Editha de Melton

   Another name for Editha is Editha Constable.

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹¹⁸⁰
Thomas, Lord Astley, who was killed in the Barons' wars at Evesham, 49 Henry III is the ancestor of the Astley family of Hill-Morton. By his first wife, Joan, daughter of Ernold du-Bois, he was the father of Andrew, from whom the Astleys, of Pateshull, in Staffordshire descend. By his second wife, Edetha, daughter of Peter Constable of Melton-Constable, in Norfolk, Esquire, sister of Sir Robert Constable, Knight, he had sons, Thomas, Ralph & Stephen.

~Betham's Englaish Baronetage, Vol. II, p. 71 & Collin's English Baronetage, Vol. III, Part I, p. 63-64

Editha married Sir Thomas Astley Knight, son of Walter Astley and Unknown. (Sir Thomas Astley Knight died on 4 Aug 1265 in Slain at Evesham, Worcestershire, England ¹⁴¹.)