▁Elizabeth , ▁married ▁a ▁st on em ason , ▁John ▁Reyn olds , ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁March ▁ 1 6 9 4 . ▁They ▁had ▁no ▁children ▁and ▁on ▁her ▁death ▁seven ▁years ▁later ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁lands ▁in ▁Lamb eth ▁passed ▁into ▁Reyn olds ' s ▁hands . ▁ ▁Vitt oria ▁Fe ola , ▁in ▁her ▁recent ▁mon ograph , ▁E lias ▁Ash m ole ▁and ▁the ▁Us es ▁of ▁Anti qu ity ▁( Par is , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ) ▁has ▁described ▁Ash m ole ▁as ▁an ▁anti qu ary ▁first ▁and ▁for em ost , ▁who ▁understood ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Science , ▁which ▁he ▁promoted ▁through ▁his ▁Museum . ▁Fe ola , ▁however , ▁has ▁war ned ▁that ▁anti qu ity ▁was ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁greatest ▁passion , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁main ▁tool ▁for ▁self - f ashion ing . ▁Michael ▁Hunter , ▁in ▁his ▁entry ▁on ▁Ash m ole ▁for ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁National ▁Biography , ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁most ▁sal ient ▁points ▁of ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁character ▁were ▁his ▁amb ition ▁and ▁his ▁hier arch ical ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁world — a ▁vision ▁that ▁un ified ▁his ▁royal ism ▁and ▁his ▁interests ▁in ▁her ald ry , ▁gene al ogy , ▁ceremony , ▁and ▁even ▁ast ro log y ▁and ▁magic . ▁He ▁was ▁as ▁successful ▁in ▁his ▁legal , ▁business ▁and ▁political ▁affairs ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁collect ing ▁and ▁scholar ly ▁purs uits .