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Surname	Ashmore	Alternative Surname
First Name	John	Initial of Surname	A
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1662
Year of Death
Biographical Details	He was paid £4 7s in 1662 for the font in Wirksworth Church, Derbys (1). This is described by Cox as being of ‘octagon design and ornamented with patterns of unusual style, having more resemblance to Egyptian art, than anything that pertains to either Gothic or Renaissance’.