Person:John Askew (16)

——John Askew of Kirby in the County Palat. of Lancas Gent born aº 1636 died 9^th March aº 1686——^S1
——John Askew of Kirby in Com Lanc Gent born at Graymain Anno 1636 —Vid Aff obiit 9^th March 1686——^S2

History — the long-held, the debunked, and what to believe now!

—the long-held ...

It must be said from the outset that these possible origins range from the quite probable to the far less so. And we may well find we have to weigh in the balance just how much credit to give to the words – sworn though they were – of his 63-year old granddaughter in the year 1759 (seventy-three years after his death), when she declared:

I Bridget Lickbarrow in the Parish of Kendall and County of Westmorland aged sixty three years do voluntarily make oath that I have frequently heard my Grandmother Askew wife of John Askew gentleman say and I verily believe the same to be true that he the said John Askew was born at Graymains in the Parish of Moncaster and County of Cumberland and was the Son of . . . Askew of Graymains who married . . . Daughter of . . . Richardson of Ronard in the County of Lancaster Esquire and that the said John Askew was Father of Anthony Askew late of Kendall Doctor of Physick

B. Lickbarrow

Sworn and taken the 13^th day of Oct 1759 before me one of his majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Westmorland: John Moore

Examined by William Oldys Norroy and Ralph Bigland Somerset

Mrs Bridget Lickbarrow was the eldest daughter, but fifth of the eleven children of John Askew (1664-1744), who is known to have resided at both Birkby (c.1696) and Fell Yeat (at the time of his death) – both within the parish of Cartmel, Lancashire. And Bridget was baptised in the Priory Church of Cartmel on the 29th of September, 1696 – at which time her father was given as of Birkby. He was the eldest son of only two sons and one daughter of John Askew (1636-1686). This John Askew, senior, was of ‘Kirkby’ or ‘Kirkby Ireleth’, as it later came to be named to distinguish it from other Kirkbys in Lancashire. The name ‘Kirkby’ was derived from the Old Norse, ‘Kirkiubyr’ simply meaning ‘church village.’^S6 He was buried on the 9th of March, 1686 in St. Cuthbert’s – the parish church of Kirkby Ireleth in the hamlet of Beckside. But the location of his birth remains far from certain. And we may not even be absolutely sure of the year having been 1636. That uncertainty comes from the distinct possibility that either Bridget or her grandmother were mistaken in their memories which located his birth in “Graymains in the Parish of Moncaster and County of Cumberland” – which information comes to us from the same source that tells us he was born in 1636.

In 1760 the College of Arms in London officially recorded a pedigree of this Askew family. And it was drawn up to occupy three pages in a large book held there, which also contains other family pedigrees. I had the privilege of being able to see it on a visit there in June of 2012 and a little later on to spend some hours with it, so that I could transcribe its text. So I can attest that it is quite beautifully illustrated – and with both the rather alarming crest of a severed Saracen’s head impaled upon a sword and dripping blood on one page; and on another, with the quartered armorial bearings – "granted on 9 May 1760 to Adam Askew of Newcastle upon Tyne M.D, (… etc, etc.)." ^S1 Dr. Adam Askew (1697-1773), born in Kendal, Westmorland (now in Cumbria), was also a grandchild of John Askew of Kirkby – being the eldest son of John’s second son, Anthony Askew, M.D. (1670-1739), of Kendal, where he had his medical practice. But it was very likely Dr. Adam’s eldest son – another Dr. Anthony Askew (1722-1774), who had moved to London to practise medicine there (as well as collect a whole lot of books), who would have petitioned the College of Arms to draw up this pedigree. And he provided another affidavit for it to support much of the information contained therein:

Anthony Askew of London Esquire Doctor of Physick voluntarily maketh oath that he verily believes that he is the eldest Son and Heir of Adam Askew, of Newcastle upon Tyne Esquire M.D. by Anne his Wife younger Daughter and Coheir of Richard Crackenthorpe of Newbiggin in the county of Westmoreland Esq^r by his Wife Deborah elder Daughter and Coheir of Samuel Mottram of Thorpe in the County of Lincoln Esq^r that the s^d (said) Adam was the elder Son of Anthony Askew of Kendal M.D. by Anne his Wife only Daughter and Heire of Adam Storrs of Storrs Hall in the County of Lancaster Esq^r and that the last mentioned Anthony was the Son of John Askew of Kirby in the County aforesaid by Margaret his Wife the Daughter of . . . Cosen of Overing in Cartmell in the said County of Lancashire and that the said John was the Son of William Askew of Graymains in the County of Cumberland who married the Daughter of . . . Richardson of Ronard in the County of Lancaster Esq^r and that William Askew was the Son of Henry which Henry was the Son of Hugh and that Hugh was descended from Sir Hugh Ayscough otherwise Askew of Lekelay vulgarly called Lacra in the County of Cumberland Kn^t (knight) & this depo^t (deponent) further saith first that he intermarried with Margaret only Daughter of Cuthbert Swinburne Esq^r who died without issue secondly with Elizabeth younger Daughter of Robert Holford Esq^r late a Master in Chancery by whom he has issue Adam his elder Son Anthony Linacre his second Son and Anne Elizabeth his Daughter all living And this Deponent sayth that the Pedigree above is collected from his Family Evidences Church Registers and other good Authorities

