Family
 Syibilla de la Launde 1)Daughter of James de la Launde and N.N.. Notes: "De la Launde. Sybilla, the wife of Roger de Aston, was daughter of Sir James de la Launde, Knt. who granted certain lands to the monastery of Benedictine nuns at Henwood, in Langdon, co. Warw. which was founded by his ancestor Kettelburne, of Langdon, in the reign of Henry I. She brought him lands in Lea and Merston, in the county of Warwick." (A topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall) Married/ Related to:  Roger de Aston 2) 3)Son of Ralph de Aston and N.N.. Died 1300 2) Notes: "Roger de Aston, the first of the family who is known to have resided at Haywood, was a younger son of Ralph de Aston or Eston, in the county of Stafford; and it is probably that his elder brother was John de Eston, whose name occurs among the rebellious barons... In or about the year 1291, 19 Edw. I, Roger de Molend, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, granted to this Roger de Aston, several estates at Haywood and Longdon, in the county of Stafford, together with the mastership of the game in Cannock wood, to him and his heirs for ever... Roger de Aston added considerably to the property which he held by the bounty of the Bishop of Lichfield. He obtained a grant of other lands at Haywood, from Adam de Aston, who might be supposed to be of the same family, only that his arms were different... He also purchased the lordship of Broughton in the parish of Longdon... Roger de Aston, who may be considered as the founder of this family, died in the year 1300." (A topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall) Child: 1. John de Aston, High Sheriff of Staffordshire 2)Election: Elected as MP for Staffordshire 2) Notes: "The consequence and consideration which the family of Aston had acquired in the county of Stafford, soon appear in the person of John de Aston, son and heir of Roger de Aston. He was created a knight, which was the highest dignity that and English sovereign could then bestow... In the seventh year of the reign of Edward III. Sir John de Aston was elected knight of the shire with Sir Richard de Falede, and according to the custom of that period, received from his constituents an allowance of expenses for eighteen days attendance in Parliament. Some years after, he was appointed by King Edward III. high sheriff of the county of Stafford; an office, which as Hume has shewn, in his History of England, was in those feudal times of the greatest trust and consequence. The high sheriff was called in Latin Vice-comes, from which the modern title of Viscount is derived." (A topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall) | |||
Sources
1) Source: A topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall Genealogical notices concerning the intermarriages of the Aston family. Reference: Appendix V (Questionable reliability of evidence)2) Source: A topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall Details early generations of the Aston family, albeit most sources used are not noted.. Reference: Pages 230-242 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Miscellaneous Deeds "Grant from Roger [de Northburgh], Bishop of Coventry and Lychefeld [Lichfield, co. Staff.], to Sir John de Aston, knt., and Roger de Aston, his father, of common of estovers belonging to three messuages in the vill of Heywode [Haywood, co. Staff.]." Dated: 1343. External Link
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/dfd5ebac-31e3-4de1-b35c-e3e9e98fa882. Reference: MS 3649/Acc 1938-013/478908 (Data from direct source)