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'''Dingley Askham''' (died 12 July 1728) was an attorney, latterly Principal of [[Barnard's Inn]] from 16 July 1722 until his death, and is commemorated in a window of the Hall there. He was admitted to the Inn on 26 June 1694.<ref name="Brooks">Christopher Brooks: "The Admissions Registers of Barnard's Inn 1620-1869" (1995; Selden Society Supp. Series 12)</ref> He was a native of [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St. Ives]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], formerly in [[Huntingdonshire]], and is commemorated by a memorial in All Saints' Church in St. Ives.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hunts/vol2/pp210-223 British History Online: VCH Huntingdonshire vol 2: St Ives])</ref> |
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Askham is often confused with his son of the same name, '''Dingley Askham junior''' (born c. 1695, also in St. Ives, and died 26 April 1781, aged 86). He was likewise admitted to Barnard's Inn, on 19 June 1725, to undertake legal study.<ref name="Brooks" /> However, in 1729 he eloped with and married the daughter and heiress of Thomas Cotton of [[Conington, South Cambridgeshire|Conington]], [[Cambridgeshire]], who reportedly died of rage on hearing of the marriage, because of the low social status of his attorney son-in-law. Askham and his wife subsequently lived at the property she inherited, Conington Hall. He was involved in restoring Conington church in 1737.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol9/pp281-284 British History Online: VCH Cambridgeshire vol 9: St Conington])</ref>Later in life he was a [[Justice of the Peace]] and a well-respected huntsman.<ref name="Brooks" /> |
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Dingley Askham (died 12 July 1728) was an attorney, latterly Principal of Barnard's Inn from 16 July 1722 until his death, and is commemorated in a window of the Hall there. He was admitted to the Inn on 26 June 1694.[1] He was a native of St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, formerly in Huntingdonshire, and is commemorated by a memorial in All Saints' Church in St. Ives.[2]
Askham is often confused with his son of the same name, Dingley Askham junior (born c. 1695, also in St. Ives, and died 26 April 1781, aged 86). He was likewise admitted to Barnard's Inn, on 19 June 1725, to undertake legal study.[1] However, in 1729 he eloped with and married the daughter and heiress of Thomas Cotton of Conington, Cambridgeshire, who reportedly died of rage on hearing of the marriage, because of the low social status of his attorney son-in-law. Askham and his wife subsequently lived at the property she inherited, Conington Hall. He was involved in restoring Conington church in 1737.[3]Later in life he was a Justice of the Peace and a well-respected huntsman.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Christopher Brooks: "The Admissions Registers of Barnard's Inn 1620-1869" (1995; Selden Society Supp. Series 12)
- ^ British History Online: VCH Huntingdonshire vol 2: St Ives)
- ^ British History Online: VCH Cambridgeshire vol 9: St Conington)