ASHLEY, (Staffordshire) N.W. of Eccleshal, towards the b. of Cheshire, is a manor that was in the family of Sir Thomas Bishine, for several successions, 'till it came by marriage to that of Sir Thomas Aston of Cheshire, and Sir Gilbert Gerrard. The Ch. here was founded, or at least rebuilt, by one David Kendrick, a native of this village, who was a soldier under Edward, the Black Prince.