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Sir Thomas de Astley

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Sir Thomas de Astley

Birth
Warwickshire, England
Death
4 Aug 1265 (aged 49–50)
Evesham, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England
Burial
Hillmorton, Rugby Borough, Warwickshire, England Add to Map
Plot
In the north aisle
Memorial ID
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Life sized effigie and sarcophagus of (Knight) Sir Thomas de Astley, inside the Church of ST. John The Baptist in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England. He and his wife Edith
(--?--) de Astley are the forebears of Alys/Alice deAstley
Perkins, who along with her husband Thomas and daughter Elizabeth are buried under the floor in the center isle of this church. Also the life size effigie and sarcophagus of Edith (--?--) de Astley, wife of (Knight) Sir Thomas is inside of this church.The Astley family were descended from Sir Thomas de Astley of Astley, Warwickshire, who was killed in the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He married twice. From his first marriage to Joane de Blois descended the Astley baronets of Patshull, whose family seat was at Patshull Hall, Staffordshire, and the Astley baronets of Everley, Wiltshire. From his second marriage to Editha Constable of Melton Constable, Norfolk, descended the Astley baronets of Melton Constable, the Astley baronets of Hill Morton (who succeeded as Barons Hastings – of the 1295 creation), and the Barons Astley of Reading.
Life sized effigie and sarcophagus of (Knight) Sir Thomas de Astley, inside the Church of ST. John The Baptist in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England. He and his wife Edith
(--?--) de Astley are the forebears of Alys/Alice deAstley
Perkins, who along with her husband Thomas and daughter Elizabeth are buried under the floor in the center isle of this church. Also the life size effigie and sarcophagus of Edith (--?--) de Astley, wife of (Knight) Sir Thomas is inside of this church.The Astley family were descended from Sir Thomas de Astley of Astley, Warwickshire, who was killed in the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He married twice. From his first marriage to Joane de Blois descended the Astley baronets of Patshull, whose family seat was at Patshull Hall, Staffordshire, and the Astley baronets of Everley, Wiltshire. From his second marriage to Editha Constable of Melton Constable, Norfolk, descended the Astley baronets of Melton Constable, the Astley baronets of Hill Morton (who succeeded as Barons Hastings – of the 1295 creation), and the Barons Astley of Reading.

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