- Born: 1599 191
- Marriage: Elizabeth Woodward
- Died: 31 October 1656 aged 57
- Buried: 1656, All Hallows, Staining, City of London
General Notes:
Cloth merchant and parliamentarian activist. Apprenticed to the Drapers Company in 1616. MP for Heytesbury 1640 - 1653. Bought the Manor and Hundred of Heytesbury in 1641. Had an additional unnamed daughter who married Robert Wilson. Buried in All Hallows Staining, City of London, close to Fenchurch Street Station. The church was demolished in 1870.
Inscription found in Heytesbury Church:
In memory of Edward Ashe of Halstead in the county of Kent and Lord of the Manor which he purchased of the family of the Mores in 1641 and died 31 October 1656 aged 47. Of Elizabeth his widow daughter of Christopher Woodward of Lambeth Esquire who died 24 June 1698 aged 78. Of Anne wife of William Ashe Esquire daughter of Alexander Popham of Littlecote who died 30 April 1684 aged 35. Of William Ashe Esquire who died 22 October 1713 aged 67. Of Frances wife of Edward Ashe Esquire daughter of Edward Harvey of Coombe Neville of the county of Surrey Esquire who died 30 March 1743 aged 68. Of Edward Ashe who died 22 May 1748 aged 75. Of William Ashe who died 11 August 1750 aged 36 Of Pierce à Court Ashe son of Pierce à Court of Ivy Church in this county and Rodden in the county of Somerset. Of Elizabeth his wife daughter of William Ashe who died 6 September 1768 aged 66. Of Annabella à Court Ashe wife of General à Court Ashe daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park in the county of Middlesex who died 29 February 1777 aged 70. Of William à Court Ashe a general of his Majesty's forces and colonel of the 11th Regiment of Infantry who died 2 August 1781 aged 73. Of Laetitia wife of the Honourable William Eliot of Liskeard (elder daughter of Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court Baronet and Dame Laetitia his wife daughter of Henry Wyndham of the Close of Salisbury Esquire) who died 20 January 1810 aged 31.
Noted events in his life were:
1. He signed a will on 26 April 1656.
2. He had an estate probated on 17 November 1656.
Edward married Elizabeth Woodward, daughter of Christopher Woodward and Unknown. (Elizabeth Woodward was born in 1620 and died in 1698.)
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