Thomas Aston (died 1553)


Thomas Aston of Aston was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1551.

Biography

Aston was the son of Richard Aston of Aston and Dowse, daughter of Piers Warburton of Arley. He was sheriff of Cheshire, 1551.

Family

In 1512 Aston married Bridget, one of the daughters of John Harewell, and sister and coheir to Thomas Harewell, of Shotery, in Warwickshire. They had children:
Aston also had a bastard son called Roger, afterwards Sir Roger Aston, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King James I, who married Mary Stewart, daughter to Alexander, Lord Ochiltree.