ASTELL, John (c.1561-1634), of Gray’s Inn, London; later of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

b. c. 1561,J. Brand, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 115. 7th s. of William Astell of Wichnor, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. of James Eynhurst of Blacknoll Hall, Staffs. F. Black, Parl. Hist. I.o.W. 11; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 45. educ. Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1576; ?Gray’s Inn. Al. Cant. m. by 1596, STAC 5/A36/4; PROB 11/92, f. 145. Mary (d.1658), da. of Robert Wells of Harbledown, Kent, 2s. 3da. St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 69, 70, 72, 74, 76. d. 17 Mar. 1634. Brand, 115.