Antony Askew

Doctors Com^s May 8 1760 Sworn before me Arth^r Collier

—Both of these affidavits are taken from: College of Arms ms 5.D.14, 108: The Pedigree of Adam Askew, Esquire, of Newcastle upon Tyne—^S1

It is interesting to note that Bridget Lickbarrow clearly did not either recall herself, or if her grandmother had ever mentioned to her, the Christian name of her great grandfather – which she was then unable to include in her affidavit; while her cousin, Dr. Anthony Askew, in his affidavit, was certain it was William. But both agreed that he was “of Graymains in the County of Cumberland.” This was followed up on, just seventeen years later, in a publication by Joseph Nicholson, Esq. and Richard Burn LL.D.: The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol I, published in 1777 ^S7 – in which they make the claim that this William Askew “sold the estate of Graymains, and purchased an estate at Kirkby in the county of Lancaster.”  :–

« —This family of Askew (Akeskeugh, which word signifies an hilly ground covered with oaks) was of long continuance in the county of Cumberland, deriving their descent from Thurston de Bosco (a name of the same import, boscus signifying a wood), who lived in the reign of King John, and had feoffment from the Boyvills, lords of Kirkanton, of a place called Aikskeugh, within the lordship of Millum; whence his posterity, according to the custom of those early ages, have assumed their surname.

For several generations this family resided at Graymains in the parish of Moncaster and county aforesaid. Of which family was Sir Hugh Askew, to whom king Henry the eighth, in the 33d year of his reign, gave Seaton in the said lordship of Millum, which had been an house of Benedictine nuns. ...

And here Nicholson and Burn entertain us with "a curious anecdote" about this not yet knighted Hugh Askew, previously "yeoman of the cellar to queen Katherine" – of how he got his job back at court from that late queen's onetime husband, King Henry VIII. [ See below: ^S7 ] This was quite a while before he was actually knighted:

(Hugh Askew) ... for his bravery and conduct at the battle of Musselborough was created knight banneret under the royal standard in the camp of Roquesborough. ...

This battle at Musselborough – actually called “the ‘Battle of Pinkie Cleugh’ sometimes known as the ‘Battle of Pinkie’, took place on 10 September 1547 on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland.” ^S13 Being fifteen years before the death of Sir Hugh Askew in 1562. And after mentioning this, Nicholson and Burn continue, with what they believed was his (or perhaps his nephew’s) line of descent:

... In the 3d year of queen Elizabeth he was sheriff of Cumberland; and in two years after died: as appears from the following inscription on a brass plate upon his tombstone,

“Here lieth Sir Hughe Asketh knyght, late of the Seller to kinge Edward the VI; which Sir Hughe was maid knyght at Muskelbroughfelde, in the yere of oure Lord 1547, and dy’d the second day of Marche in the yere of oure Lord God 1562.”

The said Sir Hugh was succeeded by his son (or rather perhaps his nephew) Hugh Askew of Graymains; who had a son Henry, who died, according to the parish register of Moncaster, in the year 1621. Which Henry had a son William, who sold the estate of Graymains, and purchased an estate at Kirkby in the county of Lancaster. The said William died in 1641, leaving a son John Askew of Kirkby. Which John had two sons; of whom, the younger was,

——Anthony Askew of Kendal, M. D. who married Anne only daughter and heir of Adam Storrs of Storrs-hall in the county of Lancaster esquire, by his wife Jane daughter of William Rawlinson of Grathwaite in the said county esquire, and sister to Sir William Rawlinson knight, one of the lords commissioners of the great seal in the reign of king William the third. He had issue, by his said wife Anne Storrs, Adam, Anthony, and Margaret.

