Bloomfield Family Tree




Cheney Astley 
      Sex: M
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     Birth Date: 1543 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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          Death: 1596 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Frances Cheney
Christopher Astley 
      Sex: M
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     Birth Date: 1446 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Elizabeth Wichingham
Constance Astley 
      Sex: F
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     Birth Date: 1442 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Elizabeth Wichingham
Dorothy Astley 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 13 March 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: February 1677 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 7 February 1677 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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Parents 
         Father: Thomas Astley
         Mother: Frances Deame
Notes
General:
Dorothy Astley never married.

Sir Edward Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1604 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: in Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: March 1653 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 15 March 1653 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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Events

•  Marriage: to Elizabeth Astley, 7 October 1639, Melton Constable, Norfolk.
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Astley
         Mother: Frances Deame
Notes
General:
Sir Edward Astley was the high Sheriff of Norfolk in 1653, the year of his death. His two brothers Sir Isaac and Sir Francis also held this position.

Edward Astley's wife Elizabeth Astley was the daughter of Sir Jacob Astley who is also in this tree and therefore was Sir Edwards cousin.

Elizabeth Astley 
      Sex: F
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     Birth Date: 1537 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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•  Marriage: to William Cheney, 19 May 1561, Melton Constable, Norfolk.
Parents 
         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Frances Cheney
Elizabeth Astley 
      Sex: F
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     Birth Date: 1508 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Thomas Astley
         Mother: Ann Boughton
Frances Astley 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1577 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 6 March 1577 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
Francis Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1580 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 12 March 1580 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
Francis Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1571 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 8 April 1571 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: April 1573 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 20 April 1573 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
Sir Francis Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1594 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 26 January 1594 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: June 1636 - Norfolk
         Burial: 7 June 1636 - Savoy Church, London
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Events

•  Education: Cambridge, July 1611, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. 

•  Marriage: to Elizabeth Altham, 1624, Oxfordshire.
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Astley
         Mother: Frances Deame
Notes
General:
Sir Francis Astley was knighted at Windsor Castle on 5 July 1614 and was the high Sheriff of Norfolk in 1636, the year he died. Francis brothers Sir Isaac and Sir Edward also held this position.

George Astley 
      Sex: M
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     Birth Date: 1265 - UK
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1. *Lucia Unknown
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                1. Margaret Astley
Sir Isaac Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1600 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 4 August 1600 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: 7 December 1659 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 9 December 1659 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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Events

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

•  Marriage: to Bridget Coke, 25 January 1640, Holkham, Norfolk.
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Astley
         Mother: Frances Deame
Notes
General:
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."

Isaac Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1539 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: in Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: March 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
         Burial: 31 March 1597 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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Events

•  Marriage: to Mary Walgrave, 1566, Borley, Essex.
Parents 
         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Frances Cheney
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Walgrave
       Marriage: 1566 - Borley, Essex
       Children:
                1. Thomas Astley
                2. John Astley
                3. Francis Astley
                4. Ann Astley
                5. Mary Astley
                6. Ann Astley
                7. Frances Astley
                8. Sir Jacob Astley
                9. Francis Astley
                10. Isaac Astley
                11. Abraham Astley
                12. Mary Astley
                13. Walgrave Astley
                14. Richard Astley
                15. Jane Astley
Isaac Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1582 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 1 March 1582 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
Isabel Astley 
      Sex: F
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     Birth Date: 1188 - Astley, Warwickshire
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•  Marriage: to Lord Walter Astley, 1214, Warwickshire, UK.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lord Walter de Astley
       Marriage: 1214 - Warwickshire, UK
       Children:
                1. Sir Thomas de Astley
                2. Rev. Philip de Astley
Sir Jacob Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1579 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 28 March 1579 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
          Death: 27 February 1651 - Maidstone, Kent
         Burial: February 1651 - Maidstone, Kent
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Events

•  Marriage: to Agnes Imple, 1609, Norfolk, UK.
Parents 
         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
Notes
General:
Jacob Astley began his career as a professional soldier at the age of eighteen, under the second Earl of Essex and Sir Walter Raleigh on the Azores expedition of 1597. He served in the Anglo-Dutch brigade under Prince Maurice of Nassau and gained a commission after fighting against the Spanish at the battle of Nieuport in 1600. Around 1619, Astley married Agnes Impel, a Dutch heiress, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. In 1621, Astley joined the household of the exiled Elector Palatine and his queen Elizabeth of Bohemia and is said to have given military instruction to their son Prince Rupert. Astley was knighted by King James I in 1624. He gained further military experience in Flanders and Germany during the Thirty Years War fighting in the Dutch service, under Christian IV of Denmark (1626-7) and under Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1629-32).

On the outbreak of the Bishops' Wars in 1639, King Charles I invited Astley to return to England and appointed him Sergeant-Major-General of the army sent to fight the Scots. Astley despaired at the condition of the English army. He commanded the infantry at the battle of Newburn but escaped all blame for the English defeat and for the subsequent capture of Newcastle by the Scots.

In August 1642, Astley joined King Charles at Nottingham. He was dramatically appointed commander of the Royalist infantry when the Earl of Lindsey stepped down on the morning of the battle of Edgehill. Astley continued as commander of the Royalist foot throughout the First Civil War, participating in all the major battles fought by the King's Oxford army. He was one of the most disciplined and stalwart of the Royalist generals, but he was not a strong presence on the King's Council of War and took no part in court politics. In recognition of his services, he was created Baron Astley of Reading in November 1644. At the fateful battle of Naseby in June 1645, Astley's infantry came close to breaking Skippon's Parliamentarians in the centre, but were themselves routed after a decisive flank attack by Cromwell's Ironsides.

After the defeat of Naseby, the King removed the unpopular Charles Gerard from command of Royalist forces in Wales and appointed Astley in his place. Astley organised the chaotic administration of Royalist garrisons in the region and raised a force of 3,000 horse and foot in Worcestershire. This represented the last Royalist field army of the First Civil War. In March 1646, Astley set out from Worcester intending to march his troops to the King's headquarters at Oxford but he was intercepted and defeated at Stow-on-the-Wold by a superior Parliamentarian force and obliged to surrender. Astley was imprisoned in Warwick Castle until the surrender of Oxford in June 1646.

Aged 69 in 1648, Astley played no part in the Second Civil War. He lived quietly in retirement at Maidstone in Kent, but was arrested and briefly imprisoned when Charles II and the Scots invaded England in 1651. He died at Maidstone on 27 February 1652 and was buried in All Saints Church, where an elaborate memorial to his memory was erected.

Astley's two sons Isaac and Bernard also fought for the King during the civil war. Bernard was mortally wounded at the siege of Bristol in 1645.

Sources:
John Barratt, Cavaliers, the Royalist Army at War 1642-46 (Stroud 2000)
Ian Roy, Jacob, first Baron Astley of Reading, Oxford DNB, 2004

More Information:
http://thepeerage.com/e191.htm

Jacob Astley 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1541 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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          Death: 1558 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: John Astley
         Mother: Frances Cheney
Jane Astley 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1593 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
    Christening: 13 January 1593 - Melton Constable, Norfolk
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         Father: Isaac Astley
         Mother: Mary Walgrave
John Astley 
      Sex: M
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     Birth Date: 1293 - Hillmorton, Warwickshire
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         Father: Ralph Astley
         Mother: Rose Astley

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