| NRO Indexed by Kay Collins |
Ashton Wills Index at Northampton Record Office
There are two Ashtons in Northamptonshire (the other one being near Oundle). As it is not always possible to differentiate between them, all wills named Ashton have been included
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| SURNAME |
FORENAME |
STATUS |
PLACE |
YEAR |
TYPE |
N/P |
SERIES |
BOOK |
NO |
FO/PG |
MW |
NOTES |
| ABBOTT |
John |
labourer |
Ashton |
1581 |
W
|
N |
1st |
V |
148 |
59 |
15 |
|
| ARUNDELL |
Charles |
husband |
Ashton |
1723 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
25 |
|
|
|
| ASHBY |
Stephen |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1844 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Apr 23 |
|
|
|
| BAKER |
Giles |
|
Ashton |
1705 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 7 |
2017 |
|
|
|
| BAKER |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1705 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 7 |
2045 |
|
|
|
| BAKERS |
Mary |
& William |
Ashton |
1705 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 7 |
2087 |
|
|
|
| BAKERS |
William |
& Mary |
Ashton |
1705 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 7 |
2087 |
|
|
|
| BANESTER |
John |
|
Ashton |
1560 |
W
|
N |
1st |
R |
247 |
116 |
13 |
|
| BARNES |
Daniel |
|
Ashton |
1623 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
N |
|
52 |
36 |
|
| BARNES |
John |
labourer |
Ashton |
1700 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
W |
245 |
|
63 |
|
| BELL |
Richard |
|
Ashton |
1614 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
R |
|
157 |
40 |
|
| BELL |
Thomas |
sen, yeoman |
Ashton |
1670 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
L |
7 |
|
54 |
|
| BLOUNT |
Alice |
widow |
Ashton |
1744 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Nov 24 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Charles |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1814 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Apr 01 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Charlotte |
spinster |
Ashton |
1840 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Sep 05 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Charlotte |
widow |
Ashton |
1853 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jun 28 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Richard |
rough mason |
Ashton |
1678 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
H |
4 |
|
51 |
|
| BLUNT |
David |
labourer |
Ashton |
1729 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Feb 01 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1730 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jan 10 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Francis |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1734 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
May 04 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Alice |
|
Ashton |
1744 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Nov 24 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
Richard |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1787 |
|
N |
|
|
May 05 |
|
|
|
| BLUNT |
William |
farmer |
Ashton |
1791 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Oct 01 |
|
|
|
| BRITTAIN |
Henry |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1745 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Dec 14 |
|
|
|
| BRITTEN |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1669 |
A
|
N |
|
A |
|
|
|
|
| BRITTEN |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1669 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
|
|
|
|
| BRITTEN |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1699 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
57 |
|
|
|
| BULL |
Robert |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1691 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
L |
165 |
|
55 |
|
| BULL |
William |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1706 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
10 |
|
|
|
| CADWELL |
Richard |
victualler |
Ashton |
1631 |
W+I
|
N |
2nd |
L |
|
57 |
34 |
husband of Julian |
| CADWELL |
Julian |
widow |
Ashton |
1633 |
W+I
|
N |
2nd |
G |
|
61 |
30 |
|
| CLARKE |
John |
|
Ashton |
1614 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
T |
|
116 |
42 |
|
| CLARKE |
John |
labourer |
Ashton |
1681 |
I
|
N |
|
loose |
97 |
|
|
|
| CLARKE |
William |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1773 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Oct 02 |
|
|
|
| CLARKE |
John |
labourer |
Ashton |
1681 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
F |
160 |
|
49 |
|
| CLERKE |
John |
clerk |
Ashton |
