Sir Isaac Astley

  General Notes:

Sir Isaac Astley held the office of Sheriff of Warwickshire from 1641 to 1642. He was invested as a Knight on 21 January 1641/42.and was created 1st Baronet Astley, of Melton Constable, Norfolk on the same day. He held the office of Sheriff of Norfolk from 1645 to 1646. Isaac brother's Sir Francis and Sir Edward also held the position of the Sheriff or Norfolk.

In Melton Constable Church in the chancel is a marble stone that stats the following:

"Here is interred the body of Isaac Astley Kt. and Bt. second son of Thomas Astley, of Melton Constable, Esq; and heir of his eldest brother Francis Astley, Kt. descended from Thomas D'Astley, Baron of Astley Castle, in the county of Warwick, (in the time of Henry III. King of England) by Editha the sister and co-heir of Sir Robert Constable of Melton Constable. He was first married to Rachel, daughter of Augustine Messenger, of Hackford in Norfolk, Gent. his second wife was Bridget, daughter of John Coke of Holkham in Norfolk, Esq; he died without issue, the 7th of December 1659."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage: to Rachell Messinger, 25 January 1638, Hackford, Norfolk.

• Marriage: to Bridget Coke, 25 January 1640, Holkham, Norfolk.