ASKEW, Miles (Grimwade p.416)

[buckler]

I consider the gentleman to be a bucklemaker: certainly several buckles are known to be marked by him .

He is probably the Miles Ascough mentioned in an Old Bailey case of 1779 involving George Burrows, a bucklemaker.

GEORGE BURROWS sworn.
I am a buckle-maker. (Shewn the buckles taken from the prisoner's wife). I think they are my make; I cannot swear positively to them, because the mark is not very plain, the work on the top has disfigured it.
Do you believe they are your make? - I think they are.
Is it a new pattern? - Not very new, nor very old.

Mrs BENTON - I bought some buckles of Mr. Burrows, as near as I can say they are the buckles.

MILES ASCOUGH sworn.
I am a buckle-cutter (looks at the buckles found on the prisoner) these buckles I cut for Mr. Benton; I never cut any of this size for any body else.

(Proceedings of the Old Bailey t17790707-26 7th July 1779)
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey was a populist journal , not an official record, which reported an edited verbatim report from the Courts. It is not in any way an official publication !

Assumming I am correct and Ascough = Askew then Miles started as a workman for George Burrows.


He finished bankrupt.

London Gazette of 26 March 1814 gives Miles Askew as a prisoner for debt in the KINGS BENCH prison giving his first notice of statement of affairs as -
" Miles Askew, formerly of St Martin's le Grand in the liberty of Westminster in the joint parish of St Martin's le Grand and Christchurch,Newgate Street and late of Staining -lane in the parish of Saint Mary Staining ,both in the city of London, Silversmith "

The entry of his second and third notice, 4th and 8th August 1814 gives him as " Miles Askew, formerly and late of No 11, Staining Lane ,London Silversmith

[buckler]

Thanks to Mike and Pat for the following


There is a christening record of a Joseph Askew, son of John and Elizabeth Askew in 1767 at St Luke, Finsbury, no address of parents given.

25 February 1781
Duty was paid by Miles & Joseph Askew , bucklecutters of Aldersgate, for the Apprentice Indentures of William Judd. Note the profession as bucklecutter. They may well have been brothers, but were certainly in partnership by 1781

This firmly supports Grimwade's supposition that Miles Askew was linked to the (later) partnership of William Judd and Joseph Askew who registered a mark on 7 May 1788.

From the description of "bucklecutter of Aldersgate" it also strengthens the possibility that Miles Askew = the Miles Ascough who worked as a buckle-cutter for George Burrows.

[silverly]

19 December 1830 Non Parochial Records for the burial of Miles Askew aged about 80 at Spa Fields may apply.