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Ralph Assheton

Ralph de Ashton, or Sir Ralph Assheton (fl. 1421-1486), 15th century nobleman, also known as 'The Black Knight'

Ralph de Ashton

In his seventeenth year he was one of the pages of honour to Henry VI, and at the same early age he married Margaret, the heiress of the Bartons of Middleton, and became the founder of the family that held the lordship there until the 18th century, when it passed by the female line to the holders of the Suffield peerage.

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