——Adam Askew of Newcastle upon Tyne, M.D. son and heir of Anthony, married Anne younger daughter and coheir of Richard Crackenthorp of Newbiggin in the county of Westmorland esquire; and by her had issue four sons, and one daughter Anne. The sons were, (1) Anthony. (2) Adam Askew, M.A. rector of Plumbland in the county of Cumberland, and now by his father's will owner of Middleton-hall, unmarried. (3) Henry Askew of Redheugh in the county of Durham esquire, who married Dorothy only daughter of Adam Boulby of Whitby in the county of York gentleman. (4) John Askew of Pallinsbourn-house in the county of Northumberland esquire, who married Bridget, daughter and heir of Thomas Watson of Goswick in the said county of Northumberland esquire.

——Anthony Askew of London, M. D. late deceased, son and heir of Adam, married first Margaret only daughter of Cuthbert Swinburn of Long Witton in the county of Northumberland esquire, by whom he had no issue. To his second wife he married Elizabeth younger daughter of Robert Holford esquire late master in chancery, by whom he had living in 1771, five sons and four daughters; namely, Adam, Anthony-Linacre, Anne-Elizabeth, Sarah, Deborah, John, Henry, Amy, and Elizabeth.

——The Arms of Askew are; Sable, a fess Or, between three asses passant Argent. »

But most of this lineage has been disputed by some rather good authorities on the subject:

... the debunked ...

"ASKEW, of Standing Stones and Graymains. According to Denton (DAC, 17), this family descends from Thurston de Bosco, who received from the Lord of Kirksanton, Aikskeugh or Oakwood, in 1202-3. It is certain that William son of Guy Boyville granted 1309 lands in Kirksanton and Silecroft, near the two standing stones, to John son of John de Aykescowgh. Sir Robert Mulcaster and Joan his wife and Margaret de Bampton granted 1403 to Richard de Ayscogh their lands in Lacra and Scales. These estates descended to Matthew Ayscough,* who gave them to his son Richard 1478. They descended to Hugh Askew (1558-1625) who marr. Elizabeth (1560-1649), dau. and heir of Thomas Troughton, and so acquired Graymains, Muncaster. Their son William (1593-1641) succ., and was succ. by his son Hugh (1613-98), who marr. 1635 Dorothy, dau of John Ambrose, of Lowick, and sister and coheir of the Rev. John Ambrose. Their son William Askew (1636-1717), the last male of the family, apparently sold Graymains, but retained Standing Stones and other property in Cumberland. ...

"ASKEW. Relying on an inaccurate statement in NB, copied in BLG, it was stated in AWL that the Askews of Kendal, Storrs and Co. Durham, were descended from the Askews of Graymains, see preceding entry. It is clear from later research that this was not so. ...."

* Matthew was ancestor of Christopher Ayscough, of Blyborough, Lincs., father of Sir Hugh Askew, of Seaton Priory (d.s.p. 1562, who marr. Bridget, dau of Sir John Hudleston, of Millom. Sir Hugh was Sheriff of Cumberland 1561, and FWE (Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of Cumberland & Westmorland. 1841) and DSL (A MS. List of Cumberland Sheriffs bound up with Recorder Milbourne’s MS. Version of Denton’s Accompt of Cumberland) record his arms as: Sable a fess Or between three asses passant Argent maned and unguled of the second.

—taken from: Cumberland Families and Heraldry by C. Roy Hudleston, F.S.A. and R. S. Boumphrey, M.A. Published in 1978.—^S8

&

Askew of Ladykirk, formerly of Pallinsburn

"The foregoing account shows that the Askew family of Standing Stones and Greymains is almost certainly extinct in the male line, yet for more than two centuries printed pedigrees have shown the Askews of Ladykirk, formerly of Pallinsburn, Northumberland as descendants. NB i 257 gives a pedigree which can thus be summarized:

"This pedigree has appeared in successive generations of Burke's Landed Gentry but it is clearly inaccurate. William Askew, who died in 1641, did not sell Greymains, nor, so far as I can discover, did he buy an estate at Kirkby in Lancashire. Nor did his son John (1630-68) leave any children.* He cannot therefore have been the father of a younger son Anthony Askew M.D. of Kendal, the undoubted ancestor of the Askews of Ladykirk. As to the origin of Anthony, all my efforts to find his baptism have failed. He was admitted sizar at Christ's College, Cambridge on 26 June 1691, as son of John Askew "of Kirkby". That he had a brother Roger we know from his will dated 22 September 1725."

* Burke: Landed Gentry, 18, says he married Margaret Cosin, but William's son John marr., as we have seen, Anne Troughton, née Muncaster.

—taken from: Askew of Standing Stones by C. Roy Hudleston. Published in 1979.—^S9

... and what to believe now!

