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bap. 13 July 1607, 1st s. of Henry Ashhurst of Ashurst, and Cassandra (d. aft. 1630), da. of John Bradshaw of Bradshaw, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs.Bolton-le-Moors par. reg.; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 9; VCH Lancs. iv. 100. m. 7 Jan. 1630, Dorothy, da. of Sir Thomas Ellis† of Wyham and Grantham, Lincs. 4s. 5da.Little Ponton, Lincs. par. reg.; PROB11/255, f. 147v; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 9. suc. fa. Apr. 1645.Bolton-le-Moors par. reg. d. 9 Jan. 1656.Upholland, Wigan par. reg.
Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 825b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan., 21 Oct. 1643.CJ ii. 920a; iii. 283b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 17 July 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.CJ iii. 169a; iv. 606a; LJ ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the revenue, 11 Nov. 1643.CJ iii. 307b. Remembrancer of first fruits and tenths, 30 Nov. 1643-Apr. 1645.Bodl. Tanner 59, f. 503; Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 572. Member, cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Commr. to Scottish army, 1 Jan. 1647;CJ v. 38b; LJ viii. 641. to Scottish Parliament, 4 Feb. 1647, 27 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 74b, 442b. LJ viii. 709a; x. 4a. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

Local: commr. sequestration, Lancs. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; assessment, Lancs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645. 4 Aug. 1646 – 16 Apr. 1650A. and O. J.p., 4 Mar. 1653–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/42–51, 54–7. Clerk of the crown, 29 Feb. 1648–26 Feb. 1652.Lancs. RO, DP/522/4/1, p. 7; CJ v. 472a; LJ x. 79b; TSP iv. 450; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 104. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16v. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 31 July 1646–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 351; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2, 52. Berwick-upon-Tweed 15 Feb. 1647–?d.Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 62v.

Religious: elder, fourth classis, Lancs. 1646.LJ viii. 510.

: of Ashurst, Lancs., Dalton.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ASHHURST, William (1607-56), of Ashurst, Dalton, Wigan, Lancs.

Will
8 Feb. 1654, pr. 10 May 1656.PROB11/255, f. 147v.
Estates
in 1631, Ashhurst’s fa. was assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 212. In 1653, Purchased from trustees for the sale of forfeited estates, for £445, lands in Dalton, Ellel and Hutton, Lancs. formerly belonging to James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby.C54/3769/17; Lancs. RO, DDLM/2/44. In 1655, he and another gentleman purchased from Charles Stanley, 8th earl of Derby, manor of Upholland and lands and tenements in Wigan and Aughton, Lancs.Lancs. RO, DDK/1410/4. At d. estate inc. lands and woods in Dalton, Ormskirk, Shevington and Wrightington, Lancs.PROB11/255, f. 147v.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Mr Grace’s house in Petty France, Westminster (1643);Add. 34253, f. 24v. ‘the Little Cloister in Westminster’ (Nov. 1648).CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 37.
Religion
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