Adam Ashburnham was an English MP in the 16th century,The Visitations of the County of Sussex Made and Taken in the Years 1530, Thomas Benolte, John Philipot, George Owen, Harleian Society, London, 1905 and represented Winchelsea from 1593 to 1597.Winchelsea Elections – Dates and Candidates. History of Parliament online. Accessed 27 April 2024.
He was the first son of Lawrence Ashburnham of Broomham by Eva, daughter of Richard Adams of Sussex, widow of John Levett of Hollington.ASHBURNHAM, Adam (1557-97), of Broomham, nr. Hastings, Suss. History of Parliament online. Accessed 27 April 2024.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent, and they had five sons and one daughter. His grandson was Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1660 to 1689.
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