On 28 Oct 2012, at 10:33, Ann Ward (annward.skills@gmail.com) wrote:
Dear Barbara
I saw your name on the internet and thought I would drop you a line.My name used to be Ann Shackleton. My dad is Peter Shackleton and my grandma was Florence Augusta Morphew.My grandma always claimed we were related to Anne Askew and I remember as a child being brought to Habrough to visit her Aiscough relatives.I have recently started a course to become an official City of London guide and Anne Askew has come up - there is a plaque with her name on in the Guildhall - so I thought I would try to see if my grandma was right.I would really appreciate any information or contact details for anyone else in the family.Many thanksAnn Ward
On 28 Oct 2012, at 20:16, Barbara Ainscough wrote:
Hi Ann
Im afraid my side of the family does not seem to be directly related to Ann Askew.
However please see an email below I received recently from Esmé O'Keeffe - <esmeokeeffe@hotmail.co.uk>, you may like to contact her to see if she can assist you further.
Also you may find other leads in the following blog entries:
BTW John Taylor (taylorashgrove@tiscali.co.uk) of Stallingborough is the expert - you might like to contact him.
Good luck!
B
Dear Ms Ainscough,
Whilst researching my family tree, I happened upon your website and thought I might write to you regarding the Askews/Ayscoughs as it suggests. Hope you don't mind answering my questions!
My grandfather is an Askew and I have managed to trace the direct Askew line back to Richard Askew (1510-1551). Public memeber trees on Ancestry.co.uk suggest that he was the son of Sir William Askew Ayscough of Stallingborough, Lincolnshire. I wondered what you could tell me about Sir William...did he indeed have a son called Richard (who married a 'Janet')...and how much you know about the Askews?
Something else that struck me was the referrence to Andy Scarisbrick, as Scarisbrick is a name that I have come across whilst researching the Askews (through a marriage in c. 1790)...is this a connection to the Askews too?
Any help would be much appreciated
Best Wishes,
Esmé O'Keeffe