Family and Education
b. c. 1639, o.s. of Sir Edward Astley by his 1st cos. Elizabeth, da. of Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1659. m. 6 Feb. 1661, Blanch, da. of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Bt., M.P., of Kimberley, Norf., 4s. 1da. suc. fa. 1653; his paternal uncle, Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Bt., to family estates of Hillmorton, Warws. and Melton Constable 1659; and to entailed estates of his maternal gd.-fa. Lord Astley 1688. cr. Bt. 25 June 1660.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Norf. 1663 – 64; ld. of Trade Sept. 1714-July 1717.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Melton Constable, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
ASTLEY, Sir Jacob (c.1639-1729)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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