Starting at the end of his life – and something about which we can be fairly certain – as the parish register for St. Cuthbert’s in Beckside, the parish church of Kirkby Ireleth informs us, he was buried there, on March 9, 1686: "John Askew of Beckside in Kirkby in ye Parish Church of Kirkby Ireleth."^S5 And – according to the pedigree of Adam Askew (referred to above),^S1 he left nine children, which the same source indicates were born to his wife named, Margaret – a daughter of "Cosen" or "Cosin" of a place called "Overing in Cartmell". But I will return to the identity of his wife and her father later on. Their nine children are all shown with either birth or baptismal dates in this College of Arms ‘pedigree’:

1. Margaret, bap 27 Jul 1663; 2. John, born 6 Nov 1664; 3. Anne, bap 14 Nov 1666; 4. Anthony, bap 10 Jul 1670; 5. Thomas, bap 25 Aug 1672; 6. William, bap 25 Apr 1675; 7. Agnes, bap 20 Dec 1676; 8. Isabella, bap 24 Aug 1678; 9. Roger, bap 20 Sep 1680.

And five of these supposed nine children can each be confirmed by at least one other source, which links them to their father, John Askew of Beckside, Kirkby Ireleth. One of these – the daughter, Agnes, who was baptised December 20, 1676 is likely the same who was buried eleven years later. It is clear that the date, as given in the transcription of the parish record, is according to the ‘Old Style’ (OS) Julian calendar rather than the present day ‘New Style’ (NS) Gregorian calendar. There in the record (previously accessed on Ancestry.com – now on Geneanet.org.),^S5 her burial is shown as follows: "1687. / ... / Agnes d. of John Askew of Beckside 11 March / 1688." Thus, according to our Gregorian calendar, her burial would have been on March 11, 1688.

While, in 1682, four of his five sons were listed together with him in one of the ‘Rolls of Burgesses at the Guilds Merchant of the Borough of Preston, Co. Lancaster. 1397-1682.^S10 And twenty years earlier, in another of these rolls, for the year 1662, there are two named John Askew – one the father of the other. But it is not clear if the father and son there are the same as those in 1682. It may be that the ‘junior’ – or son in 1662 has become the father in 1682.

Roll of the Guild Merchant of 14th Charles the Second (a.d. 1662).

GILDA MERCATORIA Burgensium Burgi sive Ville de Preston in Amoundernes in Comitatu Lancastrie' ... (Guild Merchant of the Burgesses of the Borough or Town of Preston in Amounderness in the County of Lancaster, held there the Monday next after the Feast of the Decollation of St. John Baptist, that is to say, the First day of September, in the year of the reign of King Charles the Second of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, &c., the 14th, and Anno Domini 1662. ...) ^S10

Askon Joh'es servien' Ric'o Kerkeby Ar' ——.(Askew [Askon], John – servant to Richard Kirkby Esquire)

Askon Joh'es Jun' servien' eidem Ric'o Jur' —(Askew [Askon], John Junior – servant to the same Richard Sworn)

Kirby Ricardus Ar' Jur' ——(Kirby, Richard Esq. – Sworn)

Roll of the Guild Merchant of 34th Charles the Second (a.d. 1682)

GILDA MERCATORIA Burgensiu' Burgi de Preston in Amoundernes in Comitat Lancastrie ... (Guild Merchant of the Burgesses of the Borough of Preston in Amounderness in the County of Lancaster, held there the Monday next after the Feast of the Decollation of St. John Baptist, namely, the 4th day of September, in the year of the reign of King Charles the Second of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., the 34th, and A.D. 1682, ...) ^S10

——Hec sunt Nõi’a Virorum illustrium & Nobilium & aliorum Burgensiü forinsecorum qui sunt in p’fat’ Gilda et eorum quorum Patres fuerunt in p’dicta aut precedente Gilda (These are the names of illustrious & Noble men & other Foreign Burgesses who are in the foresaid Guild and those whose Fathers were in the foresaid or precedent Guild):

Askew Joh'es de Kirkby Ireleth —(Askew, John of Kirkby Ireleth)

Askew Joh'es filius ejus ———––.(Askew, John – his son)

Askew Antonius frater ejus ———(Askew, Anthony – his brother)

Askew Will'us frater ejus ————(Askew, William – his brother)

Askew Rogerus frater ejus ———(Askew, Roger – his brother)

At least these sources show that there were two with the name John Askew (father and son) residing in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth in both 1662 and 1682. The latter clearly confirms that John Askew (the father) had, in 1682, four living sons named: John, Anthony, William and Roger. While the former identifies just the two named, John Askew (father and son) both as ‘servants’ to one Richard Kirkby Esquire. However, if the pedigree has it right that the eldest son of our John Askew (father of the four sons here in 1682), who was also named John, was really born in 1664, then he could not be the ‘John Junior’ here two years earlier! So, either the pedigree got the birth year wrong or this ‘Roll of Burgesses’ is referring to John (the father of four sons in 1682) as the ‘John Junior’ in 1662. Which in turn would suggest quite clearly that the other John Askew was the ‘Senior’ and therefore his father. And which would then seriously confound the notion that his father was called ‘William’ – as the pedigree would have it! Either way this leads to the conclusion that the pedigree is wrong in at least one of these details. And I suppose there would be a greater likelihood of mistaking a birth date by just two years than the first name of a grandfather.

