Peerage Record – 12650

     Lady Dorothy Tufton was born circa 1606.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet and Lady Frances Cecil.¹ She and Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Bt. obtained a marriage license on 17 April 1630.¹ She died on 28 January 1635.¹ She was buried at Downham, Lancashire, England^G.¹
     From circa 17 April 1630, her married name became Assheton.¹

     Elizabeth Harington was the daughter of Sir Sapcote Harington.¹ She married Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. and Dorothy Bellingham, on 3 February 1643/44 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden, London, England^G.¹ She died on 8 June 1686.¹ She was buried at New Chapel, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ Her will (dated 7 August 1684) was proven (by probate) on 25 June 1686.¹
     From 3 February 1643/44, her married name became Assheton.¹

     Sir Sapcote Harington lived at Royde, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Sir Edmund Assheton, 3rd Bt. was born in 1620.¹ He was the son of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. and Eleanor Shuttleworth.¹ He died on 31 October 1695 at Whalley, Lancashire, England^G, unmarried.¹
     He was admitted to Gray’s Inn on 3 November 1648.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Assheton, of Leverr, co. Lancaster [E., 1620] on 30 January 1679/80, and subsequently ‘of Whalley Abbey and of Downham, Lancashire.¹‘

     Sir John Assheton, 4th Bt. was born in 1624.¹ He was the son of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. and Eleanor Shuttleworth.² He married Catherine Fletcher, daughter of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Bt..¹ He died on 9 June 1696, without issue.^1,3 He was buried on 18 June 1696 at Gisburn, Lancashire, England^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Assheton, of Leverr, co. Lancaster [E., 1620] on 31 October 1695, and subsequently ‘of Whalley Abbey and of Downham, Lancashire.¹‘
     On his death, his baronetcy became extinct.¹

     Catherine Fletcher was born circa 1612.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Bt.¹ She married, secondly, Sir John Assheton, 4th Bt., son of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. and Eleanor Shuttleworth.¹ She married, firstly, Thomas Lister, son of Thomas Lister and Jane Heber, on 20 December 1631 at Hutton, Cumberland, England.^1,2 She died circa May 1676.¹ She was buried on 20 May 1676 at Gisburn, Lancashire, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Assheton.¹ From 20 December 1631, her married name became Lister.¹

     Thomas Lister was born on 5 November 1615 at Westby Hall, Yorkshire, England.² He was the son of Thomas Lister and Jane Heber.² He married Catherine Fletcher, daughter of Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Bt., on 20 December 1631 at Hutton, Cumberland, England.^1,2 He died on 19 November 1642 at age 27 at Gisburne, Yorkshire, England.²
     He lived at Arnoldsbiggins, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Thomas Lister was born on 6 November 1569 at Gisburne, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Lister and Alice Hoghton.¹ He married Jane Greenacres in 1592 at Lancashire, England.¹ He died on 6 February 1608 at age 38 at Bracewell, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Anne Assheton was born circa 1625.² She was the daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt. and Eleanor Shuttleworth.^1,3 She married Sir Ralph Assheton, 1st Bt., son of Ralph Assheton and Elizabeth Kaye, circa 1647.² She died on 27 October 1684.² She was buried at Middleton, Lancashire, England^G.² She died intestate and her estate was administered on 4 December 1684.²