1700 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
W |
237 |
|
63 |
|
| COALEMAN |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1635 |
W
|
N |
1st |
EV |
|
436 |
24 |
|
| COLEMAN |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1635 |
W+I
|
N |
2nd |
G |
|
152 |
30 |
|
| COLES |
Helen |
|
Ashton |
1675 |
A
|
N |
|
A |
|
|
|
|
| COLES |
Helen |
widow |
Ashton |
1675 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
|
|
|
|
| COLES |
John |
carpenter |
Ashton |
1693 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
R |
181 |
|
59 |
|
| COOKE |
Robert |
farmer |
Ashton |
1801 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Oct 01 |
|
|
|
| COOKE |
Robert |
farmer |
Ashton |
1809 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Jun 09 |
|
|
|
| COOPER |
Peter |
tailor |
Ashton |
1747 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jun 09 |
|
|
|
| COTTESBROOKE |
Alban |
woolman |
Ashton |
1615 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
R |
|
167 |
40 |
|
| DEACON |
James |
shopkeeper |
Ashton |
1848 |
W
|
n |
|
|
May 23 |
|
|
|
| DUNKLEY |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1749 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
Feb 12 |
|
|
|
| DUNKLEY |
John |
|
Ashton |
1769 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Oct 14 |
|
|
|
| DUNKLEY |
Thomas |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1721 |
W
|
N |
5th |
6 |
Sep 23 |
|
|
|
| DUNKLEY |
Elizabeth |
widow |
Ashton |
1732 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Sep 09 |
|
|
|
| DUNSBY |
William |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1803 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Oct 21 |
|
|
|
| DUNSBY |
Denton |
farmer |
Ashton |
1813 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Aug 27 |
|
|
|
| EASTON |
Edmund |
clerk |
Ashton |
1621 |
W
|
N |
1st |
AV |
|
10 |
23 |
|
| EDEN |
William |
|
Ashton |
1590 |
W
|
N |
1st |
V |
793 |
368 |
15 |
nuncupative |
| GRAY |
Sybil |
|
Ashton |
1661 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
|
|
|
|
| GEARY |
John |
butcher |
Ashton |
1811 |
|
N |
|
|
Nov 05 |
|
|
|
| GEARY |
John |
farmer |
Ashton |
1850 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Oct 05 |
|
|
|
| GOODRIDGE |
William |
blacksmith |
Ashton |
1832 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Apr 14 |
|
|
|
| GREGORY |
Gilbert |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1700 |
I
|
P |
|
box 6 |
1581 |
|
|
Oundle |
| HENSON |
Nicholas |
|
Ashton |
1540 |
W
|
N |
1st |
G |
45 |
30 |
6 |
Oundle |
| HENSON |
Amy |
widow |
Ashton |
1568 |
W
|
N |
1st |
S |
117 |
40 |
14 |
Oundle |
| HEWES |
Anne |
widow |
Ashton |
1684 |
I
|
N |
|
bundle |
172 |
|
|
a SERGEANT |
| HILLYARD |
Jasper |
|
Ashton |
1734 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Oct 05 |
|
|
|
| HODGES |
Morley |
|
Ashton |
1708 |
A+I
|
P |
|
Box 8 |
2396 |
|
|
|
| HODGES |
Morley |
minor |
Ashton |
1714 |
A+G
|
P |
|
box 10 |
2859 |
|
|
|
| HODGES |
John |
|
Ashton |
1715 |
I
|
P |
|
box 10 |
2923 |
|
|
|
| HORTON |
Joseph |
gent |
Ashton |
1726 |
A+R
|
N |
|
bundle |
Aug 06 |
|
|
|
| HOUGHTON |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1766 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Dec 05 |
|
|
|
| KNIGHT |
William |
|
Ashton |
1527 |
W
|
N |
1st |
D |
|
8 |
3 |
* |
| LENTON |
William |
|
Ashton |
1553 |
W
|
N |
1st |
P |
802 |
277 |
12 |
Oundle |
| MACHIN |
Richard |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1648 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
A |
193 |
|
44 |
see also 184 |
| MACHIN |
Richard |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1649 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
A |
184 |
|
44 |
|
| MADDISON |
John |
|
Ashton |
1755 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Jan 18 |
|
|
|
| MANNING |
Richard |
labourer |
Ashton |
1667 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
|
|
|
|
| MARRIAT |
William |
|
Ashton |
1614 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
R |
|
236 |
40 |
|
| MARRIATT |
Ellen |
widow |
Ashton |
1628 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
O |
|
140 |
37 |
|
| MARRIOT |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1661 |
W
|
N |
4th |
10 |
|
57 |
72 |
|
| MARRIOT |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1699 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
76 |
|
|
|
| MARRIOTT |
John |
|
Ashton |
1613 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
S |
|
138 |
41 |
* |
| MARRIOTT |
Lucy |
widow |
Ashton |
1628 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
M |
|
303 |
35 |
|
| MARRIOTT |
John |
gentleman |
Ashton |
1661 |
W
|
N |
4th |
10 |
|
63 |
72 |
|
| MARRIOTT |
Richard |
|
Ashton |
