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George Ashby (martyr) Ashby of Quenby The tomb of George Ashby d 1653 in Hungarton

George Ashby (name uncertain) (died 1537) was a martyred English Cistercian monk. A monk of this name, or Astleby (perhaps a surname taken from a location) is mentioned in various English martyrologies, as a victim of government reprisals after the Pilgrimage of Grace.

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