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ASSEY, CHARLES WILLIAM LESLIE; b. 15 Aug 1812; adm. (G) 20 Sep 1826; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Feb 1831, but did not matr. [perhaps kin to Charles Chaston Assey, Surgeon, EICS Bengal, will proved PCC 19 Oct 1821]

ASSHE, ---; b.; at school in 1596 (Chapter Muniments 405671).

ASSHETON, RALPH, elder son of Ralph Assheton, Downham, near Clitheroe, Lancs., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Lister MP, Gisburn Park, Yorks.; b. 25 Jan 1719; adm. Feb 1735/6 (Armfeild's); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Aug 1738; of Downham, Lancs.; m. 8 Aug 1752 Rebecca, elder dau. of William Hulls, of Freelands, Kent, and Popes, Herts.; d. 27 Dec 1758.

ASSHETON, RICHARD, younger brother of Ralph Assheton (qv); b. 19 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) May 1741 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1745; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1744; BA 1748; MA 1751; BD and DD 1782; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. 5 Jun 1749 - 31 May 1757; ordained deacon 10 Mar 1754, priest 7 Jun 1754 (both Oxford); Rector of Middleton, Lancs. Apr 1757; Rector of Radcliffe, Lancs, . 1757; Warden of Manchester Collegiate Church from 2 Mar 1782; m. 1757 Mary, younger dau. of William Hulls, of Freelands, Kent, and Popes, Herts.; d. 6 Jun 1800.

ASSHETON, WILLIAM, only son of Ralph Assheton (qv); b. 19 Jun 1758; adm. 28 Jan 1774; left Aug 1775; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Nov 1775; MA (from Balliol Coll. ) 1779; adm. Middle Temple 27 Jan 1779; Grand Tour (Italy) 1783-4; of Downham and Cuerdale, Lancs.; High Sheriff Lancashire 1792; m. 20 Nov 1786 Lettice, dau. of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart.; d. 29 Jan 1833.

Astbury, Arthur Ralph, only son of Arthur Kingsby Astbury, of Gloucester, by Caroline Eliza James; b. June 5, 1880; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. I. E. Coll. Cooper's Hill; entered the Indian Civil Service, Public Works Department, Oct. 1, 1900; assistant engineer Dec. 1900; executive engineer Oct. 1908; under-sec. to Govt. Building and Roads Branch, P. W. Dept., Punjab, Nov. 1915; superintending engineer Jan. 1920; M.I.C.E. 1921; officiating chief engineer and sec. to Govt. Nov. 1924; chief engineer, Indian P. W. Dept. 1925; C. I. E 1928; C. S. I. 1933; retired 1935; served in the Ministries of Home Security and of Works in Great War II; m. Aug. 18, 1908, Friede Hildegard, daughter of Otto Christian von Schoenberg, of Wurzen, Saxony.

ASTLEY, FRANCIS, brother of Sir Jacob Henry Astley, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. 25 Feb 1765; in school list Oct 1767; entered Royal Navy; Midshipman; killed on board HMS Arethusa in an engagement with La Belle Poule in the Channel 17 Jun 1778.

ASTLEY, HENRY NICHOLAS, third son of Sir Edward Astley, Bart., MP, and his second wife Anne, sister of Richard Milles (qv); b. 5 Jan 1767; adm. 18 Nov 1782; left 1784; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1785, scholar 1785, matr. Easter 1786; BA 1789; MA 1792; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Feb 1785; travelling in Netherlands and Italy 1789-90; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1791, priest 25 Sep 1791 (both Norwich); Rector of Little Snoring, Norfolk, from 1791; Rector of East Barsham, Norfolk, from 1791; Rector of Bintree with Themelthorpe, Norfolk 1799-1804; Rector of Foulsham, Norfolk 1803-33; m. 20 Feb 1798 Sarah, dau. of Samuel Pitman, Exeter; d. 14 Aug 1854.