Before leaving the Preston Rolls of Burgesses, there is one more which mentions this John Askew of Kirkby-Ireleth. He may have died in 1686 – but he is mentioned in the Roll of 1702, where his five sons are recorded – and where he is identified as the deceased father of the eldest son and namesake (and therefore also of all the brothers):^S11

First name Surname; Residence if given; Occupation/status if given; Proposer/relationship if given; Burgess type

John Askew; Kirkby Iereth [sic]; ; son of John [Askew], deceased; foreign burgess

Anthony Askew; ; doctor of medicine; brother of the first named John Askew; foreign burgess

William Askew; ; ; brother of Anthony Askew; foreign burgess

Roger Askew; ; ; brother of William Askew; foreign burgess

Thomas Askew; ; ; brother of William Askew; foreign burgess

. . . to be continued.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} College of Arms ms 5.D.14, 108: 'The Pedigree of Adam Askew, Esquire, of Newcastle upon Tyne'
   1760.

   This 'Pedigree of Adam Askew of Newcastle-upon-Tyne' was officially recorded at the College of Arms in 1760 and was drawn up to occupy three pages in a large book held there, which also contains other family pedigrees. It is illustrated with both the crest and the armorial bearings – "granted on 9 May 1760 to Adam Askew of Newcastle upon Tyne M.D, J.P, for Northumberland, lord of the manors of Ellington, Linton, Hetherslaw and Crookham in that county, and 'possessed of several other considerable estates' in Westmorland, Lancashire and the Bishopric of Durham, and the advowsons of the Rectories of Greystock [Greystoke], Plumbland and Bolton in Cumberland." This official pedigree is identified as: 'College of Arms ms 5.D.14, 108.'
   An excerpt:
   « John Askew of Kirby in the County Palat of Lancas Gent born aº 1636 died 9th March aº 1681
   == Margaret dau of . . . . . Cosin of Overing in Cartmel in the County Pal : Lanc G^t »
   —From my transcription of this Pedigree, under supervision of the archivist at the College of Arms on 18 July, 2013 – and as authorised by Timothy Duke, Chester Herald, who, at my request, had carried out a search of the official registers of arms and pedigrees held at the College of Arms with respect to these Askew family forebears. —Robin C. Askew (robinca)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} College of Arms: 'Bigland Miscellaneous Pedigrees volume XVI, 82'
   1760.

   « One of the unofficial collections of the College of Arms – manuscripts compiled by former officers of arms in the course of their private heraldic and genealogical practices. The unofficial manuscript ... is volume XVI of Bigland’s Miscellaneous Pedigrees, part of the collection of Ralph Bigland (1711-84), who was appointed a herald in his mid-forties, ultimately becoming Garter King of Arms. The Askew pedigree in this volume is precisely contemporary with the grant of arms and the registered pedigree, since it was certified in 1760 by Bigland’s colleague William Oldys (1696-1761), Norroy King of Arms. His attestation stated that the pedigree was taken 'from The Office Books [that is, the official registers of the College], and other Authorities, mention’d in the Draught' [draft], these 'other Authorities' apparently including two or three affidavits and other manuscripts. .... » —Excerpt from a letter dated 6 September, 2012 from Timothy Duke, Chester Herald – being a first report on his search of the official registers of arms and pedigrees held at the College of Arms, to determine what may be recorded for the Askew family of Kendal in Westmoreland and of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northumberland.
   « ... John Askew of Kirby in Com Lanc Gent. born at Graymain Anno 1636.—Vid Aff obit 9^th. march 1686.
   == Margaret Daughter of . . . . . Cosen of Overing in Cartmell in the Com Lanc.' Gent. »
   —My transcription of this section from a photographic copy in my possession of this 'unofficial' draft for the 'official' Pedigree.^S1 —Robin C. Askew (robinca)

3.   Cumberland Families and Heraldry by C. Roy Hudleston, F.S.A. and R. S. Boumphrey, M.A., 1978
   pp. 7-8.

   Notes:
   DAC = R. S. Ferguson (ed.), An Accompt of the most considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland, . . . , by John Denton, of Cardew. 1887.
   NB = J. Nicholson & R. Burn, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland. 1777.
   BLG = Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Various eds., 1833-1972.
   AWL = R. S. Boumphrey, C. Roy Hudleston and J. Hughes, An Armorial for Westmorland and Lonsdale. 1975.

