- GB-2014-WSA-018874
- Person
- 1644-1715
ASTON, FRANCIS, younger son of Francis Aston, St. Mary Le Strand, London, and Margaret, dau. of Joan Chatwell, St. Mary le Strand, London, widow; bapt. 1 Feb 1644/5; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 16) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662, matr. 1664/5; MA 1668; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1667-c. 1675; FRS 1678; Secretary, Royal Society 1681-5; d. 1715 (will proved 22 Jul 1715, as of Whitehall, Middlesex).