John Astley (Master of the Revels)

Sir John Astley (or Ashley) (died 13 January 1641) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and became Master of the Revels.

Astley was the son of John Astley, Master of the Jewel House and his wife Margaret Grey, daughter of Thomas Lord Grey.[1] He was knighted at the Charterhouse on 11 May 1603. In 1612 he was granted the reversion of Mastership of the Revels. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford. He was deputy Master of the Revels and was commissioned on 6 May 1622 to take up embroiderers, tailors and other artificers for the King's service. On 22 May 1622 he succeeded Sir George Buck, who had gone mad, as Master of the Revels but sold his interest to Henry Herbert by August 1623.[2]

Astley died in 1641.[2]

Astley married Katherine Bridges, daughter of Anthony Bridges.[2]

References
  1. Cokayne, George Edward (ed.) The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing (1983), vol. II, p. 118
  2. W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the County of Oxford
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Francis Leigh
Thomas Wentworth		 Member of Parliament for Oxford
1614
With: Thomas Wentworth		 Succeeded by
Sir John Brooke
Thomas Wentworth
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