Edward Aston was the son and heir of Sir
John Aston and Joan, the only child of Sir William Littleton, of
Frankley, Worcestershire.[2]
Sir Edward demolished the old manor house at Tixall and build a large mansion called Tixall House.[1] Most of it has been demolished but
the gatehouse survives. Sir Edward was
Sheriff of Staffordshire in the years 1528, 1534, 1540, and 1556.[3]
Brydges, Sir Egerton (1809), A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain in which are Memoirs and Characters of the Most Celebrated Persons of Each Family, vol. 3, John Johnson et al, p.
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