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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Warrington, 1646.
1685 , Mar . 3 . —Whereupon they set about getting Votes for me , and I found the Citizens very affectionate and hearty . About a Fortnight after my Lord DARTMOUTH told me , the King would take it kindly from me , if I would give way to Mr . LEWSON . Upon this I applied myself to my Lord Treasurer , and desired to know of him tho King ' s Pleasure , by whom I found it was the King ' s Desire , and then I immediately wrote down , to acquaint my Friends that I would resign ; but they would not believe my Letter , which occasioned me to go to the king , and let him know so much , who told me he did not know I stood when he gave Mr .
LEWSON Encouragement to go down , for if he had he would not have done it ; I told him I was all Obedieuce , which he took very kindly . I then wrote down again to assure them I would sit down , and so Mr . LEWSON with the Assistance of my Votes carried it at the Day of Election .
At the Restoration he was appointed Windsor Herald , ancl records in his Diary : — 1660 , June 18 th . —10 Sor . ante merid , was the second Time I had the Honour to discourse with the King , and then he gave me the Place of Windsor Herald . June 22 nd . —This Day the Warrant bears Date . On May 16 th , 1661 , he received a grant of Arms from Sir Edward Bysshe , Clarenceux . From some discontent , probablowing to some such cause as the one he records , " that the
y Officers of Arms seem unwilling to let him have the funeral-turn , " which would have given him a considerable sum of money , he wished to resign his office , and with some difficult y he obtained the consent of the Earl Marshall , on January 29 th , 1675-6 . There is little doubt , had he remained , he would , on the first opportunit y have been made Garter . Ashmole was married three times—it has been said " for affection , fortune , and esteem . " He thus informs us of his marriages : —
1637 , August 21 . —I came to SMAILWOOD , to Mr . Peter MAINWARINGS , to ask his Consent to Marry his Daughter . Sept . 4 th . —The second time I went to SMALLWOOD . Sept . 16 th . —I returned to LONDON . 1638 , March 27 th . —I was Married to Mrs . ELIANOR MAINWARING , eldest Daughter to Mr . PETER MAINWARING , aud JANE his Wife , of SMALLAVOOD , in COM . CEST . Gent . She proved a vertizons , good Wife . The Marriage was in St . BENEDICT ' S Church , near Pauls Wharf , by Mr . ADAMS , Parson there .
She died on the 5 th December , 1641 , during Ashniole ' s absence , ancl was buried at Astbury Church , Cheshire . His second wife had been before married several times , —to Sir Edward Stafford , Mr . Hamlyne , Blanch Lion , and Sir Thomas Mainwaring , Knt ., Recorder of Reading . Her marriage , although Ashmole appears to have been in no way to blame , proved an unhappy one ; she lodged a suit against him , which failed ( iu 1657 ) , and died April 1 st , 1668 . It is thus recorded in the diary : —
1648 , November 6 th . — Having several tunes before made Application to the Lady MAINWARING , in Way of Marriage , this Day Eleven Eor . Seven Minutes , ante Merid ., She promised me not to Marry any Man unless myself . November 10 th . —Two Eor . Fifteen Minutes , post Merid . She Sealed a Contract of Marriage to me . November 15 th . —I was Sequestered of my Lands in BERKSHIRE . 1649 , December 5 th . —The Lady MAINWARING was Sequestered by the Committee of READING upon her Son HUMEKEY STAFFORD ' S Information .
1649 , November 16 th . —Eight Eor . ante Merid . —I Married the Lady MAINWARING . We were Married in Silver-Street , LONDON . 1668 , April 1 st . — -2 Eor . ante merid . —The Lady MAINWARING , my Wife , died . He thus records his third marriage : —
1668 , November 3 rd . —I Married Mrs . ELIZABETH DUGDALE , Daughter to WILLIAM DUGDALE Esq ., NORROY King of Arms , at LINCOLN ' S-INN Chappel . Dr . WILLIAM FLOYD , married us , and her Father gave her . The Wedding was finished at 10 Eor . post merid . She survived him , aud died at Lambeth in April , 1701 . Ashmole died 18 th May , 1692 , ancl was buried in the church at Lambeth , where a black marble slab at the east end of the south aisle is placed to his memory . It hears the following inscrip tion : —
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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Warrington, 1646.
