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Aston was a bastard son of Thomas Aston (died 1553).
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Aston was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber (1587) to James VI of Scotland, (later James I of England) and Master of the Great Wardrobe to King James I in England. He held both positions until he death. King James, by writ under the privy seal, in the 9th year of his reign (1611 or 1612), granted to Sir Roger"s coat-armour, an augmentation out of the two national badges of England and Scotland: the rose or England, and the thistle of Scotland impaled, in a canton or, in regard of the marriage of Sir Roger with Mary (daughter of Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, who died during the life of his father Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree), in Scotland, descended from the blood royal.
Aston lies buried in Street Dunstan"s Church, Cranford, London in an ornate church monument.
Aston married firstly Mary Stewart (died 11 April 1606), daughter Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree (see above), with whom he had four daughters:Wotton 1741, p. 108
Margaret (23 December 1657), married Sir Gilbert Houghton, 2nd Baronet, of Houghton-Tower, in Lancashire.
Mary, married Sir Samuel Peyton, of Knowlton, in Kent. Elizabeth, married Sir Robert Wingfield, of Upton, in Northamptonshire,
Anne, married Sir Thomas Perient, of Colchester, in Essex.
They had one son who died in infancy.Wotton 1741, p.
