Sir Ralph (1st Bt of Great Lever) Assheton

1579 - Abt 1644  (65 years)

• Name	Ralph (1st Bt of Great Lever) Assheton
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1579
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt Oct 1644
  Burial	18 Oct 1644	Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, England
  	Buried Downham where he made a family vault in the chancel,
  Person ID	I87450	First tree
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Ralph Assheton,   b. 1535   d. 8 May 1616 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Johanna Radclyffe,   b. Abt 1555   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F75351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothy Bellingham,   b. Abt 1580   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Anne Assheton,   b. Abt 1625   d. 27 Oct 1684 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F75349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Leanor Shuttleworth,   b. Bef 1610   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. SIr Raphe (2nd Baronet) Assheton,   c. 2 Jun 1617, Whalley, BC d. 1679 (Age ~ 61 years)   2. Sir Edmund (3rd Baronet) Assheton,   b. 1620   d. 1692 (Age 72 years)   3. Sir John (4th Baronet) Assheton,   b. 1621   d. 9 Jun 1697, Lower Hall, Gisburn (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F72298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1st baronet of Great Lever, Whalley & Malham Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 16 February 1598/99. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1601. He was created 1st Baronet Assheton, of Leverr, co. Lancaster [England] on 28 June 1620 by King James. He held the office of High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1624. In 1629 he sold his paternal estate of Great Lever to John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester. He lived at Downham, Lancashire, England, at Great Lever, Lancashire, England and at at Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, England. He had seven other sons by his first wife.