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Minor Queries with Answers.
_Ralph Ashton the Commander._--In an ancient record I met with a year or
two ago (two centuries old, I suppose), the name of a Ralph Ashton,
"Commander," occurred. The record related to Lancashire, and it spoke of
"Isabella, the wife of Ralph the Commander." I believe that a gentleman of
this name was commander of the Lancashire forces under the Commonwealth.
Will any of your readers oblige me (should they have access to any ancient
pedigree of the Ashton family) by saying whether any mention is made of
this "Isabella," and what her name was before her marriage to Ralph the
Commander?