John Aston (knight banneret)

Sir John de Aston (died 1523), K.B., was a military character of great eminence during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He was also a Member of Parliament for Staffordshire and a county sheriff four times.

John Aston was the son and heir of John de Aston (fl. 1475) and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Delves, of Dodrington, Cheshire.

Aston was made a Knight of the Bath, at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, with Catherine of Aragon, Infanta of Spain, (afterwards the wife of his younger brother Henry VIII) which was celebrated in the year 1502.

Sir John was returned as a Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire to 5th (1495), 6th (1497) and 7th (1504) of the Parliaments of Henry VII and 1st (1510), 3rd (1515), and 4th (1523) of the Parliaments of Henry VIII. He was also Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1510–1511, and thrice Sheriff of Staffordshire (in 1500–1501, 1508–1509, 1513–1514).

Sir John was with Henry VIII in the Anglo-French War of 1513, and was made a knight banneret for his conduct at the battle of the Spurs. He obtained renown likewise at the Siege of Thérouanne and Tourney.

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