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Henry Ashurst
c. 1614 – 1680Merchant and officialEurope · 1614Most named place: London
Henry Ashurst was a wealthy merchant of London, noted for his gifts of money to pious or charitable purposes.
Henry was was apprenticed at the age of fifteen to a London draper; his prospects were advanced by a loan from the Rev. James Hiet, of Croston, Lancashire, and by his marriage with Judith Reresby. He became a successful merchant, entered the common council, and, though ejected in 1662, subsequently became an alderman.
He remained famous for his charities to his Lancashire countrymen. He allowed needy ejected ministers in that county £100 per annum, and relieved the widows of ministers. He acted as treasurer for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and was a patron of religious literature.
