ASHLEY, Francis (1569-1635), of the Middle Temple, London and Winterbourne St. Martin, Dorset; later of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

Family and Education

b. 24 Nov. 1569,Sloane 2131, f. 16v. 3rd s. of Anthony Ashley of Damerham, Wilts. and Dorothy, da. of John Lyte of Lyte’s Cary, Som.; bro. of Anthony† and Robert†. MTR, 310; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 233. educ. King Edward VI g.s. Southampton, Hants 1575; Sloane 2131, f. 17. Magdalen Hall, Oxf., BA 1589; M. Temple 1590, called 1596. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. c.1603, Anne (d. 10 June 1649), da. and coh. of Bernard Samways of Winterbourne St. Martin, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 387, 697; Sloane 2131, f. 20. Kntd. 5 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. d. 28 Nov. 1635. C142/548/20. sig. Fra[ncis] Ashley.

Offices Held

J.p. Dorset by 1608 – d., Hants and Wilts. 1628–d.; SP14/33; C231/4, f. 249; C193/13/2. freeman, Southampton 1614, HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. Poole, Dorset 1618; Hutchins, i. 32. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge from 1617, C181/2, f. 287v. Western circ. 1619–d., C181/2, f. 335v; 181/5, f. 5v. the Marshalsea 1620-at least 1623, C181/3, ff. 1, 97. subsidy, Dorset 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. piracy 1622, 1631, C181/3, f. 72v; 181/4, f. 104. martial law 1626; APC, 1626, p. 221. capital burgess, Dorchester 1629–d.; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester ed. C.H. Mayo, 57, 716. commr. knighthood compositions, Dorset 1630–2. E178/7154, f. 288C; 178/5251, ff. 3, 10, 61.

Recorder, Dorchester 1611–d.; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 452–4. autumn reader, M. Temple 1616, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 175. bencher 1616–17; A.R. Ingpen, M. Temple Bench Bk. 178. sjt.-at-law 1617–25; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 497. steward of the Marshalsea 1617-at least 1623; C181/2, f. 287v; 181/3, f. 97. king’s sjt. 1625–d. Baker, 497.

Parlimentarian

ASHLEY, Francis (1569-1635), of the Middle Temple, London and Winterbourne St. Martin, Dorset; later of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Winterbourne St. Martin, Dorset; Dorchester Friary, Dorset; Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

ASHLEY, Francis (1569-1635)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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