1667 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
|
|
|
|
| MARRIOTT |
John |
|
Ashton |
1771 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Aug 10 |
|
|
|
| MARRIOTT |
John |
farmer |
Ashton |
1824 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Sep 09 |
|
|
|
| MARRYOTT |
Anthony |
gent |
Ashton |
1630 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
O |
|
196 |
37 |
|
| MARSHALL |
Richard |
|
Ashton |
1631 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
T |
212 |
|
61 |
pc 1 sheet |
| MARTIN |
Richard |
|
Ashton |
1703 |
I
|
P |
|
box 6 |
1919 |
|
|
|
| MILLER |
William |
|
Ashton |
1567 |
W
|
N |
1st |
S |
3 |
1 |
14 |
Oundle |
| RAGSDALE |
Thomas |
miller |
Ashton |
1698 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 5 |
1414 |
|
|
Oundle |
| READ |
John |
farmer |
Ashton |
1684 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
K |
42 |
|
53 |
|
| READE |
John |
farmer |
Ashton |
1684 |
I
|
N |
|
bundle |
132 |
|
|
|
| READE |
Thomas |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1725 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Nov 13 |
|
|
|
| ROADE |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1741 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Feb 20 |
|
|
|
| ROWELL |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1713 |
I
|
P |
|
box 9 |
2752 |
|
|
|
| SAXBY |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1642 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
file 2a |
|
26 |
|
* |
| SANDERS |
William |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1759 |
W
|
N |
|
|
May 30 |
|
|
|
| SANSOM |
Anne |
widow |
Ashton |
1731 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Nov 13 |
|
|
|
| SERGEANT |
Anne |
widow |
Ashton |
1684 |
I
|
N |
|
bundle |
172 |
|
|
a HEWES |
| SARGEANT als HEWES |
Ann |
widow |
Ashton |
1684 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
K |
47 |
|
|
|
| SMITH |
Robert |
shepherd |
Ashton |
1677 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
L |
8 |
|
54 |
|
| SOUTHERNE |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1718 |
A+R+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
5 |
|
|
|
| SOUTHERNE |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1718 |
W
|
N |
5th |
5 |
214 |
|
|
|
| SOTHORNE |
John |
gentleman |
Ashton |
1703 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
X |
268 |
|
|
|
| SPERMAN |
Thomas |
|
Ashton |
1528 |
W
|
N |
1st |
D |
378 |
160 |
3 |
|
| SPLENLIFF |
John |
|
Ashton |
1531 |
W
|
N |
1st |
D |
995 |
389 |
4 |
|
| SPRIGGS |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1693 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 5 |
970 |
|
|
RUT |
| STURGES |
James |
labourer |
Ashton |
1675 |
W
|
N |
4th |
10 |
|
242 |
72 |
|
| STURGES |
Thomas |
labourer |
Ashton |
1706 |
W
|
N |
5th |
6 |
163 |
|
|
|
| STURGIS |
James |
|
Ashton |
1714 |
I
|
N |
|
bundle |
58A |
|
|
|
| STURGES |
James |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1714 |
W
|
N |
5th |
8 |
178 |
|
|
|
| SYBTHORPE |
John |
clerk |
Ashton |
1590 |
W
|
N |
1st |
V |
798 |
368 |
15 |
|
| THUMBECK |
William |
husbandman |
Ashton |
1626 |
W
|
N |
1st |
AV |
|
347 |
23 |
|
| TIBBES |
Elizabeth |
widow |
Ashton |
1707 |
A+I
|
N |
|
bundle |
101 |
|
|
|
| TOMPSON |
Christopher |
|
Ashton |
1707 |
A+I
|
P |
|
Box 8 |
2320 |
|
|
|
| TOMPSON |
Elizabeth |
|
Ashton |
1708 |
I
|
P |
|
Box 8 |
2383 |
|
|
|
| TOMPSON |
Elizabeth |
|
Ashton |
1709 |
A
|
P |
|
Box 8 |
2434 |
|
|
|
| TROTTER |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1611 |
W
|
N |
2nd |
R |
|
113 |
40 |
nuncupative |
| TURNER |
Anne |
spinster |
Ashton |
1709 |
A
|
P |
|
Box 8 |
2472 |
|
|
|
| WAITE |
John |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1695 |
W
|
N |
3rd |
V |
230 |
|
62 |
pc 2 sheets |
| WAITE |
John (the elder) |
yeoman |
Ashton |
1779 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Sep 20 |
|
|
|
| WAITE |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1793 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jun 12 |
|
|
|
| WELCH |
John |
labourer |
Ashton |
1761 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jan 19 |
|
|
|
| WEBB |
John |
|
Ashton |
1788 |
A
|
N |
|
bundle |
Oct 17 |
|
|
|
| WHITFORD |
Judith |
widow |
Ashton |
1707 |
I
|
N |
|
bundle |
41 |
|
|
|
| WHITFORD |
Judeth |
widow |
Ashton |
1707 |
W
|
N |
5th |
6 |
215 |
|
|
|
| WILKINSON |
Richard |
|
Ashton |
1526 |
W
|
N |
1st |
C |
311 |
141 |
2 |
nr Oundle |
| WILCOX |
George |
batchelor |
Ashton |
1763 |
W
|
N |
|
|
Jan 18 |
|
|
|
| WYLKYNSON |
Robert |
|
Ashton |
1528 |
W
|
N |
1st |
D |
365 |
144 |
3 |
Oundle |
| WICKENS |
Thomas |
shopkeeper |
Ashton |
1789 |
W
|
N |
|
|
May 13 |
|
|
|
| WILLCOX |
Mary |
widow |
Ashton |
1823 |
A
|
N |
|
|
Mar 29 |
|
|
|
|