John de Ashton (military commander)

Sir John de Ashton, or Assheton (c. 1354 – c. 1398), of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, was an English politician and military commander.

He was the son of Sir John Ashton, who was reportedly a prominent soldier and died c. 1360).

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has described this identification as "suspect"; at the time, Ashton had not been knighted and was about 16 years old.

[2] Ashton was elected as a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lancashire in October 1382, with Gaunt's support.

His eldest son, John de Ashton, was MP for Lancashire in 1411, 1413 and 1416, as well as seneschal of Bayeux in 1417-18.