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    Shirley, Ralph

    Male Abt 1410 - 1466  (~ 56 years)


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    • Name Shirley, Ralph 
      Born Abt 1410  Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 26 Dec 1466  Brailsford, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I08513  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 14 Jun 2015 

      Family 1 Blount, Elizabeth,   b. At 1420, Of Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Shirley, Ralph,   b. Abt 1436, Of Wiston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1510, West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
      Family ID F02588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Staunton, Margaret 
      Married Abt 23 Sep 1423  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F03197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 3 Assherton, Lucy,   d. 12 Feb 1481/82, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Abt 23 Sep 1423 
      Family ID F03198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Ralph Shirley, eldest son and heir of Sir Ralph Shirley, by Joan, heiress of Bassett of Brailsford, was buried in the chancel of this church, together with his third wife. He was first married to Margaret, sister and heir of Thomas Staunton, of Staunton Harold; secondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Blount; and thirdly, to Lucy, daughter of Sir John Aston, knight, relict of Sir John Byron, and Sir Bertram Entwissel. Ralph Shirley died in 1466, and his wife Lucy in 1481.


        National Archives: 1153-17th cent Held by Berkeley Castle Muniments
        [no title] BCM/D/5/51/7 [1471]
        Contents:
        Walter Blount, knight, Lord Mountjoy, and Edward Langford, esquire; and Nicholas Penyston. 12 Nov. 11 Edw. IV
        Walter and Edward have granted to Nicholas a messuage in Long Whatton in the tenure of Thomas Chetyl, a messuage in the tenure of John Milner and 1 virgate of land in the tenure of William Royst and John Poutrell in the same vill; for Nicholas's life.
        [In view of the participation of Walter Blount, this charter belongs also among those of the Shirley estate, BCM/G: the Shirleys held a manor in Long Whatton, and Sir Ralph Shirley (d. 1466) married as his second wife Elizabeth Blount, Walter's sister: Nichols, Leics. Iii (2), 709.]