Ashby baronets

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Ashby baronets of Harefield
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Creation date1622
Statusextinct
Extinction date1623 [1]

The Ashby Baronetcy, of Harefield in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 June 1622 for Sir Francis Ashby, a descendant of the family which had held Breakspears, Harefield, Middlesex, since the 15th century.

Sir Francis Ashby (1595-1623) was the son of Sir Robert Ashby of Harefield and Dorothy, daughter of Francis Haydon of Watford. He matriculated at Gray's Inn in 1607 and was knighted in 1617.

Sir Francis was the subject of a complaint to the Earl Marshall by Sir Michael Longueville, that Ashby had insulted and defamed him. [2]

The title became extinct on his death, without heirs, on 23 December 1623. His widow Joane died in 1635. [3]

Ashby baronets, of Harefield (1622)

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References

  1. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 15.
  2. Cust, Richard and Andrew Hopper. "387 Longville v Ashby: the Court of Chivalry". British History Online. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900