4.   'Askew of Standing Stones' by C. Roy Hudleston - Reprinted from the Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, Vol. LXXIX, 1979 > Appendix II
   pp. 67-68.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Geneanet.org: 'The Registers of the Parish Church of Kirkby-in-Furness, In the County of Lancaster.' Baptisms > 1701-1812. Burials > 1681-1812. Marriages > 1728-1754. Transcribed by Henry Brierley, Wigan. Printed and Published with the consent of the Rev. A. Partridge, M.A., Vicar of Kirkby-in-Furness. Rochdale: Printed for the Lancashire Parish Register Society, by James Clegg, at the Aldine Press. 1911. pp.67-69.

   "The registers of the parish church of Kirkby-in-Furness, in the county of Lancaster baptisms, 1701-1812; burials, 1681-1812; marriages, 1728-1754 / transcribed by Henry Brierley / Brierley, Henry 1846-1933, Dickinson, Robert Daniels, M. B. / Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Ireleth (Lancashire), publications: Rochdale [Lancashire] : Lancashire Parish Register Society, 1911-c1988 / subject class: 942.72 K29 / Vol. 43 is a photocopy of the original publication." This information from: familysearch.org/ However, searching for these burial records on 'Family Search' did not yield the following results, found on 'Geneanet' - where 'Family Search' is given as the source.
   Following a search on Geneanet.org, each page opens as an individual pdf:
   p.67: « 1684-1686 BURIALS. 67 / ... / 1686 / ... / John Askew of Beckside in Kirkby in ye Parish Church of Kirkby Ireleth 9 March »
   p.68: « 68 KIRKBY IRELETH PARISH REGISTERS. 1687-1689 / 1687. / ... / John Askew of Soutergate 25 October / ... / p.6 Agnes w. of John Parker of Soutergate 25 (ditto) / ... / Agnes d. of John Askew of Beckside 11 March / 1688. / Mary w. of Tho : Postlethwt of Soutergate 25 Aprill / .... »
   p.69: « 1689-1693 BURIALS. 69 / ... / 1691. / Anthony s. of John Askew of Beckside 15 June / .... »
   Accessed on 15 Aug 2019 at: en.geneanet.org/ - on which page (where many 'ASKEW' search results will to be found), one may scroll down to the desired links: p.67 > 'Page 73'. p.68 > 'Page 74'. p.69 > 'Page 75'.
   Cover page accessed at: en.geneanet.org/
   [Note: This record set used to be available on Ancestry.com under the name: 'Lancashire, England, Extracted Parish Records'. Now (2019) no longer either accessible or searchable there. It has been removed from the Ancestry catalogue. And the parish of Kirkby Ireleth in Lancashire is not among those listed as searchable within the record set: 'Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812'.]

6. ↑ The Place-Names of Lancashire, by Eilert Ekwall, Ph.D. Professor of English in the University of Lund, 1922
   p. 220.

   « KIRKBY IRELETH PAR.
   This large parish occupies the N. W. part of the Furness district, being bounded on the W. and N. by the Duddon, on the E. by a chain of high hills. Most of it is fell country, but there is some level land in the S. part on the rivers Duddon, Lickle, and Steers Pool.
   I. Kirkby Ireleth (the S.E. part) : Kirkebi 1191-8 FC, Kirchabi 1175-1200 LPD II. 178, Kirkebi 1227 LF, 1292 FC, Kirkebi Irlid 1180-99 Ch (orig.), Kirkeby Irelith 1278 LAR Kirkeby Irlith 1332 LS ; now [kƏ'bi]. O.N. Kirkiubýr “church village.” The church is at Beckside, which seems to be the original Kirkby. The old name was, of course, Kirkby, Ireleth, the name of the adjoining part of Dalton, being added for distinction from Kirkby Lonsdale and others.
   .... »
   Manchester at the University Press. London, New York, Bombay, &c. Longmans, Green & Co. Publications of the University of Manchester, No. CXLIX
   Accessed on 2 Sep 2013 at archive.org

7.   The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, by Joseph Nicholson, Esq. and Richard Burn LL.D. In two volumes. Vol I, London: 1777. pp.252, 255-257.

