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Son of [[family::Ralph Assheton]] of [[location::Walton, Lancashire]]; later himself of Downham and Cuerdale. Matriculated at [[education::Balliol College, Oxford]] 1738, but did not graduate. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Lister of [[location::Gisburne Park]]. | Son of [[family::Ralph Assheton]] of [[location::Walton, Lancashire]]; later himself of Downham and Cuerdale. Matriculated at [[education::Balliol College, Oxford]] 1738, but did not graduate. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Lister of [[location::Gisburne Park]]. | ||
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Ralph ASSHETON 1720/1-1758
Biographical Note
Son of Ralph Assheton of Walton, Lancashire; later himself of Downham and Cuerdale. Matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford 1738, but did not graduate. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Lister of Gisburne Park.
Books
Assheton used an anonymous engraved armorial bookplate, impaling the arms of Assheton and Lister (Franks 848). The extent and disposition of his library are not known, but a number of books with this plate survive today in Shrewsbury School Library.
Sources
- Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed ... by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, London, 1903-4.