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John de Ashton (military commander)

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127: 19: 137: 241: 166: 44:, was an English politician and military commander. He was the son of Sir John Ashton, who was reportedly a prominent soldier and died c. 1360). 101:
Ashton returned to Parliament in September 1388, and again in January 1390, though not much is known about his activity at them. His eldest son,
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in Flanders in 1383, and campaigned in Scotland in 1385; however, he did not accompany Gaunt on his Spanish campaign in 1386.
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has described this identification as "suspect"; at the time, Ashton had not been knighted and was about 16 years old.
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When he was about 15 years old, the younger Ashton entered military service: during 1369 he was in France for the
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Rawcliffe, Ayton; Ayton, Andrew. "Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner".
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He fought in Ireland in 1373 and was knighted by 1377, when he was retained by John of Gaunt.
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the "Sir John Assueton" who was said to have taken part in a siege at
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire
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of the Hundred Years War, as part of English forces led by
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Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
Caroline phase
John of Gaunt
Noyon
Froissart's Chronicles
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Member
Parliament of England
Lancashire
Despenser's Crusade
John de Ashton
public domain
Ashton, John de (fl.1370)
Stephen, Leslie
Dictionary of National Biography


Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/772
UK public library membership
"ASSHETON, Sir John I (c.1354-c.1398), of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs. - History of Parliament Online"
Categories
English knights
1354 births
1398 deaths
English MPs October 1382
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire

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