1685 , Mar . 3 . —Whereupon they set about getting Votes for me , and I found the Citizens very affectionate and hearty . About a Fortnight after my Lord DARTMOUTH told me , the King would take it kindly from me , if I would give way to Mr . LEWSON . Upon this I applied myself to my Lord Treasurer , and desired to know of him tho King ' s Pleasure , by whom I found it was the King ' s Desire , and then I immediately wrote down , to acquaint my Friends that I would resign ; but they would not believe my Letter , which occasioned me to go to the king , and let him know so much , who told me he did not know I stood when he gave Mr .
LEWSON Encouragement to go down , for if he had he would not have done it ; I told him I was all Obedieuce , which he took very kindly . I then wrote down again to assure them I would sit down , and so Mr . LEWSON with the Assistance of my Votes carried it at the Day of Election .
At the Restoration he was appointed Windsor Herald , ancl records in his Diary : — 1660 , June 18 th . —10 Sor . ante merid , was the second Time I had the Honour to discourse with the King , and then he gave me the Place of Windsor Herald . June 22 nd . —This Day the Warrant bears Date . On May 16 th , 1661 , he received a grant of Arms from Sir Edward Bysshe , Clarenceux . From some discontent , probablowing to some such cause as the one he records , " that the
y Officers of Arms seem unwilling to let him have the funeral-turn , " which would have given him a considerable sum of money , he wished to resign his office , and with some difficult y he obtained the consent of the Earl Marshall , on January 29 th , 1675-6 . There is little doubt , had he remained , he would , on the first opportunit y have been made Garter . Ashmole was married three times—it has been said " for affection , fortune , and esteem . " He thus informs us of his marriages : —
1637 , August 21 . —I came to SMAILWOOD , to Mr . Peter MAINWARINGS , to ask his Consent to Marry his Daughter . Sept . 4 th . —The second time I went to SMALLWOOD . Sept . 16 th . —I returned to LONDON . 1638 , March 27 th . —I was Married to Mrs . ELIANOR MAINWARING , eldest Daughter to Mr . PETER MAINWARING , aud JANE his Wife , of SMALLAVOOD , in COM . CEST . Gent . She proved a vertizons , good Wife . The Marriage was in St . BENEDICT ' S Church , near Pauls Wharf , by Mr . ADAMS , Parson there .
She died on the 5 th December , 1641 , during Ashniole ' s absence , ancl was buried at Astbury Church , Cheshire . His second wife had been before married several times , —to Sir Edward Stafford , Mr . Hamlyne , Blanch Lion , and Sir Thomas Mainwaring , Knt ., Recorder of Reading . Her marriage , although Ashmole appears to have been in no way to blame , proved an unhappy one ; she lodged a suit against him , which failed ( iu 1657 ) , and died April 1 st , 1668 . It is thus recorded in the diary : —
1648 , November 6 th . — Having several tunes before made Application to the Lady MAINWARING , in Way of Marriage , this Day Eleven Eor . Seven Minutes , ante Merid ., She promised me not to Marry any Man unless myself . November 10 th . —Two Eor . Fifteen Minutes , post Merid . She Sealed a Contract of Marriage to me . November 15 th . —I was Sequestered of my Lands in BERKSHIRE . 1649 , December 5 th . —The Lady MAINWARING was Sequestered by the Committee of READING upon her Son HUMEKEY STAFFORD ' S Information .
1649 , November 16 th . —Eight Eor . ante Merid . —I Married the Lady MAINWARING . We were Married in Silver-Street , LONDON . 1668 , April 1 st . — -2 Eor . ante merid . —The Lady MAINWARING , my Wife , died . He thus records his third marriage : —
1668 , November 3 rd . —I Married Mrs . ELIZABETH DUGDALE , Daughter to WILLIAM DUGDALE Esq ., NORROY King of Arms , at LINCOLN ' S-INN Chappel . Dr . WILLIAM FLOYD , married us , and her Father gave her . The Wedding was finished at 10 Eor . post merid . She survived him , aud died at Lambeth in April , 1701 . Ashmole died 18 th May , 1692 , ancl was buried in the church at Lambeth , where a black marble slab at the east end of the south aisle is placed to his memory . It hears the following inscrip tion : —