Richard Assheton

{{short description|16th-century English politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard Assheton | birth_date = by 1529 | death_date = 1579 | occupation = Politician | office1 = Member of Parliament for Carlisle | term_start1 = 1558 | term_end1 = 1558 | office2 = Member of Parliament for Aldborough | term_start2 = 1559 | term_end2 = 1559 | office3 = Member of Parliament for Carlisle | term_start3 = 1563 | term_end3 = 1567 }}

'''Richard Assheton''' (by 1529 – 1579), of Whalley and Downham, Lancashire, was an English politician.

He was a [[Member of Parliament|Member]] (MP) of the [[Parliament of England]] for [[Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldborough]] in 1559 and for [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]] in 1558 and 1563.<ref>{{cite web|author=Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/assheton-richard-1529-79 |title=ASSHETON, Richard (by 1529-79), of Whalley and Downham, Lancs. |publisher=History of Parliament Online |date= |accessdate=2016-03-29}}</ref>

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