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A History of the County of Lancaster
… marriage was arranged between Ralph son and heir of Ralph Assheton of Great Lever, and Margaret daughter of William …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Ches.), i, 100. The younger Thomas is named in N. Assheton's Journal. Lay Subs. Lancs. bdle. 250, no. 4. In … 137, 146. The Grimshaw estate was probably obtained from Assheton, who had purchased from Sir Thomas Langton; Duchy of … of Downham and Twiston are named in the grant to Richard Assheton in 1615. Land tax returns at Preston. Whitaker, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… two hurts. The estate was purchased about 1800 by William Assheton of Downham and Cuerdale, whose great-grandson Mr. Ralph Cockayne Assheton of Downham is the present owner. Assheton of Downham. Argent a mullet pierced sable. The south …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… wife of Richard Hoghton 70 and daughter of Sir Thomas Assheton, knt., by Agnes, another daughter and coheir, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… till 1553, when it was purchased for 2,132 by Richard Assheton, younger son of Ralph Assheton of Great Lever, and John Braddyll of Brockhall in … heads of croziers issuant from their mouths or. Richard Assheton, later in the service of William Lord Burghley, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by whom she had another daughter Joan, wife of Ralph Assheton of Great Lever, whose son was Sir Ralph Assheton, bart. Thomas Farington appears as plaintiff in the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… took place here in the Civil War; in 1643 Colonel Assheton routed the Cavaliers 3 and in 1648 Cromwell overtook …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the heir of Geoffrey Massey by a rent of 4 s.; Ralph Assheton of Lever, who held of Richard Brereton; James …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Greenacres, the builder of the house, may still be traced. Assheton of Downham. Sable a mullet argent pierced of the … was a freeholder in 1600. 18 The estate descended to Assheton of Downham. The Shireburnes, 19 Tempests, 20 Kings, … deceased. Farrer, op. cit. 213. Raines' Notes to Nicholas Assheton's Journal, Chet. Soc. xiv (18478). The date of the …