Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet (died 7 September 1659)[1] was an English baronet.
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He was the second son of Thomas Astley and Frances Drane, daughter of George Deane.[2] Astley was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1641 and High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1645.[3] Having been knighted in 1641, he was created a baronet, of Melton Constable, in the County of Norfolk by King Charles I of England on 21 January 1642.[3]
Astley married firstly Rachel Messenger, daughter of Augustine Messenger, and secondly Bridget Coke, daughter of John Coke.[4] Both marriages were childless.[4] Astley was buried in Melton Constable in Norfolk and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.[3] The heir of his estates was his nephew Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet.[2]
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- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 51.
- ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Sir Isaac Astley, 1st and last Bt". Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 23.
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