Edmund Ashfield

Who was Edmund Ashfield?

Sir Edmund Ashfield of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, was an English politician.

He was the son of John Ashfield of Heythrop, Oxfordshire and was knighted in 1570. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire from 1547, was surveyor of crown lands for Bucks. in 1559 and appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire for 1559-60 and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for 1569-70. He was elected a Member of the Parliament of England for Wallingford in April 1554 and November 1554, and for Oxfordshire in 1559.

He married Eleanor, the daughter of Humphrey Barton of Northamptonshire and the widow of William Stafford of Tattenhoe, Buckinghamshire. They had a son Francis and 3 daughters. His estate was inherited by his surviving daughter Amicia, who had married Edmund Lee.