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    Shirley, Elizabeth

    Female Abt 1555 - Aft 1622  (~ 68 years)


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    • Name Shirley, Elizabeth 
      Born Abt 1555  Of West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died Aft 1622 
      Person ID I09991  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 14 Jun 2015 

      Father Shirley, Francis,   b. Abt 1524, Of West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20.03.1577/78, West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Mother Blount, Barbara,   b. Abt 1533, Of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Feb 1563/64, West Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
      Married Abt 1550  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F03176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Vaux, Ambrose,   b. Jul 1569, Of Harroden, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Apr 1626, St Martin Orgar and St clement Cheapside, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
      Married Between 03 and 04 Apr 1612  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F03179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Wyborne, William,   b. Abt 1540, Of Hawkswell, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1612, Of Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
      Married Bef 1582 
      Family ID F03177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Mentioned in will of Grandmother Elizabeth Blount 1582 Also will of brother Thomas 1607.

        Towards "A Full and Understanding Auditory": New Evidence of Playgoers at the First Globe Theatre
        Mary A. Blackstone and Cameron Louis
        The Modern Language Review
        Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 556-571
        Published by: Modern Humanities Research Association <http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=mhra>
        Article Stable URL: <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3734315>

        ....and obedient subiect Sir Ambrose Vaux knight that wheras your subiect a yeare sithence was a sutor for marriage vnto one Elizabeth Wyborne widowe late the wife and widdowe of william Wybarne Esquier deceased and your subiect prevayled so farre with the said. Elizabeth that shee was contented to marrye with your said subiect shee the said Elizabeth beinge then possessed of divers goodes and Chattells as well reall as personall and then havinge greate store of money in hir handes or in the handes of some of hir freindes whervppon one Sir. Edward Blunt knight Edward Wyborne Esquier and Dudley Norton Esquier perseavinge the same intended marriage proceed and that the same was likely to be effected betweene your subiect and the said Elizabeth Thervppon the said Sir Richard Blunt knight Edward Wyborne Esquier Dudley Norton Esquier perswaded the said Elizabeth to make over hir money goodes plate leases landes Ioynture and dowre which shee was seased of or possessed of to the end to defraud your subiect yf your said subiect shoold entermarry with hir And therevppon even a daye or twoe before your said subiectes entermariage with hir the said.... vnto your said subiect beinge all of them then and there armed arraied and weaponed with Rapiars daggers Pystalls and other weapons as well defensive as offencive'. By restraining Vaux's attempts to take Elizabeth with him and staying his escalation to a drawn dagger, Norton argues that he was taking 'pitty' on 'the great feare and perplexitie shee was in'. During the excitement Elizabeth 'went away', ostensibly in the company of her niece and Joseph Mulis, although Vaux argues that she was carried away 'with force and in a ryotous manner'...


        Daughter or mother?
        Ambrose VAUX Born: Jul 1570 Died: 25 Apr 1626
        Father: William VAUX (3° B. Vaux of Harrowden)
        Mother: Mary TRESHAM (B. Vaux of Harrowden)
        Married: Elizabeth WYBORNE Apr 1612

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