Assheton baronets of Lever (1620)

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Creation date1620 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1696 [1]

The Assheton Baronetcy, of Lever in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 June 1620 for Ralph Assheton. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1696. [2] [3]

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Assheton baronets, of Lever (1620)

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 19.
  2. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
  3. Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. John Russell Smith. pp. 19–22.
  4. "Assheton (Ashton), Sir Ralph I, 2nd Bt. (c.1605-80), of Whalley Abbey and Downham, Lancs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

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