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    Shirley, Ralph

    Male Abt 1436 - 1510  (~ 74 years)


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    • Name Shirley, Ralph 
      Born Abt 1436  Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 1510  West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I05772  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 14 Jun 2015 

      Father Shirley, Ralph,   b. Abt 1410, Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Dec 1466, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
      Mother Blount, Elizabeth,   b. At 1420, Of Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Bellingham, Johanne,   b. Abt 1460, Of Lyminster, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1510  (Age ~ 51 years) 
      Children 
       1. Shirley, Johane,   d. Aft 1549, Of Petworth, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Shirley, Richard,   b. Abt 1480, Of Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1541, Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
      +3. Shirley, Thomas,   b. Abt 1485, Of West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1544, Of West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
      +4. Shirley, Isabel,   b. Abt 1490, Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1533-1542, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
      Family ID F01716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Son of Ralph Shirley of Staunton Harold and Elizabeth Blount??

        Which Ralph does Francis descend from??
        May be a son of Ralph and sibling to Isabel, Thomas, Joanne and Richard??

        Will of Ranff Sherley of Westneston, Sussex Date 07 May 1510 Catalogue reference PROB 11/16
        ...11 Feb 1509. To be buried in church of Westneston, ... To daughter Jahane Dawtre, Elizbeth Lee, Beatrix Elryngton, and Isabell Dawtre, to Rauff Belyngham the younger and Rauff Palmer my godchildren, to nephew Andrew Tanner, to Edward Berde, to wife Johane farm of Bodyngton, to son Thomas Sherley, to son Richard. Wife executor, to good friend and cousin John Sherley cofferer to the King overseer, "where Thos Cooke, Rauff Belyngham, John Lee, Edward Palmer, John Cowper,and Wingary Sayne lately recovered against me certain lands and tenements in Hunderage, Charlerage, Botley, Chesham Leycester, and Chesham Wobourn in county of Buckinghamshire the use of me during my life…PCC Proven 1510.


        Uncle of this Ralph Shirley??
        Possible Will of Ralph Shirley(of Leicestershire 1482-1517)
        In Dei nomine Amen, the 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord God 1513. I Raufe Shirley S Knt. being in sound mynde and memory, the periele of death dreding, make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and form following. ...my body to be buried in the Abbey Church of Gerondon, in the Chapell where my fader and my wife been leyd, .... Also I will that every of my six brethren, that is to say, Thomas Shirley, Robert Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Nicholas Shirley, Richard Shirley, and Baudewyn Shirley, .... in Hambroke, Erthcote, Westbury, and Combe, in the parish of Westbury in the county of Gloucester, Magna Chelworth, in the county of Wiltes, and in the towne of Bristol, ..... singe dayly in the Chapell where Anne my last wife lyeth buried, and I purpose to lye^ for the soules of me and the same Anne, and for the soules of Thomas Warner and Elizabeth the parentes of the same Anne, and for the soules of John Shirley and Elioner the parentes of me the said Raufe, and for the soules of Elizabeth and Anne my former wives, .... said manner of Hambroke, and other the premisses, to the right heire of me the said Raufe Shirley for ever, ... Also I will that all ...I make and ordeigne my executors my couzen John Porte', the king's solicitor; Raufe Lemington, of Loughborough, merchant; Nicholas Shirley, my brother ; James Smithe, chaplain, and Thomas Fitzherbert; ...


        Another Ralph Rhirley:
        A SECOND WILL OF SIR RALPH SHIBLBY, KNT. Rauf Shirley, of Staunton Harauld, co. Leicester, Knighty 2d January 1517. My body to be buried at the discretion of my executors. To Jane, my Wife, my manors of Shirley and Brailsford, ... to my five brothers V marks each, yearly out of Stanton and Long Whatton; I bequeath all my household furniture, plate, &c. to my wife and my son Francis, to be equally divided between them; to my nephew Ralph Shirley the keeping of Stanton Park,... to my niece Elizabeth Hasylryg xx marks yearly until she be paid her marriage portion of c marks; to my cousin Sir Richard Sacheverel a cross of gold hanging at my chain; my manors of Staunton Harold, Rakedale, and Willowes Burton, Long Whatton, RatelyfF, Dunton, Esterleyke, Sutton Bonyngton, and Newton Regis. And I constitute my cousin Sir Richard Sacheverel, my brother Robert Hasylryg, Sir James Smith my priest, and Thomas Herbert, my executors .