John Astley 2nd Baronet 1687-1771

Paternal Family Tree: Astley

Around 1680 [his father] Richard Astley 1st Baronet [aged 55] and Henrietta Borlase were married.

On or before 24th January 1687 John Astley 2nd Baronet was born to Richard Astley 1st Baronet [aged 62]. He was baptised on 24th January 1687 at St Mary's Church, Patshull.

On 24th February 1688 [his father] Richard Astley 1st Baronet [aged 63] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Patshull. His son John [aged 1] succeeded 2nd Baronet Astley of Patshull.

On 27th May 1711 John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and Mary Prynce were married.

On 19th October 1716 [his daughter] Alice Astley Countess Tankerville was born to John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 29]. She married 22nd September 1742 Charles Bennet 3rd Earl Tankerville, son of Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville and Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville, and had issue.

In 1727 John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held until 1734.

Around 1730 [his daughter] Arabella Astley Lady Vincent was born to John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 42]. She married June 1761 Francis Vincent 7th Baronet, son of Henry Vincent 6th Baronet.

In 1734 John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 46] was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until his death in 1772.

On 22nd September 1742 [his son-in-law] Charles Bennet 3rd Earl Tankerville [aged 26] and [his daughter] Alice Astley Countess Tankerville [aged 25] were married. He the son of Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville [aged 44] and Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville [aged 45].

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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Around 1750 John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 62] had the house and St Mary's Church, Patshull demolished, rebuilding both at a great expense, then selling the house and estate for £100,000.

In June 1761 [his son-in-law] Francis Vincent 7th Baronet [aged 44] and [his daughter] Arabella Astley Lady Vincent [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Lady Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon.

On 29th December 1772 John Astley 2nd Baronet [aged 85] died. Baronet Astley of Patshull extinct.

Royal Ancestors of John Astley 2nd Baronet 1687-1771

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of John Astley 2nd Baronet 1687-1771

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Astley 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Astley 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Astley 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Talbot 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paston 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Astley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Grandfather: Walter Astley 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

father: Richard Astley 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Trentham of Rocester Priory in Staffordshire

Grandmother: Grace Trentham

John Astley 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England