Aston Family Deeds

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 RYCH/2012-2130
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1536-1836
  • Physical Description
    • 25 subseries; 119 items.

Scope and Content

A collection of deeds and manorial records relating to the Aston family of Aston by Sutton in Cheshire. The documents relate prodominantly to Cheshire, with smaller numbers relating to Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Middlesex, Shropshire and Warwickshire. They date mainly from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Acquisition Information

Rylands accession no. R72973. Purchased by the John Rylands Library from R. Hyde Linaker, esq., of Rhyl, North Wales, for £10 10s in July 1934, along with English MS 747.