1512)
  2. 2. William Ashby (ABT 1466 – 1545)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Ashby (1474 – 1558)
  4. 4. Robert Asheby (1475 – ) m. Mrs. (Katherine) Ashby (1449 – )
  5. 5. George Ashby (1490 – ABT 1546) m. Parnel Digby (1490 – 1518)
    1. 1. Barbara Ashby (ABT 1493 – 1598) m. Robert Ashby (1517 – 3 SEP 1557)
    2. 2. Dame (Elizabeth Anne) Ashby (ABT 1497 – 22 MAY 1539) m. Sir (Francis Viscount) Lovell (AFT 1455 – 21 JAN 1551)
      1. 1. William Lovell (1510 – ) m. Lovell (ABT 1525 – 1567)
      2. 2. Dorothea Lovel (ABT 1510 – ) m. Thomas Vernon (ABT 1505 – )
      3. 3. Gregory Lovell (1522 – 15 MAR 1597) m. Jone Whithead (ABT 1525 – ) m. Dorothy Greene (ABT 1580 – ) m. Dorothy Greene (1580 – )
      4. 4. Thomas Lovell (ABT 1539 – ) m. Elizabeth Paris (1513 – 31 MAR 1591)
        1. 1. Ann Lovell (1539 – 1600) m. Robert (de) Grey (1535 – 28 FEB 1600)
        2. 2. Thomas Lovell (1553 – 1598)
        3. 3. Catherine Lovell (1560 – 1610) m. Thomas Knyvett (31 JAN 1565 – 14 MAR 1586)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Lovell (ABT 1564 – ABT 1591) m. Richard (Ricus) Naylor (1560 – AFT 1613)
        5. 5. Eleanor Lovell (6 JUN 1565 – 12 DEC 1604) m. John Shelley (ABT 1527 – 27 AUG 1592) m. James Shelley (ABT 1531 – )
        6. 6. Francis Lovell (ABT 1568 – )
        7. 7. Annis Lovell
      5. 5. Mary Lovell (6 JAN 1592/1593 – ) m. Francis Markham (1565 – 1627)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Ashby (ABT 1508 – 1559) m. Johannes Warde (ABT 1503 – ) m. Johannes Ward (1506 – 3 NOV 1549) m. William Barton (ABT 1510 – )
    4. 4. Thomas Ashby (ABT 1510 – 1559) m. Witterantes (ABT 1525 – ) m. Ann Wrothe
    5. 5. John Ashby (1515 – unknown) m. Elizabeth Tanfield (ABT 1514 – )
    6. 6. Robert Ashby (1517 – 24 APR 1557)
    7. 7. William Ashby (ABT 1520 – )
    8. 8. Tristam Ashby (ABT 1525 – 1593)
    9. 9. Charles Ashby (1529 – )
    10. 10. Agnes Ashby (unknown, between 1500 and 1550 – ) m. Brokesby (ABT 1512 – )

William Ashby's Timeline

2 Records

1448
1448
Birth of William Ashby in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1514
31 MAY 1514
Age 66
Death of William Ashby in Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1448
    Event Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 MAY 1514
    Event Place: Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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