Talk:Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar

Particularly significant for the Aston family
it is a fact that: In 1611, after paying a fee of £1095 sir Walter was created Baronet of Tixall.

However what follows is I think speculation: "The event was particularly significant for the Aston family; as descendants of John Aston, minor nobility of the Plantagenet dynasty, they had little standing with the Tudor dynasty which had driven the last Plantagenet, King Richard III, from power when he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.


 * References"

However where I am location the source by Charles Mayo is is only viewable under Google Books in snipit format, so my searches of the text have not turned up any text to support the claim. If such text exists in the book please quote it here to prove the the assertion and the facts in the above quote are supported by the source. -- PBS (talk) 15:43, 26 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The sources is available on the internet archive site here. The name of Aston is not mentioned in the book. -- PBS (talk) 17:47, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

I have recently completed a biography article on Sir John de Aston who was the direct male ancestor of the subject of this biography,(his great-great-grandfather). Sir John was an early Tudor hero who was honoured with a K.B. by Henry VII and a banneret by Henry VIII which shoots down in flames the idea that "The event was particularly significant..." -- PBS (talk) 13:58, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Walter's sister
I am moving this text here. I considered placing it in Edward Aston (died 1598) but it is not really relevant to that biography either. By placing it here if at some future date another biography is written for which it is more suitable then it can be copied form here: