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John Astley (or Ashley) (ca. 1507 – Maidstone, 1595) was an English courtier, Marian exile, and Master of the Jewel House. He was a Member of Parliament on many occasions. ==Life== He was connected to the Boleyn family through his mother Anne Wood, sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn who was married to James Boleyn. His father was Thomas Astley of Hilmorton, Anne being his second wife. He married in 1545 Katherine Champernowne, later known as Kat Ashley. At this point Katherine was governess to Princess Elizabeth. Astley in Elizabeth's household met Roger Ascham, who became a friend; he prompted Ascham's work ''A Report of Germany'' on the Emperor Charles V, and is mentioned as a dinner-party guest in the introductory section of ''The Scholemaster'' (1570).〔Lawrence V. Ryan, ''Roger Ascham'' (1963), p. 103, p. 156, p. 252.〕 In 1554 he was in Padua.〔Christina Hallowell Garrett, ''The Marian Exiles'' (1938), p. 73.〕 On the accession of Elizabeth he returned to England, and in December 1558 was appointed Master of the Jewel House and Treasurer of Her Majesty's jewels and plate. His wife Kat was appointed chief gentlewoman of the privy chamber (she died in 1565), and he was also one of the grooms of the chamber. He obtained from the crown a grant of the mastership of the game in Enfield Chase and park, with the office of steward and ranger of the manor of Enfield. Accompanying Elizabeth on her visit to the University of Cambridge in 1564, he was created M.A. In or about 1568 the queen granted him a lease in reversion of the castle and manor of Allington, Kent, and he also had an estate at Otterden. He bought Maidstone Palace and had work done to the front of the building.〔http://www.infobritain.co.uk/Archbishop%27s_Palace_Maidstone.htm〕 His death appears to have occurred about July 1595. He was aged about 88; he and his wife Margaret are buried in Maidstone church.〔 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 Astley (courtier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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