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John Ashe (1597 – 1658) was an English clothier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1656. ==Life== Ashe was the son of James Ashe of Freshford, Somerset and his wife Grace Pitt, daughter of Richard Pitt of Melcombe Regis.〔(John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2'' )〕 He entered the cloth trade and became on the "greatest clothier in his time".〔(Eric Kerridge ''Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England'' )〕 He came to the attention of the church authorities in the 1630s, associated with the "Beckington riots" against Alexander Huish, and the distribution of Puritan literature. He spent time in jail as an opponent of the ritualist side of Laudianism. In fact Ashe was important in distributing widely the ''News from Ipswitch'' of William Prynne, with Rice Boye. In April 1640, Ashe was elected Member of Parliament for Westbury in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Westbury for the Long Parliament in November 1640. During the Commonwealth, Ashe received much favour from Oliver Cromwell, but could not be persuaded to be one of the king's judges.〔 Ashe pioneered new techniques in textile manufacturer and in 1650 brought Dutch technicians to Freshford to teach new methods to perfect the Spanish warp. By this innovation, the amount of cloth produced from an amount of wool was doubled, and Ashe profited accordingly.〔 He was elected MP for Somerset in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament and in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.〔 On 19 January 1657, John Ashe proposed an amendment to the Speaker's debate congratolating Cromwell on surviving an assassination attempt and adding a hope that Cromwell “take upon him the government according to the ancient constitution”, by which he intended the Crown.〔(Roy Edward Sherwood ''Oliver Cromwell: king in all but name, 1653-1658'' )〕 Ashe died at the age of 61 leaving a landed estate valued at £6000 a year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Ashe (of Freshford)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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