   « —Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale / … / V. MIDDLETON. / …
   This family of Askew (Akeskeugh, which word signifies an hilly ground covered with oaks) was of long continuance in the county of Cumberland, deriving their descent from Thurston de Bosco (a name of the same import, boscus signifying a wood), who lived in the reign of King John, and had feoffment from the Boyvills, lords of Kirkanton, of a place called Aikskeugh, within the lordship of Millum; whence his posterity, according to the custom of those early ages, have assumed their surname.
   For several generations this family resided at Graymains in the parish of Moncaster and county aforesaid. Of which family was Sir Hugh Askew, to whom king Henry the eighth, in the 33d year of his reign, gave Seaton in the said lordship of Millum, which had been an house of Benedictine nuns.
   Of which Sir Hugh, there is a curious anecdote in a manuscript account of Cumberland (a copy of which is in the sixth volume of Mr. Machel’s collection) written by Mr. Edmund Sandford a gentleman of the house of Askham. Speaking of Moncaster and the country thereabouts, he says,
   "Four miles southward stands Seaton, an estate of 500l a year, sometime a religious house, got by one Sir Hugh Askew yeoman of the cellar to queen Katherine in Henry the eighth's time, and born in this country. And when that queen was divorced from her husband, this yeoman was destitute. And he applied himself for help to the lord chamberlain for some place or other in the king's service. The lord chamberlain knew him well, because he had helped him to a cup of the best, but told him he had no place for him but that of a charcoal carrier. Well, quoth Askew, help me in with one foot, let me get in the other as I can. And upon a great holiday, the king looking out at some sports, Askew got a courtier, a friend of his, to stand beside the king; and he got on his velvet cassock and his gold chain, and a basket of charcoal on his back, and marched in the king's sight with it. O, says the king, now I like yonder fellow well that disdains not to do his dirty office in his dainty cloaths; what is he ? Says his friend that stood by on purpose; it is Mr. Askew that was yeoman of the cellar to the late queen's majesty, and is now glad of this poor place, to keep him in your majesty's service, which he will not forsake for all the world. The king says, I had the best wine when he was in the cellar: he is a gallant wine taster : let him have his place again. He afterwards knighted him, and gave unto him Seaton. At last he sold his place, and came to Seaton, and married the daughter of Sir John Huddleston, and settled this Seaton upon her. And she afterwards married Mr. Pennington lord of the manor of Moncaster, and had a son Joseph, and a younger son William Pennington, to whom she gave Seaton.”
   Of this same Hugh, Mr. Denton also, in his manuscript history of Cumberland, makes honourable mention ; where, speaking of the said nunnery of Seaton or Lekeley, he says,
   “When by the suppression of abbies it came to the crown, king Henry the eighth gave the site and lands there to his servant Sir Hugh Askew, who was descended from Thurston de Bosco, and was raised to great honour and preferment by his service to the said king in his house ordinary, and in the field at the siege of Bologne and wars of France.”
   He seems to have continued in his office of yeoman of the Cellar to queen Anne Boleyn, and afterwards to king Edward the sixth.
   In the first year of Edward the sixth, he served in the expedition against Scotland under Edward duke of Somerset, and for his bravery and conduct at the battle of Musselborough was created knight banneret under the royal standard in the camp of Roquesborough *. [* Hollingshead. Grafton.]
   In the 3d year of queen Elizabeth he was sheriff of Cumberland; and in two years after died : as appears from the following inscription on a brass plate upon his tombstone,
   “Here lieth Sir Hughe Asketh knyght, late of the Seller to kinge Edward the VI ; which Sir Hughe was maid knyght at Muskelbroughfelde, in the yere of oure Lord 1547, and dy’d the second day of Marche in the yere of oure Lord God 1562.”
   The said Sir Hugh was succeeded by his son (or rather perhaps his nephew) Hugh Askew of Graymains; who had a son Henry, who died, according to the parish register of Moncaster, in the year 1621. Which Henry had a son William, who sold the estate of Graymains, and purchased an estate at Kirkby in the county of Lancaster. The said William died in 1641, leaving a son John Askew of Kirkby. Which John had two sons ; of whom, the younger was,
   Anthony Askew of Kendal, M. D. who married Anne only daughter and heir of Adam Storrs of Storrs-hall in the county of Lancaster esquire, by his wife Jane daughter of William Rawlinson of Grathwaite in the said county esquire, and sister to Sir William Rawlinson knight, one of the lords commissioners of the great seal in the reign of king William the third. He had issue, by his said wife Anne Storrs, Adam, Anthony, and Margaret.
   Adam Askew of Newcastle upon Tyne, M.D. son and heir of Anthony, married Anne younger daughter and coheir of Richard Crackenthorp of Newbiggin in the county of Westmorland esquire ; and by her had issue four sons, and one daughter Anne. The sons were, (1) Anthony. (2) Adam Askew, M. A. rector of Plumbland in the county of Cumberland, and now by his father's will owner of Middleton-hall, unmarried. (3) Henry Askew of Redheugh in the county of Durham esquire, who married Dorothy only daughter of Adam Boulby of Whitby in the county of York gentleman. (4) John Askew of Pallinsbourn-house in the county of Northumberland esquire, who married Bridget, daughter and heir of Thomas Watson of Goswick in the said county of Northumberland esquire.
   Anthony Askew of London, M. D. late deceased, son and heir of Adam, married first Margaret only daughter of Cuthbert Swinburn of Long Witton in the county of Northumberland esquire, by whom he had no issue. To his second wife he married Elizabeth younger daughter of Robert Holford esquire late master in chancery, by whom he had living in 1771, five sons and four daughters ; namely, Adam, Anthony-Linacre, Anne-Elizabeth, Sarah, Deborah, John, Henry, Amy, and Elizabeth.
   The Arms of Askew are ; Sable, a fess Or, between three asses passant Argent. »
   Page 255 accessed at: books.google.ca/ - from where it may be downloaded as a pdf file.

