Hi Glynne,
may I ask how RECENT your researches go ?, and what part of the Forest you're looking at ?.
Perhaps an odd question but I'm researching my brother-in-law's line which is difficult as he has virtually no records of his immediate ancestors bar his parents's names and a few of their siblings. He's an Aston from Worrall Hill/Lydbrook area. He thinks several of his ancestors were Astons in The Boarts area of Lydbrook ?. I've wondered whether this explains the Astonbridge place names locally ?
I've found there are/were a great many Astons in that and the Coleford area (where he now lives) and SEVERAL Richard Astons so a difficult line indeed !. I hadnt realised tho' that this name goes back quite so far, no doubt explaining why there's a few about. Good luck with it !