Assheton (Ashton), Christopher (c.1492-1555); chantry priest, prebendary of the college of St Mary and the Holy Angels, York; beneficiary of the will of a fellow prebendary, John Sheffeld, dated 19 Nov. 1534, in which he received a surplice: see Claire Cross, York Clergy Wills 1520-1600: 1: Minster Clergy, Borthwick Texts and Calendars, 10 (York, 1984), 32, no. 13; listed in 1545 as 54 years old; see The Certificates of the Commissioners Appointed to Survey the Chantries, Guilds, Hospitals etc. in the County of York, ed. William Page, Surtees Society, 91-2 (Durham, 1892–5), 27, 51, 429; Prebendary of St Sepulchre's Chapel until 1548, then pluralist, as Vicar of Keighley and from 1554 Rector of All Saints, North Street, York; will, dated 10 Sept. 1555, proved 25 Sept. 1555: see Claire Cross, York Clergy Wills 1520-1600: 2: City Clergy, Borthwick Texts and Calendars, 15 (York, 1989), pp. xi–xii, 66-9; for the college see Knowles–Hadcock 445-6; VCH Yorkshire, III 192-3. ♦ Categorisation: Type: Person. Gender: Unknown. Period: unknown century.

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• A-225(2) Alphonsus de Spina — Fortalitium fidei. — Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 25 Feb. 1494. 4°.

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