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bap. 28 Dec. 1567, 1st s. of Robert Askewith†, draper of York and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Cartmel, barber of York. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 105; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xiv), 30. m. by 1608, Mary, s.p. Borthwick, Reg. Test. 30, ff. 746v-7v; C142/666/74. suc. fa. 1597; C142/255/180. Kntd. 13 Apr. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 162. d. 28 Sept. 1623. C142/666/74. sig. Robert Askwith.
Offices Held

Freeman, York 1588, chamberlain 1591 – 92, common councilman 1595 – 99, sheriff 1599 – 1600, member of the Twenty-Four 1600, alderman 1602–d.; York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surtees Soc. cii), 30; York City Archives, House Bk. 32, ff. 185v, 199v; York City Lib., R.W. Skaife, Civic Officials and Parl. Rep. of York, ff. 26v-7. commr. survey R. Ouse, Yorks. 1604, 1610; C181/1, f. 98v; 181/2, f. 127v. ld. mayor, York 1606 – 07, 1617–18; York City Archives, House Bk. 33, f. 1; House Bk. 34, f. 107. commr. subsidy, York 1608, 1621, aid 1609; SP14/31/1, 14/43/107; C212/22/20–1. collector, Privy Seal loans, York 1611–12; Add. 27877, f. 161. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1618; C181/2, f. 317. collector, Palatine Benevolence, Bootham ward, York 1620. York City Archives, House Bk. 34, f. 216v.

Master, Merchant Taylors’ Co. York 1594 – 95, 1606–8; Skaife, ff. 26v-7. member, Virg. Co. 1610. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 237.

Commr. Union 1604–6. CJ, i. 319a.

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ASKWITH (AYSCOUGH, ASCUE), Robert (1567-1623), of Hosier Lane, York
Main residence: Hosier Lane, York.
Ayscough, Ascue
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J.P.F.
S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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ASKWITH (AYSCOUGH, ASCUE), Robert (1567-1623)

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