John Astley Esq.

• Preferred Name: John Astley Esq.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 9KMC-YT1
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: LCFJ-9P5 NFS
  
• Birth: ABT 1423 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.8413 LONG: E0.0292
  
• Death: BEF JUN 1475 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.8413 LONG: E0.0292
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Astley-38
  John Astley
  Born about 1423 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England
  ANCESTORS
  Son of Thomas Astley and Isabel (Oak) Astley
  Brother of Ann Astley [half]
  Husband of Elizabeth (Wickingham) Astley — married 1448
  DESCENDANTS
  Father of Alice Catherine (Astley) Calthorpe
  Died before Jun 1475 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England
  
  Biography
  JOHN ASTLEY Esq was born about 1423 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England[1][2] as the first child of Thomas Astley Esq of Hillmorton and Melton Constable and his second wife, Isabel Okes. His father Thomas de Astley (bet 1386 - aft 1423) married twice; the first wife was Elizabeth Dacres, who bore gules, 3 escallops, argent; and his second wife was Isabel, daughter of Jeffrey Okes, of Shrubland in Suffolk, who bore sable, on a fess, between six acorns, argent, three oak leaves, vert. His parents, Thomas and Isabel, presented to the Melton church in the year 1422.
  
  At age 25, JOHN married ELIZABETH WICKINGHAM, daughter of Edmund Wickingham and Alice Fastoff, about 1448 in Melton, and he died between May-Jun 1475 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England[2].
  
  JOHN ASTLEY Esq signed his will on 08 Apr 1475 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England (in it he mentions 2 sons, Thomas and Robert, a daughter, Alice, married to John Calthorp, Esq. and a daughter, Constantia, to whom he bequeaths 40£.) He was buried before Jun 1475 in Blakeney, Norfolk, England[2]
  
  His estate was probated on 23 Jun 1475 in Melton Constable (bequeaths his manor of Melton to his executors for 2 years, to perform his will, and his body to be buried in the church of the Carmes at Blakeney.[2]). He was also known as John de Astley[1][2]. Arms: (SEATS—Hillmorton, in Warwickshire, and at Melton Constable, in Norfolk. ARMS—Azure, a cinquefoil, ermine, within a border, engrailed, or.)[3]
  
  JOHN ASTLEY Esq and ELIZABETH WICKINGHAM had the following children:
  
  ALICE ASTLEY was born about 1450 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England.[2][4][5] She married John Calthorpe Esq about 1470 in Cockthorpe, Norfolk, England[2][4][5]. She died after 1503[4][5] (WMQ has burial by husband John (d 1503) but BLOMEFIELD has it after 1503 by son Christopher[4][5]).
  THOMAS ASTLEY ESQ was born about 1452 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England.[1][2] He died between 07 Jun 1500-12 Mar 1501 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England[1]. He married Margery Lomner in 1477 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England[2]. and later married Elizabeth Clipesby.
  ROBERT ASTLEY was born about 1454 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England.[1][2] He died after 03 Jun 1517 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England. He married CECILY _____ about 1475.
  CONSTANTIA ASTLEY was born about 1456 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England. (She, was bequeathed 40£ from her father.[2] ).
  Sources
  ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BAYNE,A.D., Vol 2, Pages 142-144
  ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 BLOMEFIELD, Francis, Volume 09, Holt hundred: Melton Constable, pp 417-421
  ↑ BURKE, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, page 31 (AST — ATH) see Astley {Hill Morton, and Melton Constable}
  ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 BLOMEFIELD, Francis, Volume 09, ’North Greehow Hundred: Cockthorp', pp 215-218
  ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 TYLER, Lyon G, The Calthorpes (WMQ, vol. 2, no. 2, 1893, pp 106-112)
  BAYNE, A. D., Royal Illustrated History of Eastern England, (Great Yarmouth, J. MacDonald, 1873), archirve.org, Vol 2, Pages 142-144. Record for Thomas Astley — THE ASTLEY FAMILY AT MELTON CONSTABLE.
  BLOMEFIELD, Francis, An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 09 (London, , 1808), www.british-history.ac.uk, ’Holt hundred: Melton Constable', pp 417–421. Record for Thomas Astley — MELTON CONSTABLE - Astley's Manor.
  BLOMEFIELD, Francis, An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 09 (London, , 1808), www.british-history.ac.uk, ’North Greehow Hundred: Cockthorp', pp 215-218. Record for Oliver Calthorp
  TYLER, Lyon G, The Calthorpes (William and Mary College Quarterly, 1893), archirve.org, WMQ, vol. 2, no. 2, 1893, pp. 106–112. Record for Richard Calthorpe — The Calthorpes.{The name is variously written Calthorpe, Calthorp, Calthrop, &c}.
  BURKE, Sir Bernard, General Armory of England, Scotland, Wales (London, , 1878), archirve.org,The General Armory, page 31 (AST — ATH). Record for Astley {Hill Morton, and Melton Constable} — az. a cinquefoil pierced erm. within a bordure engr. or [as also seen in 1st Quarter of Astley {Baron Hastings}].
  Our Royal Noble and Commoner Ancestors: John Astley

• m. 1448 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England

1. Thomas Astley, b. ABT 1460 in Melton Constable, Norfolk, England     d. 7 JUN 1501 in England

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Astley -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Astley -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222799