8. ↑ Cumberland Families and Heraldry by C. Roy Hudleston, F.S.A. and R. S. Boumphrey, M.A. Published in 1978.
9.   Askew of Standing Stones by C. Roy Hudleston. Published in 1979.
10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 The Rolls of Burgesses at the Guilds Merchant of the Borough of Preston, Co. Lancaster. 1397-1682. (From the Original Rolls in the Archives of the Preston Corporation.) Edited by W. Alexander Abram. Printed for The Record Society, 1884
    pp. 123, 139, 140, 147, 160, 181 & 204 (Index of Names).

    Title page accessed on 2 Sep 2013 at: archive.org/
    p.140 "Roll of the Guild Merchant of 14th Charles the Second (a.d. 1662)" (Image p.199/321) > archive.org/ &
    p.181 "Roll of the Guild Merchant of 34th Charles the Second (a.d. 1682)" (Image p.239/321) > archive.org/

11. ↑ ^11.0 11.1 Lancashire Archives online (LANCAT) > Preston Guild Rolls - 1662, 1682, 1702, 1722, 1742, 1762.

    Catalogue Advanced Search accessed on 2 Sep 2013 at: archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/
    Preston Guild Roll of 1702:
    CNP - Records of the Borough of Preston > 2 - Guild records > 1 - Guild rolls > 13 - Guild roll 1702
    Repository: Lancashire Archives / Reference number: CNP/2/1/12 / Title: Guild roll entry > Date: 1702
    Description:
    First name: John / Surname: Askew / Residence if given: Kirkby Iereth / Occupation/status if given: . . . . /
    Proposer/relationship if given: son of John [Askew], deceased / Burgess type: foreign burgess
    First name: Anthony / Surname: Askew / Residence if given: . . . . / Occupation/status if given: doctor of medicine /
    Proposer/relationship if given: brother of the first named John Askew / Burgess type: foreign burgess
    First name: William / Surname: Askew / Residence if given: . . . . / Occupation/status if given: . . . . /
    Proposer/relationship if given: brother of Anthony Askew / Burgess type: foreign burgess
    First name: Roger / Surname: Askew / Residence if given: . . . . / Occupation/status if given: . . . . /
    Proposer/relationship if given: brother of William Askew / Burgess type: foreign burgess
    First name: Thomas / Surname: Askew / Residence if given: . . . . / Occupation/status if given: . . . . /
    Proposer/relationship if given: brother of William Askew / Burgess type: foreign burgess
    Entry for John Askew accessed at: archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/

12.   Askew, Robin Cary: On the Trail of My ANCESTRAL HAUNTS in and around the English 'Lake District' (unpublished).

    Note: The article (here above) 'On the possible origins of John Askew, of Kirkby Ireleth in Lancashire' is adapted from a chapter in this forthcoming book, which is:
    "Following the paths taken - as far as is presently known - by those of my ancestors, discovered to date, back from the generation of my four-times paternal great-grandparents:
    Adam Askew, M.D., of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - born 1696 in Kendal, Westmorland; and his wife,
    Anne Crackenthorpe - born 1693, probably at Newbiggin Hall, home of her parents in Newbiggin, Westmorland."

13.   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > 'Battle of Pinkie Cleugh'.

    Accessed at: en.wikipedia.org/